Toulouse v Dragons: Teams

Colin Charvis has recovered from a thigh injury in time to start for the Dragons on a daunting trip to face French giants Toulouse in the Heineken Cup.

The Dragons have a full squad to choose from, and Joe Bearman gets a chance to build on his burgeoning reputation at blindside flanker.

Pacy lock Hoani MacDonald also gets a start in the pack, while Marc Stcherbins and Gareth Wyatt provide the experience out in the backs.

The Dragons are very much alive in Pool Five of the Heineken Cup after beating Glasgow and picking up a losing bonus point in Bath in their opening two games.

And head coach Paul Turner has hinted that the Dragons could employ Lyn Jones as their attack coach on a permanent basis. The former Ospreys coach has been working on a consultancy basis at the Dragons since the departure of former backs coach David Rees.

"Lyn has got experience and won some titles," said Turner. "You could do with a Lyn Jones in any coaching organisation.

Significant change

"Lyn has come in to help with the attack on a consutancy basis until the end of the month and is doing a good job.

"Coaching is about improving the 'cattle' on the field and I feel Lyn can bring something to our party. His experience will be good."

Meanwhile, Toulouse have named an all-international matchday 22 with every player both on the field and the bench having at least one Test cap to their name.

The only significant change to the expected team is at number eight where Grégory Lamboley has displaced Shaun Sowerby. The South African is being rested, but is amongst the replacements.

Yves Donguy is injured so Maxime Médard will start on the right wing. David Skrela and Jean-baptise Elissalde are also crocked but in Frédéric Michalak and Byron Kelleher the half-back combination is as classy as one would like.

Pumas lock Patricio Albacete has an knee injury meaning France's record Test cap winner, Fabien Pelous joins fellow French international Roman Millo-Chluski in the second row.

Toulouse: 15 Clement Poitrenaud, 14 Maxime Médard, 13 Maleli Kunavore, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 Frédéric Michalak, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Grégory Lamboley, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Roman Millo-Chluski, 4 Fabien Pelous, 3 Salvatore Perugini, 2 William Servat, 1 Dan Human.
Replacements: 16 Benoit Lecouls, 17 Alberto Vernet-Basualdo, 18 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 19 Shaun Sowerby, 20 Yannick Nyanga, 21 Gaffie Du Toit, 22 Florian Fritz.

Dragons: 15 Phillip Dollman, 14 Gareth Wyatt, 13 Rhodri Gomer Davies, 12 Marc Stcherbina, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Lewis Evans, 7 Colin Charvis, 6 Joe Bearman, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Hoani MacDonald, 3 Rhys Thomas, 2 Tom Willis (c), 1 Adam Black.
Replacements: 16 Steve Jones, 17 Gethin Robinson, 18 Daniel Lydiate, 19 Jamie Ringer, 20 Robert Lewis, 21 Shaun Connor, 22 Ashley Smith.