Edinburgh aim to dampen Dragons' fire

Elsewhere, Rob Dewey and Matt Dey switch positions while Phil Godman, Greig Laidlaw and Lucio Lopez Fleming return to the starting line up, as do Chris Bentley and Alan MacDonald in place of Matt Mustchin and Alasdair Strokosch.

Looking ahead to the match, Lynn Howells said: "The Dragons will be coming to Murrayfield full of confidence after their European Challenge Cup victory over Brive last week. Our skills and attitude will have to be at an optimum if we are going to get a result."

Edinburgh team to play Newport Gwent Dragons on Friday 6 April at Murrayfield, kicking off at 7.30pm

15 Chris Paterson (captain)
14 Rob Dewey
13 Marcus Di Rollo
12 Matt Dey
11 Ben Cairns
10 Phil Godman
9 Greig Laidlaw

1 Allan Jacobsen
2 Dougie Hall
3 Geoff Cross
4 Chris Bentley
5 Scott Murray
6 Allister Hogg
7 Alan MacDonald
8 Dave Callam

Substitutes:

16 Andrew Kelly
17 Alasdair Dickinson
18 Fergus Pringle
19 Simon Taylor
20 John Senio
21 Duncan Hodge
22 Lucio Lopez Fleming

Unavailable for selection: Mike Blair (collar-bone/shoulder), Innes Brown (neck), Andrew Easson (leg), Craig Smith (neck), Hugo Southwell (shoulder), Steven Turnbull (shoulder), Simon Webster (lower leg).