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Att.: 6753 |
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Scarlets opened their European Challenge Cup quest with a hard-earned 20-16 victory over London Irish at Parc y| Scarlets.
Tries from wing Corey Baldwin and skipper Steff Hughes, combined with 10 points from the boot of Dan Jones were enough to secure the points after a stop-start contest in Llanelli.
Prop Rob Evans produced a man-of-the-match display at the heart of the Scarlets’ forwards effort, while Tevita Ratuva put in an eye-catching display on debut.
It was the visitors who enjoyed the early possession and territory, although the Scarlets were in defiant mood in defence.
Dan Jones opened the scoring with a 14th minute penalty success, but it was Irish who were celebrating the game’s first try five minutes later.
Some strong forward surges had the home side on their heels and it was hooker Motu Matu’u who powered over from close-range.
Experienced fly-half Stephen Myler converted and Irish then did well to repel a home drive in the corner.
The Premiership side found themselves down to 14 men when centre Bryce Campbell was shown yellow for a deliberate knock-on as Scarlets looked to have men out wide.
And after knocking hard on the door, the home side found a way through.
It came via a lovely kick through from Jones, which caused panic in the Irish defence. The visitors failed to deal with the bouncing ball, which landed gratefully into the arms of wing Corey Baldwin who dived over to score on his European debut.
Jones converted to give the Scarlets the lead, but in a half dominated by the whistle of referee Sean Gallagher, Myler levelled then added another penalty before Jones squared things up again at 13-13 after the Scarlets had been held up over the line.
Myler had a chance to restore his side’s lead soon after the restart, but pushed his penalty attempt wide and it was the Scarlets who conjured up the moment of the match for Hughes’s second-half try.
Ratuva made some hard yards, the ball found Kieron Fonotia and he put in a beautiful right-footed chip which landed perfectly in the arms of his centre partner, who dived over at the posts.
Jones’s conversion made it 20-13, but Myler ensured Irish kept hanging on at the coat-tails with another penalty from straight in front.
Replacement Ryan Lamb, on for Jones for the final quarter, kept the Scarlets playing in the right areas with some lovely kicks out of hand and the home side were able to hold onto their advantage to open their Pool 2 account with a win.
All eyes now turn to a trip to Toulon, who beat Bayonne in their opening tie in the pool.
Scarlets - tries: C. Balwdin, S. Hughes. Cons: D. Jones (2). Pens: Jones (2).
London Irish - try: M. Matu’u. Con: S. Myler. Pens: Myler (3).
Scarlets | London Irish | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rob Evans | 1 | Harry Elrington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Taylor Davies | 2 | Motu Matu'u | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Werner Kruger | 3 | Pat Cilliers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lewis Rawlins | 4 | Barney Maddison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tevita Ratuva | 5 | George Nott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Uzair Cassiem | 6 | Ben Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Macleod | 7 | Conor Gilsenan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Blade Thomson | 8 | Matt Rogerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kieran Hardy | 9 | Nick Phipps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Dan Jones | 10 | Stephen Myler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steffan Evans | 11 | Ollie Hassell-Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kieron Fonotia | 12 | Bryce Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Steffan Hughes | 13 | Tom Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Corey Baldwin | 14 | Brendan Macken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny McNicholl | 15 | Tom Parton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marc Jones | 16 | Ross McMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Price | 17 | Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Samson Lee | 18 | Lovejoy Chawatama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steven Cummins | 19 | Jack Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jac Morgan | 20 | Isaac Curtis Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dane Blacker | 21 | Scott Steele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ryan Lamb | 22 | Jacob Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Morgan Williams | 23 | Matt Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
8' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Brendan Macken | |
8' | Replacement On | Replacement on Matt Williams | |
14' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
19' | Try | Motu Matu'u has scored a try | |
20' | Conversion | Stephen Myler has kicked the conversion | |
22' | Yellow Card | Bryce Campbell has been given a Yellow card | |
24' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taylor Davies | |
24' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
28' | Try | Corey Baldwin has scored a try | |
30' | Conversion | Dan Jones has kicked the conversion | |
33' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
38' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
40+' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
41' | Replacement On | Replacement on Lovejoy Chawatama | |
41' | Replacement On | Replacement on Samson Lee | |
41' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Werner Kruger | |
41' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Pat Cilliers | |
43' | Missed Penalty | Stephen Myler has missed the penalty | |
51' | Try | Steffan Hughes has scored a try | |
52' | Conversion | Dan Jones has kicked the conversion | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Lamb | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Steven Cummins | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Lewis Rawlins | |
55' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Isaac Curtis Harris | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off George Nott | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Scott Steele | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Nick Phipps | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Harry Elrington | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Dane Blacker | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kieran Hardy | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Williams | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Corey Baldwin | |
69' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rob Evans | |
69' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
69' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ben Donnell | |
69' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jack Cooke | |
71' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Motu Matu'u | |
71' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ross McMillan | |
73' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jac Morgan | |
73' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tevita Ratuva |
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Scarlets | London Irish | |
Steffan Hughes Corey Baldwin |
TRY |
Motu Matu'u |
Dan Jones(2) |
CON |
Stephen Myler |
Dan Jones(2) |
PEN |
Stephen Myler(3) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC |
Bryce Campbell |
- | YC | - |
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WINS | |||||
25 |
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1 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
1 |
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25 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
0 |
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0 |
Scarlets | London Irish | |
Steffan Hughes Corey Baldwin |
TRY |
Motu Matu'u |
Dan Jones(2) |
CON |
Stephen Myler |
Dan Jones(2) |
PEN |
Stephen Myler(3) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC |
Bryce Campbell |
- | YC | - |
Scarlets opened their European Challenge Cup quest with a hard-earned 20-16 victory over London Irish at Parc y| Scarlets.
