Dragons RFC prop Dylan Kelleher-Griffiths makes his return from injury for Pontypool RFC in the Super Rygbi Cymru Cup clash with RGC 1404 on Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm).
Six Dragons will feature in the cup game with Kelleher-Griffiths part of a front row with Sam Scarfe and Owain James.
Logan Franklin and Harri Ford combine at half back while Morgan Lloyd is named among the replacements.
Scrum half Morgan Allen captains the team on his 50th appearance.
Pontypool will be seeking revenge over RGC, who beat them 27-12 in Colwyn Bay on 12 December.
Pontypool: E. Davies, McDonough, Lewis, Evans, Rees, Ford, Franklin; Kelleher-Griffths, Scarfe, James, J. Davies, Antrobus, Matthews, C. Davies, Allen
Replacements: Wisniewski, Wood, K. Williams, Hill, I. Jones, Lloyd, Mahoney, M. Jones
Newport RFC - the same competition - will be chasing a fifth win in a row when they head west to face Carmarthen Quins at The Park on Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm).
Joe Westwood returns in midfield while Joe Salter, Noah Morgan, Jac Lloyd and Tiehi Chatham are the other Dragons involved in the game for the Black and Ambers.
Newport: Salter, Baker, Westwood, James, Morgan, Lloyd, Welch; Workman, Jenkins, Newstead, Burgess, Bradbury, Chatham, Rees, Davies:
Replacements: Palmer, Fry, Harris, Skinner, Tayler, Buckland, Hoppe, Williams
Meanwhile, Ebbw Vale are in action in the capital against Cardiff RFC in the Super Rygbi Cymru (SRC) on Saturday (kick-off 4.25pm). Adam Williams comes into the starting line-up and Dylan Edwards is also called into the squad.
Ebbw Vale: Richards, Thomas, Phillips, D. Franchi, Bowden, Lloyd, Harries; Garrett, J. Franchi, A. Williams, Bartlett, Gregory, Pope, Parry, Jenkins
Replacements: Morris, M. Williams, Bosanko, Bateman Lloyd, Young, Tough, Edwards, Davies
The SRC Cup is a five-round competition with the 10 SRC clubs split into two pools of five. Each team plays the others in its pool once during January and February, with one bye week per side.
After the pool stage the top two teams from each pool progress to the Cup semi-finals. Teams finishing third and fourth move into the Plate semi-finals.
The semi-finals are scheduled for the weekend of February 28, followed by the Cup and Plate finals a week later.
