Friday's PRO12 teams: Jared Payne at full-back for Ulster

Ireland centre pairing Jared Payne and Robbie Henshaw both start at full-back in Ulster's clash with PRO12 leaders Connacht.

Dragons v Ospreys (7.05pm)

Taulupe Faletau will captain a Dragons side that features two changes to the team that narrowly lost out to Edinburgh last weekend.

The 25-year-old will lead out the side for the first time in what could possibly be his last appearance at Rodney Parade before his move to Bath.

Director of Rugby Lyn Jones' two changes come in the pack where hooker Elliot Dee and prop Matthew Screech are called in to the side.

Newport-Gwent Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Ashton Hewitt, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Sarel Pretorius; 1 Phil Price, 2 Elliot Dee, 3 Brok Harris, 4 Rynard Landman, 5 Matthew Screech, 6 Lewis Evans, 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Taulupe Faletau (c). 

Replacements: 16 Thomas Rhys Thomas, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Nick Crosswell, 20 Ed Jackson, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Geraint Rhys Jones, 23 Adam Hughes.

Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Hanno Dirksen, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Eli Walker, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb (c); 1 Nicky Smith, 2 Scott Baldwin, 3 Dmitri Arhip, 4 Adam Beard, 5 Rynier Bernardo, 6 Olly Cracknell, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 James King

Replacements: 16 Scott Otten, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Dan Lydiate, 20 Joe Bearman, 21 Brendon Leonard, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Jeff Hassler

Ulster v Connacht (7.35pm)

Ulster make five changes to the starting fifteen that lost 27-17 at Glasgow last weekend as they welcome table-topping Connacht to the Kingspan Stadium.

Head coach Les Kiss is able to call upon the services of Irish international trio Rory Best, Andrew Trimble and Jared Payne, while Peter Browne and Iain Henderson also come in to the side.

Connacht ring the changes ahead of the trip, with seven personnel changes from the side that defeated Leinster.

Injuries to Tiernan O'Halloran and Nathan White see the inclusion of Robbie Henshaw and Rodney Ah You, while Shane O'Leary is handed his first PRO12 start at fly-half.

Ireland international Ultan Dillane comes on to the bench for his first Connacht game since his involvement in the 6 Nations alongside debutant Cormac Brennan. 

Ulster: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Luke Marshall, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 1, Callum Black, 2 Rory Best (c), 3 Ricky Lutton, 4 Peter Browne, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 6  Iain Henderson, 7 Chris Henry, 8 Roger Wilson.

Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Kyle McCall, 18 Bronson Ross, 19, Robbie Diack, 20 Sean Reidy, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Stuart Olding, 23 Darren Cave.

Connacht: 15 Robbie Henshaw, 14 Niyi Adeolokun,13 Bundee Aki, 12 Peter Robb, 11 Matt Healy, 10 Shane O'Leary, 9 John Cooney, 1 Denis Buckley, 2  Tom McCartney, 3 Rodney Ah You, 4  Andrew Browne, 5 Aly Muldowney, 6 John Muldoon (c), 7 James Connolly, 8 Eoin McKeon

Replacements: 16  Dave Heffernan, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Ultan Dillane 20 Sean O'Brien,21 Caolin Blade,22 Cormac Brennan 23, Danie Poolman.

Edinburgh v Zebre (7.35pm)

Jason Tovey will make his first start for Edinburgh as they make four changes for their clash with Zebre.

The fly-half, who arrived at the club last week following his loan move from the Dragons, will make his first start for the Scottish side while captain Mike Coman returns to the blindside, the lone change in the pack, earning his 50th cap in the process.

Phil Burleigh moves in to the inside centre berth while Shaun Kennedy starts in the number 9 jersey.

Zebre welcome back prop Andrea Lovotti to their starting fifteen for the first time in three months, while Carlo Canna takes his place among the replacements.

Added to their ever-growing injury list is lock Valerio Bernabo by a minor injury suffered against Munster. 

Edinburgh: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Damien Hoyland, 13 Michael Allen, 12 Phillip Burleigh, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Sean Kennedy, 1 Alisdair Dickinson, 2 Ross Ford, 3 WP Nel, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Ben Toolis, 6 Michael Coman (c), 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Cornell Du Preez.

Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Allan Dell, 18 John Andress, 19 Alex Toolis, 20 Magnus Bradbury, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Chris Dean, 23 Will Helu.

Zebre: 15 Kayle Van Zyl, 14 Ulrich Beyers, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Guglielmo Palazzani, 1 Andrea Lovotti, 2 Oliviero Fabiani, 3 Dario Chistolini, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys (c), 5 Marco Bortolami, 6 Jean Cook, 7 Frederico Ruzza, 8 Johan Meyer.

Replacements: 16 Bruno Postiglioni, 17 Guillermo Roan, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Gideon Koegelenberg , 20 Emiliano Caffini , 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Giulio Bisegni.