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The Scarlets celebrated their first win on French soil since 2014 after seeing off the challenge of Bayonne 19-11 at the Stade Jean-Dauger.
Cheered on by a vocal travelling support of more than 300 fans, the Scarlets again dug deep for a win that keeps them firmly in the hunt for qualification from Pool 2 of the European Challenge Cup.
A try from prop Rob Evans and 14 points from the unerring boot of full-back Leigh Halfpenny was enough to keep the French side at bay, ensuring the Scarlets remain hot on the tail of pool leaders Toulon.
Evans was part of an outstanding forward effort with the Scarlets going toe to toe with a juggernaut home eight.
Making his first appearance of the season, Halfpenny also oozed class, enjoying a 100 percent success rate at goal as well as producing a superb all-round display.
After a frantic opening, it was the trusty boot of the Wales full-back that opened the scoring on 11 minutes.
The home side levelled through fly-half Romain Barthelemy before the Scarlets struck for the game’s first try.
A clever line-out catch and drive was held up over the line, but after having a second go, the Scarlets found a way over the whitewash through impressive prop Evans.
Halfpenny converted, but moments later, the home crowd were celebrating when scrum-half Michael Ruru broke clear and gathered his own chip ahead.
With back-rowers Uzair Cassiem and Blade Thomson putting in huge shifts, Scarlets went close on a couple of occasions, but had to wait until the final minute of the half to extend their lead when Halfpenny landed another penalty following a high hit on hooker Ryan Elias - a challenge that saw Bayonne No. 8 Sione Tau sent to the naughty step for 10 minutes.
Further pressure saw Halfpenny extend the Scarlets lead to 16-8 10 minutes after the restart, but moments later that was cancelled out by another Barthelemy strike.
A superb break from Johnny McNicholl and some slick hands almost led to a second Scarlets’ try, but a penalty followed and Halfpenny made no mistake from closer-range to push the Scarlets more than one score ahead at 19-11.
With discipline letting the hosts down badly, Bayonne were reduced to 14 men again when centre Yan Lestrade was shown yellow for a deliberate knock-on.
And although the home side tried to get back into the contest, the Scarlets held firm to claim their first victory in France since the triumph over Racing in January, 2014.
Both sides meet in the return at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday, kicking off at 7.45pm.
Bayonne - try: M. Ruru. Pens: R. Barthelemy (2).
Scarlets - try: R. Evans. Con: L. Halfpenny. Pens: Halfpenny (4).
Aviron Bayonnais | Scarlets | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Swan Cormenier | 1 | Rob Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maxime Lamothe | 2 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Census Johnston | 3 | Werner Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | PJ Van Lill | 4 | Steven Cummins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adam Jaulhac | 5 | Sam Lousi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jean Monribot | 6 | Uzair Cassiem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Baptiste Heguy | 7 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sione Tau | 8 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Michael Ruru | 9 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Romain Barthelemy | 10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Remy Baget | 11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Peyo Muscarditz | 12 | Paul Asquith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yan Lestrade | 13 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sean Robinson | 14 | Johnny McNicholl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johannes Graaff | 15 | Leigh Halfpenny | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maxime Delonca | 16 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aretz Iguiniz | 17 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jean-Baptiste De Clercq | 18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Edwin Maka | 19 | Josh Helps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arnaud Duputs | 20 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Manu Saubusse | 21 | Jonathan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Manuel Ordas | 22 | Ryan Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Julien Tisseron | 23 | Corey Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
11' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
23' | Penalty | Romain Barthelemy has kicked the penalty goal | |
28' | Try | Rob Evans has scored a try | |
29' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
30' | Try | Michael Ruru has scored a try | |
31' | Missed Conversion | Romain Barthelemy has missed the conversion | |
40' | Replacement On | Replacement on Aretz Iguiniz | |
40' | Yellow Card | Sione Tau has been given a Yellow card | |
40' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Swan Cormenier | |
40+' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Census Johnston | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jean-Baptiste De Clercq | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Maxime Delonca | |
50' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Maxime Lamothe | |
53' | Penalty | Romain Barthelemy has kicked the penalty goal | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kieran Hardy | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jonathan Evans | |
56' | Replacement On | Replacement on Julien Tisseron | |
56' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rob Evans | |
56' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johannes Graaff | |
56' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
56' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
60' | Yellow Card | Yan Lestrade has been given a Yellow card | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Arnaud Duputs | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Werner Kruger | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Josh Helps | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Adam Jaulhac | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Steven Cummins | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Edwin Maka | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Lamb | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sione Tau | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Corey Baldwin | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Paul Asquith | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Josh Macleod | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Manu Saubusse | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Michael Ruru | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Manuel Ordas | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Yan Lestrade | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jac Morgan |
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European Rugby Challenge Cup | ||||||||
Att.: 5957 |
Aviron Bayonnais | Scarlets | |
Michael Ruru |
TRY |
Rob Evans |
- | CON |
Leigh Halfpenny |
Romain Barthelemy(2) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(4) |
- | DG | - |
Sione Tau Yan Lestrade |
YC | - |
- | YC | - |
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WINS | |||||
0 |
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4 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
4 |
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0 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
0 |
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0 |
Aviron Bayonnais | Scarlets | |
Michael Ruru |
TRY |
Rob Evans |
- | CON |
Leigh Halfpenny |
Romain Barthelemy(2) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(4) |
- | DG | - |
Sione Tau Yan Lestrade |
YC | - |
- | YC | - |
The Scarlets celebrated their first win on French soil since 2014 after seeing off the challenge of Bayonne 19-11 at the Stade Jean-Dauger.
