Pro12: Newport Gwent Dragons v Ospreys Venue: Rodney Parade Date: Monday, 31 December, 2012 Kick-off: 16:15 GMT Tom Prydie returns for the Newport Gwent Dragons to face his former side the Ospreys in the New Year's Eve derby at Rodney Parade. The Dragons full-back returns after a knee injury ruled him out the 12-10 defeat to the Cardiff Blues . Ospreys Flanker Justin Tipuric misses the game due to a shoulder injury in the 32-3 victory over the Scarlets. Scrum-half Rhys Webb is also out after being banned for a week for stamping in the same game at Parc y Scarlets. Fly-half Dan Evans is ruled out of the Dragons side with an ankle sprain picked up against the Blues at the Arms Park on Boxing Day. Lewis Robling and Jonathan Evans are selected as half-backs for the Dragons. Coach Darren Edwards has kept the same Dragons pack which impressed against the Blues. The Ospreys have made three changes from the side that recorded a 32-3 victory over the Scarlets on Boxing Day, Wales flanker Tipuric is replaced by Sam Lewis at open-side. We've got to be pleased with the win against the Scarlets, but there's still room for improvement Jonathan Humphreys Ospreys forwards coach Lock Lloyd Peers replaces Ian Gough in the Ospreys engine room alongside the impressive James King, while Tom Issacs is drafted in at centre for Ashley Beck, who drops to the bench. The Ospreys have won their last two Pro12 games and are five points behind fourth-placed Glasgow Warriors, who have played a game more. The reigning Pro12 champions only defeat in their last eight Pro12 games was the 13-23 defeat to Edinburgh at Murrayfield on 23 November - but the Ospreys have not won away from home in any competition since a trip to Zebre on 5 October. The Dragons have won just one of their last six Pro12 games, beating Connacht 14-3 at home on 23 November. Jonathan Humphreys, the Ospreys forwards coach, wants his side to build on their impressive one-sided demolition of the Scarlets at the Liberty Stadium. "As a coaching group, yes we've got to be pleased with the win against the Scarlets, but there's still room for improvement," said Humphreys. We showed great effort and commitment, good discipline and we played the game plan well but there were areas of the performance where we could have done better. It's another tough week, with a difficult game in Newport followed by another tricky one at the Liberty against Zebre on Friday night. We have to make sure that everyone understands how important these games are to our Pro12 hopes, that we need to put top-level performances in, and if we do that, then we have a chance of getting the results we need. The Ospreys are also without Alun Wyn Jones (shoulder), Hanno Dirksen (knee), Joe Rees (neck), Tom Smith (groin), Aaron Jarvis (knee), Owen Williams (hamstring), Ian Evans (knee) and Tom Grabham (hip) who are all injured. Teams Dragons: Hallam Amos; Will Harries, Pat Leach, Andy Tuilagi, Tom Prydie; Lewis Robling, Jonathan Evans; Phil Price, Sam Parry, Dan Way, Andrew Coombs, Rob Sidoli, Lewis Evans (capt), Nic Cudd, Toby Faletau. Replacements: Hugh Gustafson, Owen Evans, Nathan Buck, Adam Jones, Tom Brown, Wayne Evans, Steffan Jones, Jack Dixon. Ospreys: Richard Fussell; Ross Jones, Tom Isaacs, Andrew Bishop, Eli Walker; Dan Biggar, Kahn Fotuali'i (capt); Ryan Bevington, Richard Hibbard, Adam Jones, Lloyd Peers, James King, Ryan Jones, Sam Lewis, Joe Bearman. Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Duncan Jones, Cai Griffiths, Jonathan Thomas, Morgan Allen, Tom Habberfield, Matthew Morgan, Ashley Beck. Assistant Referees: Neil Hennessy, Rhys Thomas (both WRU) Citing Commissioner: Jeff Mark (WRU)