NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will hand debuts to all six summer arrivals in their Guinness Pro12 opener against Connacht in Galway tomorrow (kick-off 7.30pm).

Centre Adam Warren, wing Nick Scott, scrum-half Sarel Pretorius, tighthead Shaun Knight, number eight Ed Jackson start while scrum-half Charlie Davies will make his bow off the bench.

Teenage centre/wing Tyler Morgan is named on the bench after returning to the Dragons following his release from Wales’ World Cup squad.

The Dragons have been forced into a late change after blindside flanker Lewis Evans suffered a minor elbow bump.

Knight starts after impressing in pre-season while Brok Harris, who was such a vital figure of the squad after arriving from the Stormers last season, will be introduced from the bench after a groin niggle meant he wasn’t risked in the friendlies.

The Dragons have not won in Galway since 2004 but have left with losing bonus points in three of their last four visits to the Sportsground.

Connacht: T O’Halloran, D Poolman, R Parata, B Aki, M Healy, J Carty, K Marmion, D Buckley, T McCartney, R Ah You, Q Roux, A Browne, J Muldoon (captain), N Fox-Matamua, E Masterson. Replacements: D Heffernan, JP Cooney, F Bealham, B Marshall, E McKeon, J Cooney, C Ronaldson, F Carr.

Dragons: C Meyer, T Prydie, R Wardle, A Warren, N Scott, J Tovey, S Pretorius, B Stankovich, R Thomas (captain), S Knight, C Hill, R Landman, N Crosswell, N Cudd, E Jackson. Replacements: H Gustafson, P Price, B Harris, J Thomas, J Benjamin, C Davies, D Jones, T Morgan.

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)