NEWPORT Gwent Dragons insist that they don’t have any Murrayfield demons ahead of tomorrow’s Guinness Pro12 clash with Edinburgh (kick-off 7.35pm).

The Dragons return to the scene of their hugely deflating European Rugby Challenge Cup semi-final defeat when they were thrashed 45-16 by the Scots.

The disappointment at such a poor performance when a first ever final was 80 minutes away lingers for many supporters but the management team insist that they have drawn a line under it and instead point to a 19-5 league success against the same opposition at Rodney Parade just three weeks later.

“We just didn’t turn up on the night at Murrayfield,” said backs coach Shaun Connor. “There were a lot of young players in our team and we didn’t perform to the best of our capabilities.

“We put the wrongs right at Rodney Parade so we have analysed that game more and reviewed what went well to take into this game.

“It’s a different team and not many of the XV played in that semi-final. We know we didn’t perform but we put it right a fortnight later.”

The Dragons name their team at midday but, as was revealed in yesterday’s Argus, late calls will be made on number eights Taulupe Faletau (knee) and Ed Jackson (hip).

The pair missed last Saturday’s narrow Challenge Cup loss in Castres, forcing director of rugby Lyn Jones to field lock Rynard Landman as an emergency number eight.

Faletau and Jackson will both travel and have fitness tests in Scotland on Friday but one player certain to make his return at Murrayfield is wing/full-back Tom Prydie, who has been absent since injuring his left knee at Leinster on October 3.

“When a player is out the team you realise what you are missing,” said Connor. “We are expecting Edinburgh to come with a big kicking game and Tom is one of our best players at dealing with high ball threats so it will be a welcome return.”

The Dragons sit in ninth in the table with just two home wins against the Italian pair of Treviso and Zebre to their name while Edinburgh are also enduring a wobble.

They started the season strongly but have lost their last three, leaving utility back Greig Tonks to agree that it’s a must-win game for the seventh-placed Scots.

“Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “You can’t afford to slip up too often, especially now the Wolrd Cup is over and all the teams have their top players back. Everyone has a full squad now. We have to win at home.”