Hall to make 100th appearance for Dragons

Newport Gwent Dragons Andy Hall is set to make his 100th appearance in the Celtic league when the region takes on Leinster at RSD Dublin in the Magners League on Saturday.

Hall makes his 100th league appearance just seven days after Adam Black became the first player in Celtic league history to reach this milestone.

Head Coach Paul Turner added: “As with Adam Black, Andy is a player that I’ve known from a young age. He’s a player that I tried to sign at Bedford when he was seventeen. So, it’s ironic that I’m sat here with him, later on in his career, as his achieves this league milestone".

Unsurprisingly, Turner has selected his strongest available side as Connacht contonue to press them for the Play-Off place in the Heineken Cup.

THE DRAGONS (v Leinster): 15 Kevin Morgan, 14 Gareth Wyatt, 13 Paul Emerick, 12 Gareth Maule, 11 Richard Fussell, 10 Ceri Sweeney, 9 Andy Williams, 1 Adam Black, 2 Steve Jones, 3 Rhys Thomas, 4 Adam Jones, 5 Peter Sidoli, 6 Jamie Ringer, 7 Richard Parks, 8 Michael Owen.

Replacements from: Ben Daly, Lee Harrison, Andrew Hall, Phillip Dollman, James Harris, Lewis Evans, Richard Mustoe, Jason Tovey, Wayne Evans.