RaboDirect Pro 12: Scarlets v Blues

[dullonien]

Scarlets: Liam Williams, Sean Lamont, Nick Reynolds, Stephen Jones, Andy Fenby, Rhys Priestland, Gareth Davies; Rhodri Jones, Ken Owens, Deacon Manu, Aaron Shingler, Dominic Day, Kieran Murphy, Josh Turnbull (capt), Ben Morgan.
Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Phil John, Simon Gardiner, Damian Welch, Johnathan Edwards, Tavis Knoyle, Adam Warren, Viliame Iongi.

Blues: Chris Czekaj, Alex Cuthbert, Casey Laulala, Dafydd Hewitt, Harry Robinson, Ceri Sweeney, Lloyd Williams; Gethin Jenkins, Marc Breeze, Scott Andrews, Bradley Davies, James Down, Maama Molitika, Josh Navidi, Andries Pretorius.
Replacements: Kristian Dacey, John Yapp, Ryan Harford, Macauley Cook, Luke Hamilton, Richie Rees, Dan Parks, Gavin Evans.

Last games for their regions for quite a few players here. For the Scarlets, Stephen Jones, Dom Day and Ben Morgan are playing their last games before moving on, and for the Blues it'll be the last time we'll see Casey Laulala, Ceri Sweeney, Gethin Jenkins, Maama Molitika, John Yapp, Richie Rees, Dan Parks (hooray), and possibly Alex Cuthbert.

Great to see Adries Pretorius back. Hope to see him playing blindside next season.

 

[Draggs]

What I would give to see Wellies flip and score a try like Shane at 80 minutes.

 

[cyRil]

He'd probably break his collarbone.

 

[Draggs]

I think is increasing round shape would make it more of a roll.
Either way, he'd miss the conversion.

 

[cyRil]

The ****ing Turk couldn't wait to get under the sticks!!!!!!!!

 

[psychic duck]

is that the first ever penalty try through a scrum the Scarlets have ever scored?

can't remember any previously

 

[Me 1]

is that the first ever penalty try through a scrum the Scarlets have ever scored?

can't remember any previously

We did one against Ulster last season.

Anyyyyywwwayyyyyyyyyy, we got the bonus point, but it wasn't enough again Same thing 2 seasons in a row, we really need some hard buggers to tighten up the tight five to have any chance of making the play-offs.

 

[DuncTheDoodle]

That was possibly, on pure entertainment value alone, the best game of the season. Well done folks, I do like seeing people try stupid offloads when the pressures off. Perhaps the Welsh teams should knock themselves out of contention for every trophy early more often. Oh, wait...

 

[dullonien]

I think this game showed the complete Scott Andrews. He provided some superb support in open play, and delivered a couple of lovely offloads which was good. At the other end, he was part of a scrum that conceded a penalty try to the Scarlets! Overall, unable to do what a prop should, and no amount of galloping runs and offloads can make up for that. If he was 3rd or 4th choice, developing his scrummaging and learning from some quality tightheads in front of him, fine, but he's not even close to being of the required level yet, and possibly will never be.