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European Rugby Challenge Cup | ||||||||
Att.: 5000 | BT Sport |
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WINS | |||||
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LOSSES | |||||
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DRAWS | |||||
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Scarlets were knocked out of the European Challenge Cup despite a gutsy effort in a bruising quarter-final clash with Toulon at the Stade Mayol.
In a match of fine margins, Scarlets led 6-0 at the interval thanks to two penalties from the boot of Leigh Halfpenny, but the French side upped their game in the second period to edge it 11-6 and make it three wins from three against the West Walians in the competition this season.
Scarlets had their opportunities and were pressing for the match-winning score in the dying seconds, but it was the French side who held on to book a home semi-final against Leicester Tigers.
In front of a Covid-restricted crowd of 5,000, Scarlets were on the board early. Skipper Ken Owens got over the ball to win a third-minute penalty close to halfway and up stepped Halfpenny to bisect the uprights with something to spare.
The former Toulon favourite was then called into some heroic defensive action, scything down home full-back Daniel Ikepfan with a brilliant try-saving cover tackle.
The French side were enjoying plenty of possession and territory, but time and again they came up against a stubborn defensive wall.
Toulon thought they had scored on 29 minutes when a superb counter-attack was finished off by veteran No. 8 Sergio Parisse. But the score was chalked off for a forward pass in the build-up and the scoreboard remained unmoved, much to the frustration of the Mayol faithful.
To rub salt into Toulon wounds, they were penalised moments later for interfering with scrum-half Gareth Davies, allowing Halfpenny to nail a second penalty from straight in front.
With Johnny McNicholl a constant threat, the Scarlets came more into the game as an attacking force as the half went on with a clever Dan Jones grubber almost opening up the home defence.
But it remained 6-0 to the Welsh side at the break as they looked for their first ever victory at the ground.
Halfpenny had an opportunity to extend the Scarlets’ advantage shortly after the restart, but the full-back pushed his kick just wide.
With Toulon forcing Scarlets into giving away a string of penalties, the hosts pulled three points back through replacement Louis Carbonel.
Then on 56 minutes, the men in red snatched the lead when a quick tap and some slick off-loads paved the way for Parisse to touch down for the try he thought he had in the first half. Carbonel was wide with the conversion attempt and the game remained in the balance going into the final quarter.
As the clock ticked down, Steff Evans was hauled down just short after a Scarlets breakaway then Carbonel struck again with eight minutes remaining.
There was still more drama; Tyler Morgan, on his debut, had the ball dislodged as he went for the line a yard out then the Scarlets pack was denied from a couple of short-range driving mauls.
McNicholl was forced off with an ankle injury in the closing stages leaving the Scarlets to finish the game with 14 men and in the final minute Toulon turned over the ball to seal another tight contest between the two Euro rivals.
Toulon - pens: L. Carbonel (2). Try: S. Parisse.
Scarlets - pens: L. Halfpenny (2).
Scarlets | RC Toulonnais | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wyn Jones | 1 | Jean Baptiste Gros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Owens | 2 | Antoni Etrillard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Samson Lee | 3 | Beka Gigashvili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jake Ball | 4 | Swan Rebbadj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Lousi | 5 | Romain Taofifenua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Blade Thomson | 6 | Charles Ollivon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Macleod | 7 | Raphael Lakafia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sione Kalamafoni | 8 | Sergio Parisse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gareth Davies | 9 | Sonatane Takulua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Jones | 10 | Baptiste Serin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steffan Evans | 11 | Gabin Villiere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Williams | 12 | Duncan Paia'Aua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steffan Hughes | 13 | Bryce Heem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny McNicholl | 14 | Masivesi Dakuwaqa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leigh Halfpenny | 15 | Daniel Ikpefan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ryan Elias | 16 | Bastien Soury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Price | 17 | Florian Fresia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Javan Sebastian | 18 | Emerick Setiano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lewis Rawlins | 19 | Erwan Dridi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Davies | 20 | Brian Alainu’uese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kieran Hardy | 21 | Julien Ory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Angus O'Brien | 22 | Louis Carbonel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tyler Morgan | 23 | Facundo Isa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
3' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
29' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
36' | Missed Penalty | Baptiste Serin has missed the penalty | |
43' | Replacement On | Replacement on Louis Carbonel | |
43' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Baptiste Serin | |
43' | Missed Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has missed the penalty | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Romain Taofifenua | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Facundo Isa | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Brian Alainu’uese | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Raphael Lakafia | |
53' | Penalty | Louis Carbonel has kicked the penalty goal | |
57' | Try | Sergio Parisse has scored a try | |
57' | Missed Conversion | Louis Carbonel has missed the conversion | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Lewis Rawlins | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jean Baptiste Gros | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Florian Fresia | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ken Owens | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Elias | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sam Lousi | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Davies | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Beka Gigashvili | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Emerick Setiano | |
63' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Daniel Ikpefan | |
63' | Replacement On | Replacement on Erwan Dridi | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Blade Thomson | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on James Davies | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Leigh Halfpenny | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Angus O'Brien | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Samson Lee | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Antoni Etrillard | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Bastien Soury | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tyler Morgan | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johnny Williams | |
72' | Penalty | Louis Carbonel has kicked the penalty goal | |
76' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sergio Parisse | |
76' | Replacement On | Replacement on Julien Ory |
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European Rugby Challenge Cup | ||||||||
Att.: 5000 | BT Sport |
RC Toulonnais | Scarlets | |
Sergio Parisse |
TRY | - |
- | CON | - |
Louis Carbonel(2) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC | - |
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WINS | |||||
8 |
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3 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
3 |
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8 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
0 |
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0 |
RC Toulonnais | Scarlets | |
Sergio Parisse |
TRY | - |
- | CON | - |
Louis Carbonel(2) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC | - |
Scarlets were knocked out of the European Challenge Cup despite a gutsy effort in a bruising quarter-final clash with Toulon at the Stade Mayol.