Cheered on by a vocal travelling support of more than 300 fans, the Scarlets again dug deep for a win that keeps them firmly in the hunt for qualification from Pool 2 of the European Challenge Cup.
A try from prop Rob Evans and 14 points from the unerring boot of full-back Leigh Halfpenny was enough to keep the French side at bay, ensuring the Scarlets remain hot on the tail of pool leaders Toulon.
Evans was part of an outstanding forward effort with the Scarlets going toe to toe with a juggernaut home eight.
Making his first appearance of the season, Halfpenny also oozed class, enjoying a 100 percent success rate at goal as well as producing a superb all-round display.
After a frantic opening, it was the trusty boot of the Wales full-back that opened the scoring on 11 minutes.
The home side levelled through fly-half Romain Barthelemy before the Scarlets struck for the game’s first try.
A clever line-out catch and drive was held up over the line, but after having a second go, the Scarlets found a way over the whitewash through impressive prop Evans.
Halfpenny converted, but moments later, the home crowd were celebrating when scrum-half Michael Ruru broke clear and gathered his own chip ahead.
With back-rowers Uzair Cassiem and Blade Thomson putting in huge shifts, Scarlets went close on a couple of occasions, but had to wait until the final minute of the half to extend their lead when Halfpenny landed another penalty following a high hit on hooker Ryan Elias - a challenge that saw Bayonne No. 8 Sione Tau sent to the naughty step for 10 minutes.
Further pressure saw Halfpenny extend the Scarlets lead to 16-8 10 minutes after the restart, but moments later that was cancelled out by another Barthelemy strike.
A superb break from Johnny McNicholl and some slick hands almost led to a second Scarlets’ try, but a penalty followed and Halfpenny made no mistake from closer-range to push the Scarlets more than one score ahead at 19-11.
With discipline letting the hosts down badly, Bayonne were reduced to 14 men again when centre Yan Lestrade was shown yellow for a deliberate knock-on.
And although the home side tried to get back into the contest, the Scarlets held firm to claim their first victory in France since the triumph over Racing in January, 2014.
Both sides meet in the return at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday, kicking off at 7.45pm.
Bayonne - try: M. Ruru. Pens: R. Barthelemy (2).
Scarlets - try: R. Evans. Con: L. Halfpenny. Pens: Halfpenny (4).
Aviron Bayonnais | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Swan Cormenier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Maxime Lamothe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Census Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | PJ Van Lill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Adam Jaulhac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Jean Monribot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Baptiste Heguy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Sione Tau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Michael Ruru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Romain Barthelemy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Remy Baget | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Peyo Muscarditz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Yan Lestrade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Sean Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Johannes Graaff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Maxime Delonca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Aretz Iguiniz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Jean-Baptiste De Clercq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Edwin Maka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Arnaud Duputs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Manu Saubusse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Manuel Ordas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Julien Tisseron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Rob Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Werner Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Steven Cummins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Sam Lousi | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Paul Asquith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Johnny McNicholl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Leigh Halfpenny | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
16 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Josh Helps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Jonathan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Ryan Lamb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Corey Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
11' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
23' | Penalty | Romain Barthelemy has kicked the penalty goal | |
28' | Try | Rob Evans has scored a try | |
29' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
30' | Try | Michael Ruru has scored a try | |
31' | Missed Conversion | Romain Barthelemy has missed the conversion | |
40' | Replacement On | Replacement on Aretz Iguiniz | |
40' | Yellow Card | Sione Tau has been given a Yellow card | |
40' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Swan Cormenier | |
40+' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Census Johnston | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jean-Baptiste De Clercq | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Maxime Delonca | |
50' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Maxime Lamothe | |
53' | Penalty | Romain Barthelemy has kicked the penalty goal | |
53' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kieran Hardy | |
53' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jonathan Evans | |
56' | Replacement On | Replacement on Julien Tisseron | |
56' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rob Evans | |
56' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johannes Graaff | |
56' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
56' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
60' | Yellow Card | Yan Lestrade has been given a Yellow card | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Arnaud Duputs | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Werner Kruger | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Josh Helps | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Adam Jaulhac | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Steven Cummins | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Edwin Maka | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Lamb | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sione Tau | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Corey Baldwin | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Paul Asquith | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Josh Macleod | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Manu Saubusse | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Michael Ruru | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Manuel Ordas | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Yan Lestrade | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jac Morgan |