Dragons v Toulouse: Teams
Wales international Gavin Thomas returns to bolster the Dragons pack for the visit of defending champions Toulouse.
Last Updated: 15/10/10 12:34pm
Wales international Gavin Thomas returns to bolster the Dragons pack for the visit of defending champions Toulouse.
Thomas has missed the last two games but he comes into the back-row, while Luke Charteris has been included on the bench after shaking off a knee problem.
Talented back-row Toby Faletau is also included in the squad for the first time - however skipper Tom Willis and full-back Jason Tovey a still a week away from returning.
Toulouse have responded to their narrow win over Wasps by making seven changes.
Maxime Medard and Vilimoni Delasau come into the back division with Clément Poitrenaud and Vincent Clerc dropping to the bench.
In the pack Louis Picamoles, Jean Bouilhou, Yoann Maestri, Yohan Montes and Daan Human have been called in - with Thierry Dusautoir, Romain Millo-Chluski and William Servat retaining their places.
Dragons: 15 Will Harries, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Tom Cheeseman, 12 Tom Riley, 11 Aled Brew, 10 Ashley Smith, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Andrew Coombs, 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Robert Sidoli, 4 Scott Morgan, 3 Ben Castle, 2 Steve Jones, 1 Phil Price.
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Hugh Gustafson, 18 Pat Palmer, 19 Luke Charteris, 20 Toby Faletau, 21 Nicky Griffiths, 22 Matthew Jones, 23 Rhodri Gomer-Davies.
Toulouse: 15 Maxime Medard, 14 Vilimoni Delasau, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 David Skrela, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Yoann Maestri, 3 Yohan Montes, 2 William Servat, 1 Daan Human.
Replacements: 16 Virgile Lacombe, 17 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18 Census Johnston, 19 Shaun Sowerby, 21 Clément Poitrenaud, 22 Vincent Clerc, 23 Yannick Nyanga.
