Carter’s back for Dragons

WALES international Ben Carter returns to the Dragons side to face Bulls as boss head coach Dean Ryan makes eight changes from the side that suffered heavy defeat to Munster.

Argentine scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou returns along with wing Jared Rosser and centre Adam Warren.

Wales hooker Elliot Dee, prop Aki Seiuli and flanker Ben Fry come into the pack.

Carter is joined in an all-new second row by Huw Taylor, while Leon Brown and Rhodri Williams return to the bench.

The 21-year-old lock, featured in one Six Nations game, the opening match against Ireland.

The region’s other Wales internationals Taine Basham, Ross Moriarty, Will Rowlands and Aaron Wainwright have not yet travelled to South Africa but are expected to join up with the squad next week.

Bulls – who play the Dragons for the first time – have made three changes with Arno Botha back at number eight, Embrose Papier starting at scrum-half and Lionel Mapoe returning to outside centre.

“Bulls have a huge amount of quality and for some of our players this will be a first experience of what the very top of the game looks like,” said Ryan.

“My role is to continue to allow people to experience that and continue to find a way to keep people developing in that space.”

Dragons: Jordan Williams, Jared Rosser, Adam Warren, Jack Dixon, Rio Dyer, Sam Davies, Gonzalo Bertranou; Aki Seiuli, Elliot Dee, Chris Coleman, Huw Taylor, Ben Carter, Harri Keddie (c), Ben Fry, Ollie Griffiths Reps: Taylor Davies, Josh Reynolds, Leon Brown, Joe Davies, Lennon Greggains, Rhodri Williams, Will Reed, Ioan Davies.