Newport Gwent Dragons became the first Welsh team to win in Europe this season when they secured a priceless away victory by beating Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Sunday.

It made up for last week's surprise home defeat at the hands of Newcastle, though on the other hand that setback will rankle even more now.

It means the Dragons are still in there fighting in the Heineken Cup, with everything resting on December's back-to-back games against French aces Perpignan.

Two tries by Gareth Wyatt and Hal Luscombe, one in each half, made it a Halloween glory show by the Dragons, though their man of the match was probably Gareth Baber, who made a superb replacement for injured Gareth Cooper, though hooker Steve Jones ran him close.

Gareth Cooper dealt the Dragons a heavy blow when he pulled out with his knee injury, which makes him doubtful for Wales against the Springboks, Gareth Baber deputising.

And coach Chris Anderson made a series of positional changes after last week's setback against Newcastle.

He moved Percy Montgomery to his international position of full back from outside-centre, with Hal Luscombe switching from wing to centre, and Kevin Morgan completely out of position on the wing.

Chris Anthony was brought in at tight head prop, and young Wales squad member Luke Charteris came in for Peter Sidoli on the bench, with Craig Warlow also a sub, all of which made eight changes, five positional, from last week's 22, though there was no specialist scrum-half cover.

Skipper Chris Paterson missed an early chance to put Edinburgh ahead with a long-range penalty, and when the Dragons had an even tougher attempt the kick was given to Montgomery, who only just failed.

The Dragons were eager to open out, and Tuipulotu and Sweeney handled promisingly before Morgan acrobatically caught a Wyatt kick and slung in an overhead pass, but the Scots got back to cover.

Gough drove on for the Dragons, who then earned a penalty for offside. This time the kick was given to Sweeney, who put the ball straight between the posts from wide out on the 22 to give the Dragons a 13th-minute lead.

They did even better two minutes later with a glorious try. Number eight Richard Bryan picked up at the back of a scrum and made ground before handing on to Baber, who stormed through a gap and kicked ahead for Wyatt to gather on the full and steam over for a try which Sweeney converted and a 10-0 lead.

Edinburgh countered strongly and Gough brought Webster down with a fine cover tackle, but the Dragons conceded a penalty at the ensuing ruck, which Paterson kicked for Edinburgh's first points.

But Baber showed up again when he harassed his opposite number and drove on to the Edinburgh line, only for the Scots to clear. The Dragons mounted fierce pressure and most of the team handled as possession was maintained, but the Edinburgh defence held and they even countered in a spectacular passage of play.

Edinburgh lost Brendan Laney after 33 minutes with a damaged shoulder, replaced by Phil Godman. But the Dragons were rocked when they were rolled back for at least 20 yards from a line-out won by Hines, emphasising their lack of power up front as hooker Doug Hall finally barged across for the try, which Paterson converted to put the scores level.

The Dragons came under pressure at the start of the second half, but they recovered and Sweeney almost found a way through before failing badly with a dropped goal shot.

The Dragons replaced Anthony with Rhys Thomas after only three minutes of the half, and then they mounted heavy pressure, with livewire Baber almost through again.

Thomas brought off a heavy tackle and Luscombe and Morgan handled down the left, but Luscombe couldn't take a difficult pass back infield near the line.

But the Dragons regained the lead with another glorious try. It was all started by Tuipulotu when he crashed through in midfield, bouncing a would-be tackler off, then he handed on to Morgan, who transferred to the supporting Montgomery. The full back neatly switched the ball infield where Luscombe was in support, and he dashed over for the try, which Sweeney converted.

Dragons coach Anderson then took Bryan off and, surprisingly, replaced him, not with Ross Beattie, but lock Luke Charteris, who had not played this season, Owen moving to number eight.

Edinburgh went within a whisker of replying when Paterson broke clean through, but was pounced on by Montgomery ten yards out when there was also a suggestion Di Rollo was held back.

Wyatt, however, clearly was obstructed when Sweeney kicked through close to the line, but the referee missed it.

He didn't fail to spot the Dragons failing to roll away, though, and with five minutes left Paterson slotted the penalty.

But the Dragons stormed back and established a foothold in the Edinburgh 22, though the referee unaccountably penalised the Dragons' front row five yards out. Then, when Owen broke through, Luscombe knocked on badly.

Edinburgh took a strike against the head and there was a race between Webster and Dragons pair Morgan and Luscombe, who slid in in the nick of time, then Tuipulotu brought off a match-saving cover tackle on Callum and the Dragons were home.

The team came back out to acknowledge a chorus of Dragons cheers.

Edinburgh: H Southwell, C Paterson (captain), M Di Rollo, C Joiner (M Dey 63), S Webster, B Laney (P Godman 33), M Blair, A Jacobsen, D Hall, C Smith J Brannigan 63), N Hines, A Kellock, A Strokosch, A Hogg, S Cross (D Callam 40). Scorers -- try: Hall; conversion: Paterson; penalties: Paterson (2). Newport Gwent Dragons: P Montgomery, G Wyatt, H Luscombe, S Tuipulotu, K Morgan, C Sweeney, R Snow (A Black 64), S Jones, C Anthony (R Thomas 43), I Gough, M Owen, J Ringer, R Bryan (L Charteris 57), J Forster (captain). Scorers -- tries: Wyatt, Luscombe; conversions: Sweeney (2); penalty: Sweeney. Referee: Mr S McDowell (Ireland). Attendance: 2,450.