Filo Tiatia hopes Dragons’ upturn in form will lead to more of their players making the step up to Test level with Wales.
The Rodney Parade club host Edinburgh in the United Rugby Championship on Saturday (19:45 BST) and then finish their season at Scarlets.
The trip to Llanelli comes after Monday’s announcement of the Wales squad for summer fixtures against Barbarians, Fiji, Argentina and South Africa by head coach Steve Tandy.
Just two Dragons played in the Six Nations – lock Ben Carter and number eight Aaron Wainwright – but the club have been in strong form since then and made it to the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup.
“They are pushing,” said head coach Tiatia about his players’ Test hopes.
“When you are winning games you get elevated and more people notice they are playing well.”
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Wing Rio Dyer won his 24th cap against South Africa in the autumn and has been back to his best in recent months, with a remarkable try-saving tackle against Montpellier last weekend.
He gets another chance to stake a claim against Edinburgh this weekend along with uncapped Angus O’Brien.
The big-kicking full-back was called up by Wales attack coach Matt Sherratt after he missed out on the Six Nations, with Tiatia believing the 31-year-old is “probably the best 15 in the country and should be looked at”.
Blind-side flanker Ryan Woodman, fit-again Elliot Dee and fellow hooker Brodie Coghlan, centre Aneurin Owen and tight-head Chris Coleman have all performed strongly in recent weeks.
“There are a lot of players to talk about,” said the Dragons head coach.
“They need to keep on top of their form for the Wales coaches to keep viewing them.”
Dragons were edged out 18-12 by Montpellier in the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup on Sunday and have a six-day turnaround to the fixture against Edinburgh.
Tiatia makes five changes to the starting line-up with wing Jared Rosser, scrum-half Rhodri Williams, tight-head prop Dillon Lewis, lock Seb Davies and blind-side flanker Harri Keddie starting.
Wainwright makes his final Rodney Parade appearance before his summer move to Leicester as 14th-placed Dragons attempt to finish above Welsh rivals Scarlets.
Edinburgh, who are fresh from URC wins against Zebre and Sharks, host Connacht after their Newport trip and could finish from 10th to 14th.
Sean Everitt’s side have won just once on their travels this season – a 15-14 success at Benetton in round nine – but have a four-game winning streak against Dragons.
Edinburgh are boosted by the return of Lions wing Duhan van der Merwe, who has not played since January because of an ankle injury.
Loose-head prop Pierre Schoeman makes his 150th appearance for the club with back-row forward Magnus Bradbury set to reach the same milestone from the bench.
How they line up
Dragons: O’Brien (co-capt); Dyer, Inisi, Owen, J Rosser; de Beer, R Williams; Martinez, Coghlan, Lewis, S Davies, Carter (co-capt), Keddie, Young, Wainwright.
Replacements: Dee, R Jones, Coleman, Screech, Woodman, Armstrong, Ackerman, Anderson.
Edinburgh: Paterson; Graham, Tuipulotu, Thomson, van der Merwe; Thompson, Patterson; Schoeman, Ashman, Blyth-Lafferty, Hunter-Hill, Gilchrist (capt), Young, Douglas, Currie.
Replacements: Richardson, Venter, Hill, Sykes, McConnell, Bradbury, Shield, O’Conor.
Referee: Filippo Russo (Italy)
Assistants: Marcus Candle & Lucas Yendle (Wales)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (Italy)
