ALL to play for - Newport Gwent Dragons head off to Ireland on Saturday to face leaders Munster flat out to make their presence felt in the Celtic League.

Ever since winning their opening game of the season in Glasgow - their last away triumph - the Dragons have slipped down the table to a point where qualification for next season's Heineken Cup was in jeopardy if they remained the fourth Welsh team.

But they believe they turned the corner with successive victories over the Ospreys and Connacht at the start of this month, and now that they are out of the Powergen and Heineken Cup competitions, the league is everything.

"We played some good stuff against Castres last week," said coach Paul Turner. "The spirit in the camp is excellent and now we kick into the really important part of the season.

"It's not impossible to win in Munster, the region did it two years ago (the Dragons won 16-6 at Thomond Park the day after coach Mike Ruddock was appointed to the Wales job) and we can do it again.

"We're looking for a big performance and nothing else will suffice. The players coming in need to make their mark and put the pressure on the international players. We need to keep up our recent form and carry on the form we have shown in the Celtic League this season."

The Dragons have been boosted by the availability of Welsh pair Ceri Sweeney and Gareth Cooper and Turner has made just two changes from the Castres game.

Ian Gough and Michael Owen are required by Wales, both in the team to face England next week, and their places are taken by Bryn Griffiths and Rhys Oakley respectively, Andrew Hall remaining on the bench alongside Jon Bryant, now recovered from a calf injury.

Griffiths makes only his third start of the season and Oakley his fourth.

The Dragons could be without hooker Steve Jones, who faces a late fitness test on the hip he injured against Castres.

Andrew Brown is standing by and if he plays the replacement hooker will be 19-year-old Richard Wilkes, a Dragons Academy player from Bedwas.

Shawn van Rensberg is, as expected, on the bench and could make his first appearance for almost two years and his first since rejoining the