Five Newport Gwent Dragons will make their debuts for the region in an exciting first pre-season clash against Division One Bedford away from home this evening (kick off 7.30pm).

New Dragons Captain Tom Willis will lead out Southern Hemisphere compatriots Grant Webb, James Arlidge, Rory Sidey and Marc Stcherbina as the fired-up Dragons look to kick start the future at Rodney Parade.

The team is as follows:
15 Phillip Dollman
14 Gareth Maule
13 Rory Sidey
12 Marc Stcherbina
11 Richard Fussell
10 James Arlidge
9 Robert Lewis
1 Hugh Gustafson
2 Tom Willis (Captain)
3 Lee Harrison
4 Adam Jones
5 Luke Charteris
6 Jamie Ringer
7 Richard Parks
8 Grant Webb

Replacements from: L Burns, A Black, G Robinson, S Jones, A Brown, J Harris, J Bearman, T Riley, J Lewis, J Tovey and T Isaacs.

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