Newport Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner has named his side for tomorrow’s Heineken Cup opener with Gloucester as the club urges supporters to book ahead for the clash at the usually packed Kingsholm.
The Dragons side is: 15 Jason Tovey, 14 Aled Brew, 13 Tom Riley, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Wayne Evans,
1 Ali Mckenzie, 2 Steve Jones, 3 Nigel Hall, 4 Rob Sidoli, 5 Luke Charteris, 6 Dan Lydiate, 7 Gavin Thomas, 8 Joe Bearman. Replacements: 16 Duane Goodfield, 17 Hugh Gustafson, 18 Peter Bracken, 19 Lewis Evans, 20 Hoani Macdonald, 21 Danny Lee, 22 Shaun Connor, 23 Martyn Thomas.
Gloucester too have named their squad. The Cherry and Whites have had a poor start to the season under new coach Bryan Redpath and have had bad news from the treatment table and disciplinary hearings in the run up to this England Wales derby clash.
Glouceter’s side is: 15 Tom Voyce, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 James Simpson-Daniel, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Lesley Vainikolo, 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Rory Lawson, 1 Alasdair Dickinson, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Greg Somerville, 4 Dave Attwood, 5 Alex Brown, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 7 Akapusi Qera, 8 Gareth Delve (capt). Replacements: 16 Darren Dawiduik, 17 Paul Doran-Jones, 18 Pierre Capdevielle, 19 Peter Buxton, 20 Andrew Hazell, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Jonny May.
