Scarlets v Dragons: Teams
Stephen Jones will make his 300th appearance for the Scarlets when they host the Dragons in the RaboDirect PRO12 on Friday.
Last Updated: 24/11/11 8:13pm
Stephen Jones will make his 300th appearance for the Scarlets when they host fellow Welsh outfit the Dragons in the RaboDirect PRO12 on Friday.
Jones will wear the captain's armband after opting to play for his region this weekend instead of accepting a Barbarians invitation.
He will take the place of Rhys Priestland, who along with Tavis Knoyle, Jon Davies, Matthew Rees, George North, Liam Williams, Scott Williams and Rhodri Jones has been called up for Wales.
Adam Warren returns at centre alongside Gareth Maule, who returns from injury.
Scotland international Sean Lamont starts on the wing with a return to the starting line-up for Nick Reynolds, who has recovered from an ankle injury.
New signing Viliami Iongi is named on the bench after the Tongan landed in Llanelli this week from Auckland.
Meanwhile, Dragons centre Ashley Smith captains his side on his 100th appearance for the region, who make four changes to their starting XV.
Coach Darren Edwards is able to name an unchanged back line, with all four changes amongst the pack and three of them enforced by Wales call-ups.
Rhys Buckley comes in for Lloyd Burns at hooker, Andrew Coombs replaces Lewis Evans and Toby Faletau's place is taken by Tom Brown. The other change comes at prop where Phil Price starts ahead of Nathan Williams.
Scarlets: 15 Daniel Evans, 14 Nick Reynolds, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Gareth Maule, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Stephen Jones (c), 9 Gareth Davies,8 Ben Morgan, 7 Johnathan Edwards, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Sione Timani, 3 Rhys Thomas, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Phil John.
Replacements: 16 Emyr Phillips, 17 Iestyn Thomas, 18 Deacon Manu, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Mat Gilbert, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Dan Newton, 23 Viliami Iongi.
Dragons: 15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Tonderai Chavhanga, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Ashley Smith (c), 11 Aled Brew, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Tom Brown, 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Andrew Coombs, 5 Rob Sidoli, 4 Adam Jones, 3 Dan Way, 2 Rhys Buckley, 1 Phil Price.
Replacements: 16 Steve Jones, 17 Nathan Williams, 18 Nathan Buck, 19 Scott Morgan, 20 Jevon Groves, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Lewis Robling, 23 Steffan Jones.
