NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will be without Taulupe Faletau, Brok Harris and Lewis Evans when they take on Castres Olympique in the European Rugby Challenge Cup tomorrow.

All three are ruled out through injury and will miss the Dragons’ second pool game against the hard hitting French side at Stade Pierre Antoine (kick-off 4pm GMT).

Lyn Jones’ men opened their European campaign in spectacular fashion last week with a 30-12 win over Sale Sharks at Rodney Parade.

And director of rugby Lyn Jones makes three changes as they travel to southern France this weekend aiming to repeat their fantastic bonus-point winning performance and remain top of their pool.

The back three remain in place with full-back Carl Meyer joining wings Ashton Hewitt and Nick Scott.

The centre pairing also remains unchanged with Adam Hughes and Adam Warren being selected, and half-backs Dorian Jones and Sarel Pretorius also retain their places.

The front row sees one change as Phil Price gets the nod and joins hooker Elliot Dee and prop Shaun Knight.

The second row also has one change as Matthew Screech moves from the bench to join skipper Rynard Landman.

The back row sees the inclusion of flanker Nick Crosswell, who replaces Lewis Evans after he sustained a calf injury against Sale.

Crosswell joins Ollie Griffiths and Ed Jackson in the back row.

The bench has four changes made to it as both Brok Harris (calf) and Faletau (knee) failed late fitness tests.

Boris Stankovich, Lloyd Faribrother, Cory Hill and Nic Cudd join Rhys Buckley, Charlie Davies, Jason Tovey and Ross Wardle amongst the replacements.

Dragons team: Carl Meyer, Ashton Hewitt, Adam Hughes, Adam Warren, Nick Scott, Dorian Jones, Sarel Pretorius; Phil Price, Elliot Dee, Shaun Knight, Matthew Screech, Rynard Landman, Nick Crosswell, Ollie Griffiths, Ed Jackson.

Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Boris Stankovich, Lloyd Fairbrother, Cory Hill, Nic Cudd, Charlie Davies, Jason Tovey, Ross Wardle.

Castres team: Geoffrey Palis, Romain Martial, Thomas Combezou, Romain Cabannes, Remi Grosso, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Julien Seron, Saimone Taumoepeau, Marc-Antoine Rallier, Yohan Montes, Christophe Samson, Victor Moreaux, Piula Faasalele, Alexandre Bias, Johnnie Beattie.

Replacements: Mathieu Bonello, Mihaita Lazar, Lucas Martinez, Alex Tulou, Theo Hannoyer, Julien Dumora, Remi Lamerat, Antoine Dupont