Wales recalled Bradley Roberts for their November tests after the original choice of Dewi Lake was ruled out through injury
| Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Date: Saturday December 3rd Kicking off: 12:00 GMT |
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Hooker Bradley Roberts returns from duty in Wales to start for Dragons at Stormers in the United Rugby Championship on Saturday.
Head coach Dai Flanagan has made seven starting changes, with lock Matthew Screech, who has returned from Cardiff on loan, added to the line-up.
In the blind side, flanker Huw Taylor is back for the visitors.
Also coming in is Rhodri Williams in the scrum half with Max Clark in the middle and Jordan Williams on the wing.
Flanagan also recalls Harri Keddie from the back row, Will Reed, the fly half, and Aneurin Owen in the middle to the bench.
Dragons hope to recover from last weekend 33-25 loss at Lions.
Forwards make eight changes 36-19 win over Scarlets for their first-ever URC game at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, including the return of springbucks Marvin Orie, Manie Libbok, Deon Fourie and captain Salmaan Moerat.
Former Dragons prop master Brok Harris sits on the Stormers bench.
The South African side are fourth in the URC after winning five of their seven games, while the Dragons are 11th with three wins from eight.
Flanagan said, “We’re going to level up against the Stormers for sure.
“Your squad is very strong. They had a lot of development players on the team against the Scarlets, but that didn’t change the way they played.
“They have DNA and they challenged the Scarlets a lot; they have line speed on defense and play a little more with their defensive line than the opponent we faced last week.
“We’re preparing to be the very best Stormers team and we have to be ready.”
Striker: clayton flowers; Tristan Leyds, Ruhan Nel, Dan du Plessis, Leolin Zas; Manie Libbok, Herschel Jantjies; Kwenzo Blose, Joseph Dweba, Neethling Fouche, Salmaan Moerat (Captain), Marvin Orie, Nama Xaba, Willie Engelbrecht, Hacjivah Dayimani.
substitute: JJ Kotze, Brok Harris, Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, Connor Evans, Deon Fourie, Paul de Wet, Kade Wolhuter, Mnombo Zwelendaba.
dragons: Angus O’Brien; Sio Tomkinson, Steff Hughes, Max Clark, Jordan Williams; JJ Hanrahan, Rhodri Williams; Aki Seiuli, Bradley Roberts, Lloyd Fairbrother, Matthew Screech, Sean Lonsdale, Huw Taylor, Aaron Wainwright, Ross Moriarty (Captain)
Substitute: James Benjamin, Josh Reynolds, Chris Coleman, Harri Keddie, Ben Fry, Lewis Jones, Will Reed, Aneurin Owen
Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Aimee Barrett-Theron & Christopher Allison (SARU)
TMO: Ben Blain (SRU)
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