Heineken Cup

Hoani MacDonald and Ashley Smith both make their returns from injury to start for the Dragons side against Rugby Calvisano in Italy for the crucial Heineken Cup qualification match on Friday.

In other changes for the crunch match, Jason Tovey replaces Martyn Thomas at fullback whilst Japanese international James Arlidge comes in at flyhalf and Rory Sidey joins Smith in the centres.

Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Jason Tovey, 14 Gareth Wyatt, 13 Rory Sidey, 12 Ashley Smith, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Wayne Evans, 8 Adam Black, 7 Tom Willis (captain), 6 Rhys Thomas, 5 Hoani MacDonald, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Dan Lydiate, 2 Craig Hill, 1 Lewis Evans
Replacements: 16 Steve Jones, 17 Nigel Hall, 18 Grant Webb, 19 Andrew Hall, 20 Alex Walker, 21Aled Brew, 22 Martyn Thomas

Rugby Calvisano:15 Luke Mclean, 14 Winston Mafi, 13 Matteo Pratichetti, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Ludovico Nitoglia, 10 Gerard Fraser, 9 Paul Griffen, 8 Alistair Mckenzie, 7 Leonardo Ghiraldini (captain), 6 Hoani Tui, 5 Piero Sidoli, 4 Cameron Treloar, 3 David Dal Maso, 2 Aaron Persico, 1 Alessandro Zanni.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Evans, 17 Tommaso D'Apice, 18 Valerio Bernabo, 19 Nicola Cattina, 20 Pino Patelli, 21 Giovanni Raineri, 22 Paolo Buso

With thanks to the Magner League