Newport County-Hartlepool United: Boss Dave Jones names unchanged team

Jones, who watched last Saturday's win over Stevenage in the Cyril Knowles Stand, will today be in the dug-out for the first time for the League Two match at Newport County.

The 60-year-old told SportMail this week that he'd be unafraid to make changes at Rodney Parade but when it came to it, he decided to stick with a winning XI.

Nathan Thomas, who was struggling to be fit after making his comeback last week, was not in the squad though there was a return for young attacker Connor Smith who was named on the bench.

Newport: Day, Jones, O'Brien, Butler, Nelson, Pipe, Bennett, Rose, Reid, Williams, Bird

Substitutes: Samuel, Flynn, Bojaj, Demetriou, Bittner, Rigg, Sheehan

Pools: Bartlett, Donnelly, Bates, Harrison, Kavanagh, Walker, Featherstone, Woods, Hawkins, Oates, Alessandra

Substitutes: Amond, Laurent, Martin, Richardson, Deverdics, Smith, Fryer

Referee: Kevin Johnson