Dragons v Cardiff Live: Kick-off time, team news and score updates from Boxing Day derby

The Dragons and Cardiff face each other in a mouthwatering Boxing Day derby with plenty of Welsh battles ahead weeks away from the Six Nations.

Ross Moriarty returns at No. 8 for the Gwent side and will face Welsh team-mate Taulupe Faletau in one of many head-to-heads that will undoubtedly interest returning Wales coach Warren Gatland.

After a less-than-stellar year for Welsh rugby, this derby also provides both sides with the chance to end 2022 on a high. For Cardiff in particular, they could finish the year in the top-half of the table.

And, of course, there's just the simple pull of bragging rights, with this clash at Rodney Parade being the first of the festive derbies.

Kick-off is at 2.15pm and you can follow all the action in the live blog below.

Dragons: Angus O'Brien; Rio Dyer, Steff Hughes, Jack Dixon, Ashton Hewitt; JJ Hanrahan, Rhodri Williams; Rhodri Jones, Bradley Roberts, Chris Coleman, Joe Davies, George Nott, Aaron Wainwright, Harri Keddie (capt), Ross Moriarty.

Replacements: Brodie Coghlan, Aki Seiuli, Lloyd Fairbrother, Matthew Screech, Sean Lonsdale, Lewis Jones, Sam Davies, Sio Tomkinson.

Cardiff: Josh Adams; Owen Lane, Rey Lee-Lo, Ben Thomas, Theo Cabango; Rhys Priestland, Tomos Williams; Rhys Carré, Liam Belcher, Dmitri Arhip, Lopeti Timani, Rory Thornton, Josh Turnbull (capt), Thomas Young, Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Kristian Dacey, Corey Domachowski, Will Davies-King, Seb Davies, Ellis Jenkins, Lloyd Williams, Jarrod Evans, Mason Grady.

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Live updates below: