Toulouse v Dragons: Teams

Defending champions Toulouse will be looking for their 11th consecutive win at home to the Dragons in Saturday's Heineken Cup clash.

Only two teams in the 16-year history of the competition have reached double figures in terms of successive victories - Munster with 13 and Leicester Tigers with 11.

Now Toulouse, who won the Heineken Cup for the fourth time at the Stade de France in May, are looking to matching that achievement after their fourth successive victory this season in Pool Six, a 36-10 triumph over Glasgow Warriors.

That made it ten wins on the trot, a French record, overtaking Brive's nine wins in 1996/97 and 1997/98, and they now have 17 points from four starts this season - one of only two unbeaten sides to date alongside Northampton Saints.

Toulouse have named an unconventional midfield with Clément Poitrenaud in the number twelve jersey and Yannick Jauzion at outside centre - the pair expected to swap roles at will.

Former All Blacks scrum-half Byron Kelleher is unavailable so Pumas nine Nicolas Vergallo starts inside David Skrela, who was rested as a precautionary measure last week.

In the pack, the European champions are missing injured France lock Romain Millo-Chluski, meaning Grégory Lamboley starts in the second row.

France hooker William Servat has returned from an injury lay-off but will start from the bench in favour of Virgile Lacombe.

Meanwhile, Dragons centre Ashley Smith says the Men of Gwent have plenty to play for on Saturday.

" It was an exciting experience the last time we went out there are we're looking forward to doing it again," he said.

"They're a very good team, with a stand-out player in every position, but we want to put in a performance and build on the win against Connacht and the bonus point at the Scarlets.

"Our performance was good in patches against Connacht. We showed a greater intent to attack but with that mistakes always creep in. Hopefully it'll pay off and we'll get stronger in the run-in to the end of the season.

"Everyone's written us off on Saturday, but it does put us in a great position where we can go over there, play some good rugby and hopefully give them a scare. There's still plenty to play for. The Toulouse team is littered with stars, and it'll be a tough afternoon. No one's given us a chance, but we certainly don't see it that way."

Toulouse: 15 Maxime Medard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yannick Jauzion, 12 Clément Poitrenaud, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 David Skrela, 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Louis Picamoles , 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Grégory Lamboley, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements:16 William Servat, 17 Daan Human, 18 Yohan Montes, 19 Yoann Maestri, 20 Jean-Marc Doussain, 21 Florian Fritz, 22 Sylvain Nicolas, 23 Vilimoni Delasau,

Dragons:15 Will Harries, 14 Nathan Brew, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Aled Brew, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Scott Morgan, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Ben Castle, 2 Tom Willis, 1 Phil Price.
Replacements:16 Steve Jones, 17 Gethin Robinson, 18 Pat Palmer, 19 Robert Sidoli, 20 Lewis Evans, 21 James Leadbeater, 22 Patrick Leach, 23 Matthew Jones,