Head coach Dwayne Peel praised his side’s effort in a battling 50-21 defeat in Bordeaux, but admitted inaccuracies proved costly against the defending champions.
It was always going to be a stern test for the Scarlets against a UBB side who have been dominant at home in recent Champions Cup campaigns.
But the West Walians came close to leaving the south west of France with a try bonus, after being denied a fourth try in the closing minutes.
“It is obviously disappointing that we didn’t get anything out of the game, we were fighting hard for that fourth try at the end,” said Peel.
“I can’t fault the effort of the boys, it was just our inaccuracies that hurt us out there, you can’t allow a side of the quality of Bordeaux easy ins and I felt we did that at times.
“Our forwards carried strongly, I thought Fletcher Anderson at eight was excellent, he has been a really good signing for us.
“When we were in their 22 I thought we took our tries well, it was just frustrating that the game got away through our inaccuracies. A side of the quality of Bordeaux are always going to punish you when you make the type of errors we did.”