The home side are dominating in the early stages, but can't quite finish off the chances they are creating.

Darcy Graham's attempted offload goes to ground having made a half break.

Edinburgh duo Marshall Sykes and Duhan van der Merwe are both down receiving treatment at present. They've taken a couple of heavy collisions, but that's the name of the game.

Edinburgh are straight back on the attack, but the hosts are pinged for an infringement at the breakdown and another chance is gone.

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Hamish Watson throws a horrible pass at Pierre Schoeman's ankles and the Edinburgh prop can't cling on to it. Slipping through his fingers.

Dragons will have a scrum and a chance to clear.

Aaron Wainwright makes an early burst for Dragons, who are throwing the ball around in the early stages.

They overplay though and with no full-back at home, Wes Goosen boots forward and gets the 50-22.

A big chance for the hosts.

Andy Burke
BBC Sport Scotland at Hive Stadium

Which side of Edinburgh's split personality will we see this evening?

The side full of intensity and attacking ambition that ruthlessly put away Munster in Cork?

Or the team that squandered a winning position at the last against Benetton last time out?

With a host of Scotland stars, including Duhan van der Merwe and Darcy Graham, returning to the side, Edinburgh should have enough to win and win well against Dragons, the URC's bottom side.

But with Sean Everitt's side, you can never be quite sure.....

Referee Morne Ferreira peeps his whistle and away we go.

Dragons are attempting to end a 12-game losing streak in the league this evening. Bottom of the table, they have not won since beating Ospreys on the opening day of the season.

Edinburgh meanwhile are 11th, two points outside the top eight.

Their only win in the last four rounds of the URC was at Munster in February, while a six-game home winning run in all tournaments was ended by Zebre last time out.

Edinburgh have won all seven games played against Welsh regions at Hive Stadium and have lost just one of their last six fixtures against Dragons - behind closed doors at Principality Stadium in 2021.

The Dragons have not beaten Edinburgh in Scotland since March 2012.

Tonga international Paula Latu makes his first Dragons start this evening.

Latu, 29, replaces tight-head prop Chris Coleman who was forced off in last week's game against Ulster with a head inury, head coach Filo Tiatia making four changes to his starting XV from the 34-30 loss at Rodney Parade.

Matthew Screech also failed a head injury assesement while fellow lock George Nott picked up a knee problem, so Steve Cummins and Joe Davies come into the second row.

Rodrigo Martinez returns at loose-head prop, having been a late withdrawal against Ulster because of a leg injury.

On the bench, wing Jared Rosser is in line to play his 100th game for the region, while fly-half Josh Thomas could make his debut.

Edinburgh welcome back six Scotland internationals for Friday night's URC match with Dragons at Hive Stadium.

Wingers Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe return to the XV having both scored twice during the Six Nations, with prop Pierre Schoeman, lock Grant Gilchrist and back-row Jamie Ritchie also starting. Hooker Dave Cherry is named amongst the replacements.

Wes Goosen, who has played every minute of Edinburgh's campaign so far, starts at full-back alongside Graham and van der Merwe.

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Edinburgh: Goosen, Graham, Currie, Lang, Van der Merwe, Thompson, Vellacott (co-capt); Schoeman, Harrison, Rae, Sykes, Gilchrist (co-capt), Ritchie, Watson, Bradbury.

Replacements: Cherry, Venter, Sebastian, Young, Douglas, Price, Scott, McCann.

Dragons: Anderson, Dyer, Westwood, Owen (capt), Hewitt, Reed, Williams; Martinez, Dee, Latu, Davies, Cummins, Lewis-Hughes, Keddie, Wainwright.

Replacements: Coghlan, Kelleher-Griffiths, Evans, Langton-Cryer, Basham, Blacker, Thomas, Rosser.

Good evening one and all. Edinburgh host Dragons in the URC this evening with both teams chasing a much-needed win.

Sean Everitt's side were beaten by Benetton last weekend, while Dragons are winless in the league since the opening day.

Kick-off is 15 minutes away, so let's get right to it.

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