Dragons vs Blues

Teams for Friday

NG Dragons: Stefan Jones; Adam Hughes, Tom Riley, Ashley Smith, Aled Brew; Jason Tovey, Wayne Evans; Phil Price, Lloyd Burns, Ben Castle, Luke Charteris (capt), Adam Jones, Danny Lydiate, Gavin Thomas, Toby Faletau.

Replacements: Tom Willis, Hugh Gustafson, Dan Way, Andrew Coombs, Lewis Evans, Pat Leach, Jonathan Evans, Matthew Jones.

Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Chris Czekaj, Casey Laulala, Jamie Roberts, Tom James; Dan Parks, Richie Rees; John Yapp, Gareth Williams, Taufa'ao Filise, Bradley Davies, Paul Tito (capt), Michael Paterson, Sam Warburton/Ben White, Xavier Rush.

Replacements: Rhys Williams, Sam Hobbs, Scott Andrews, Deiniol Jones, Ma'ama Molitika, Lloyd Williams, Ceri Sweeney, Dafydd Hewitt.

Referee: James Jones (WRU)



Dragons team looks very strong, Blues have lost a lot to injury by the look of it and Dai continues with Parks...

I think the blues will be too strong for the dragons, but it should be a good contest between the two sides.

The backrow battle will be interesting

Lydiate, Thomas and Faletau vs

Paterson, Warburton and Rush


Id expect Lydiate and Warburton to win their battles and an on form Rush should best the youngster.

But, as the Ospreys game showed, you shouldnt underestimate that backrow - if the Blues dominate the breakdown area then they should win...

Blues have more to play for, so I think they should win.

I just hope that the need for a win does not bog the Blues down and turn the match into the same sort of game we saw when the Blues played the Ospreys. The potential is there for a real cracker of a match, and I would not be suprised if the Dragons were to win.

I agree with others that the backrow is going to be the key battle ground for tomorrow's match - should be a fierce contest there!

Looking forward to this match, I hope the Blues are able to cope with the pressure and just go out there to play. If they slow it down i can easily see the Dragons counter attacking against there mistakes and scoring. Think a faster paced game will suit the Blues...but then it'll suit the Dragons too!

Good luck to both teams

Is this match going to be on bbc wales or s4c?

BBC I believe - scrumv did some cheesy intro to it on Sunday.

Thanks wales