WALES lock Cory Hill admits Newport Gwent Dragons will be fuelled by revenge when they host Enisei-STM after being "dominated" in Russia.

The Dragons have no margin for error in their bid to qualify for the knockout stages of the European Rugby Challenge Cup for the third year on the spin when they host Enisei at Rodney Parade on Friday (kick-off 7.30pm).

They have beaten Brive and Worcester in Newport but suffered costly away defeats to the Warriors and in Russia.

Kingsley Jones' side need to bag a five-point haul against Enisei and then win against the 1997 European champions in France a week on Saturday to stand any chance of squeezing into the quarter-finals.

First job is dealing with the Russians and a 38-18 hammering when the sides met in Krasnodar in October is focusing their minds.

"It was a massive disappointment when we went out there because we got dominated," admitted Hill.

"We do owe them one and I think it will be a lot different when they come to our patch because Rodney Parade is becoming a bit of a fortress.

"That was a target we set at the start of the season and over the past couple of months we have had six wins here and have been looking good, so we are excited about going into Europe again.

"We didn't underestimate them when we went over there; we knew that they would be a good side and had beaten some decent teams over in Russia.

"We knew that we were in for a challenge and didn't come up trumps, so we have to get our heads on for this one.

"The pool is tight and we have a job to do. We have to get that win and the boys are excited."

The Dragons head into the clash on the back of a comfortable 26-8 victory against Treviso that lifted them to ninth in the Guinness PRO12.

Hill and his fellow forwards had the better of a visiting pack that contained seven Italy internationals and the 24-year-old knows they will have to repeat the trick against an Enisei team that outmuscled them last year.

"We managed to be a bit more dominant with the ball in hand and get over the gain line against Treviso while I think we set a really good platform for the backs, which led to Sarel (Pretorius) scoring in the first half, and our defence was a little bit tighter as well," said Hill.

"Our physicality was spot-on and we had collision dominance in attack and defence. There was a massive turning point (approaching half-time) when they had a bit of possession and territory in our 22 but the boys fronted up, put a few big hits in and our collisions were top drawer to keep them out."