Dragons new head coach Dean Ryan has described this afternoon’s Guinness PRO14 visit to Thomond Park as “a massive challenge”. His forwards coach, Ceri Jones, went a stage further in calling it “the acid test”.

Dragons coach Paul Turner has made five changes from the side which lost to Edinburgh last Friday at home to Leinster in the Magner's League on Saturday.

Dragons 9 Munster 20

Dragons 23 Connacht 0