The Newport Gwent Dragons will face Edinburgh at Rodney Parade on Friday (KO 7.10) without skipper Colin Charvis.

The region has decided to give the influential back rower extra time to recover from a knee injury. Kevin Morgan takes over the captaincy.

Dragons team: K Morgan (capt), M Thomas, R Davies, A Smith, R Fussell, C Sweeney, A Williams, H Gustafson, B Daly, L Harrison, A Hall, P Sidoli, J Bearman, M Owen, R Parks.

Replacements - S Jones, G Robinson, A Jones, J Ringer, P Emerick, A Thomas, W Evans.