The Men of Gwent travel west looking to build on their 20-19 victory over Ospreys the previous weekend. Heading back to familiar territory will be Jordan Williams, Corey Baldwin, Steff Hughes, Dane Blacker and Rhodri Williams.
Scarlets will be led by Wales and British & Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies in what will be his 200th appearance for his home region. He is one of nine internationals in the home squad.
Another Wales centre, Cardiff Rugby’s Willis Halaholo, will be back in Blue & Black after recovering from injury. Although currently out of contract, he has completed his rehab with the club and now has the opportunity to return to action in another regional derby clash against Ospreys at Swansea.Com Stadium (7.00pm Friday, 6 October).
“Willis has done all of his rehab with us and has taken part in team training for the past couple of weeks. This is the next step in his recovery and we are happy to give him that opportunity,” said head coach Matt Sherratt.
“He has been a big part of this club and we are pleased to help him with game-time, while he is also helping us with a bit more depth.”
The Ospreys will have two former Cardiff men in their ranks – lock James Ratti and hooker Ethan Lewis. Justin Tipuric will lead the home side.
Scarlets: Johnny McNicholl; Tom Rogers, Ioan Nicholas, Jonathan Davies (captain), Ryan Conbeer; Ioan Lloyd, Kieran Hardy; Kemsley Mathias, Isaac Young, Sam Wainwright, Alex Craig, Morgan Jones, Taine Plumtree, Dan Davis, Carwyn Tuipulotu
Reps: Lewis Morgan, Steff Thomas, Wyn Jones, Jac Price, Iwan Shenton, Teddy Leatherbarrow, Ben Williams, Efan Jones, Charlie Titcombe, Eddie James, Tomi Lewis
Dragons RFC: Jordan Williams, Corey Baldwin, Sio Tomkinson, Steff Hughes (c), Jared Rosser, Will Reed, Dane Blacker; Rodrigo Martinez, James Benjamin, Chris Coleman, Matthew Screech, Ben Carter, Sean Lonsdale, George Young, Ollie Griffiths
Reps: Brodie Coghlan, Aki Seiuli, Luke Yendle, Joe Davies, Barny Langton, George Nott, Harri Keddie, Rhodri Williams, Cai Evans, Oli Andrew, Aneurin Owen, Jack Dixon, Joe Westwood, Ewan Rosser, Ioan Davies
Ospreys: Max Nagy; Luke Morgan, Dom Morris, Keiran Williams, Keelan Giles; Owen Williams, Reuben Morgan-Williams; Rhys Henry, Ethan Lewis, Tom Botha, Rhys Davies, Will Griffiths, Harri Deaves, Justin Tipuric (captain), Morgan Morris
Reps: Garyn Phillips, Lewis Lloyd, Ben Warren, James Fender, Lewis Jones, Huw Sutton, James Ratti, Morgan Morse, Luke Davies, Dan Edwards, Jack Walsh, Toby Fricker, Mat Protheroe, Owen Watkin, Luke Scully
Cardiff Rugby: Jacob Beetham; Owen Lane, Rey Lee-Lo, Ben Thomas, Theo Cabango; Thinus de Beer, Ellis Bevan; Rhys Carré, Laim Belcher (captain), Keiron Assiratti, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Teddy Williams, Alex Mann, Ellis Jenkins, James Botham
Reps: Evan Lloyd, Efan Daniel, Rhys Barratt, Rhys Litterick, Ciaran Parker, Seb Davies, Lucas De La Rua, Matthew Aubrey, Arwel Robson, Harri Millard, Mackenzie Martin, Rory Thornton, Willis Halaholo, Aled Summerhill, Cam Winnett
