Centre Niva Ta'auso returns to the squad having missed the game against Glasgow Warriors, but scrum-half Frank Murphy has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Tickets which were purchased for this game, which was called off on January 8 because of frost and snow, will be valid for the game on St Patrick's Day.

Connacht (squad v Dragons): L Bibo; K Campbell, F Carr, G Duffy, A Flavin, J Hagan, I Keatley, R Loughney, K Matthews, M McCarthy, M McComish, R Morris, J Muldoon, G Naoupu, M Nikora, R Ofisa, C O'Loughlin, M Swift, N Ta'auso, B Upton, B Wilkinson, A Wynne.