Tries from wing Corey Baldwin and skipper Steff Hughes, combined with 10 points from the boot of Dan Jones were enough to secure the points after a stop-start contest in Llanelli.
Prop Rob Evans produced a man-of-the-match display at the heart of the Scarlets’ forwards effort, while Tevita Ratuva put in an eye-catching display on debut.
It was the visitors who enjoyed the early possession and territory, although the Scarlets were in defiant mood in defence.
Dan Jones opened the scoring with a 14th minute penalty success, but it was Irish who were celebrating the game’s first try five minutes later.
Some strong forward surges had the home side on their heels and it was hooker Motu Matu’u who powered over from close-range.
Experienced fly-half Stephen Myler converted and Irish then did well to repel a home drive in the corner.
The Premiership side found themselves down to 14 men when centre Bryce Campbell was shown yellow for a deliberate knock-on as Scarlets looked to have men out wide.
And after knocking hard on the door, the home side found a way through.
It came via a lovely kick through from Jones, which caused panic in the Irish defence. The visitors failed to deal with the bouncing ball, which landed gratefully into the arms of wing Corey Baldwin who dived over to score on his European debut.
Jones converted to give the Scarlets the lead, but in a half dominated by the whistle of referee Sean Gallagher, Myler levelled then added another penalty before Jones squared things up again at 13-13 after the Scarlets had been held up over the line.
Myler had a chance to restore his side’s lead soon after the restart, but pushed his penalty attempt wide and it was the Scarlets who conjured up the moment of the match for Hughes’s second-half try.
Ratuva made some hard yards, the ball found Kieron Fonotia and he put in a beautiful right-footed chip which landed perfectly in the arms of his centre partner, who dived over at the posts.
Jones’s conversion made it 20-13, but Myler ensured Irish kept hanging on at the coat-tails with another penalty from straight in front.
Replacement Ryan Lamb, on for Jones for the final quarter, kept the Scarlets playing in the right areas with some lovely kicks out of hand and the home side were able to hold onto their advantage to open their Pool 2 account with a win.
All eyes now turn to a trip to Toulon, who beat Bayonne in their opening tie in the pool.
Scarlets - tries: C. Balwdin, S. Hughes. Cons: D. Jones (2). Pens: Jones (2).
London Irish - try: M. Matu’u. Con: S. Myler. Pens: Myler (3).
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Rob Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Taylor Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Werner Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Lewis Rawlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Tevita Ratuva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Uzair Cassiem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Kieron Fonotia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Steffan Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Corey Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Johnny McNicholl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Samson Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Steven Cummins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Dane Blacker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Ryan Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Morgan Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
London Irish | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Harry Elrington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Motu Matu'u | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Pat Cilliers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Barney Maddison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | George Nott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Ben Donnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Conor Gilsenan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Matt Rogerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Nick Phipps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Stephen Myler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Ollie Hassell-Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Bryce Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Tom Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Brendan Macken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Tom Parton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Ross McMillan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Lovejoy Chawatama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Jack Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Isaac Curtis Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Scott Steele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Jacob Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Matt Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
8' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Brendan Macken | |
8' | Replacement On | Replacement on Matt Williams | |
14' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
19' | Try | Motu Matu'u has scored a try | |
20' | Conversion | Stephen Myler has kicked the conversion | |
22' | Yellow Card | Bryce Campbell has been given a Yellow card | |
24' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taylor Davies | |
24' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
28' | Try | Corey Baldwin has scored a try | |
30' | Conversion | Dan Jones has kicked the conversion | |
33' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
38' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
40+' | Penalty | Dan Jones has kicked the penalty goal | |
41' | Replacement On | Replacement on Lovejoy Chawatama | |
41' | Replacement On | Replacement on Samson Lee | |
41' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Werner Kruger | |
41' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Pat Cilliers | |
43' | Missed Penalty | Stephen Myler has missed the penalty | |
51' | Try | Steffan Hughes has scored a try | |
52' | Conversion | Dan Jones has kicked the conversion | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Lamb | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Steven Cummins | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Lewis Rawlins | |
55' | Penalty | Stephen Myler has kicked the penalty goal | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Isaac Curtis Harris | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off George Nott | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Scott Steele | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Nick Phipps | |
60' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Harry Elrington | |
60' | Replacement On | Replacement on Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Dane Blacker | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kieran Hardy | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Williams | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Corey Baldwin | |
69' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rob Evans | |
69' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
69' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ben Donnell | |
69' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jack Cooke | |
71' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Motu Matu'u | |
71' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ross McMillan | |
73' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jac Morgan | |
73' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tevita Ratuva |