In a match of fine margins, Scarlets led 6-0 at the interval thanks to two penalties from the boot of Leigh Halfpenny, but the French side upped their game in the second period to edge it 11-6 and make it three wins from three against the West Walians in the competition this season.
Scarlets had their opportunities and were pressing for the match-winning score in the dying seconds, but it was the French side who held on to book a home semi-final against Leicester Tigers.
In front of a Covid-restricted crowd of 5,000, Scarlets were on the board early. Skipper Ken Owens got over the ball to win a third-minute penalty close to halfway and up stepped Halfpenny to bisect the uprights with something to spare.
The former Toulon favourite was then called into some heroic defensive action, scything down home full-back Daniel Ikepfan with a brilliant try-saving cover tackle.
The French side were enjoying plenty of possession and territory, but time and again they came up against a stubborn defensive wall.
Toulon thought they had scored on 29 minutes when a superb counter-attack was finished off by veteran No. 8 Sergio Parisse. But the score was chalked off for a forward pass in the build-up and the scoreboard remained unmoved, much to the frustration of the Mayol faithful.
To rub salt into Toulon wounds, they were penalised moments later for interfering with scrum-half Gareth Davies, allowing Halfpenny to nail a second penalty from straight in front.
With Johnny McNicholl a constant threat, the Scarlets came more into the game as an attacking force as the half went on with a clever Dan Jones grubber almost opening up the home defence.
But it remained 6-0 to the Welsh side at the break as they looked for their first ever victory at the ground.
Halfpenny had an opportunity to extend the Scarlets’ advantage shortly after the restart, but the full-back pushed his kick just wide.
With Toulon forcing Scarlets into giving away a string of penalties, the hosts pulled three points back through replacement Louis Carbonel.
Then on 56 minutes, the men in red snatched the lead when a quick tap and some slick off-loads paved the way for Parisse to touch down for the try he thought he had in the first half. Carbonel was wide with the conversion attempt and the game remained in the balance going into the final quarter.
As the clock ticked down, Steff Evans was hauled down just short after a Scarlets breakaway then Carbonel struck again with eight minutes remaining.
There was still more drama; Tyler Morgan, on his debut, had the ball dislodged as he went for the line a yard out then the Scarlets pack was denied from a couple of short-range driving mauls.
McNicholl was forced off with an ankle injury in the closing stages leaving the Scarlets to finish the game with 14 men and in the final minute Toulon turned over the ball to seal another tight contest between the two Euro rivals.
Toulon - pens: L. Carbonel (2). Try: S. Parisse.
Scarlets - pens: L. Halfpenny (2).
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ken Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Samson Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Jake Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Sam Lousi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Sione Kalamafoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Gareth Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Johnny Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Johnny McNicholl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Leigh Halfpenny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Lewis Rawlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | James Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Angus O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Tyler Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RC Toulonnais | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Jean Baptiste Gros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Antoni Etrillard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Beka Gigashvili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Swan Rebbadj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Romain Taofifenua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Charles Ollivon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Raphael Lakafia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Sergio Parisse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Sonatane Takulua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Baptiste Serin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Gabin Villiere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Duncan Paia'Aua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Bryce Heem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Masivesi Dakuwaqa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Daniel Ikpefan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Bastien Soury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Florian Fresia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Emerick Setiano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Erwan Dridi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Brian Alainu’uese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Julien Ory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Louis Carbonel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
23 | Facundo Isa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
3' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
29' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
36' | Missed Penalty | Baptiste Serin has missed the penalty | |
43' | Replacement On | Replacement on Louis Carbonel | |
43' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Baptiste Serin | |
43' | Missed Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has missed the penalty | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Romain Taofifenua | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Facundo Isa | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Brian Alainu’uese | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Raphael Lakafia | |
53' | Penalty | Louis Carbonel has kicked the penalty goal | |
57' | Try | Sergio Parisse has scored a try | |
57' | Missed Conversion | Louis Carbonel has missed the conversion | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Lewis Rawlins | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jean Baptiste Gros | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Florian Fresia | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ken Owens | |
58' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ryan Elias | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sam Lousi | |
58' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Davies | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
62' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Beka Gigashvili | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Phil Price | |
62' | Replacement On | Replacement on Emerick Setiano | |
63' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Daniel Ikpefan | |
63' | Replacement On | Replacement on Erwan Dridi | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Blade Thomson | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on James Davies | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Leigh Halfpenny | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Angus O'Brien | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Samson Lee | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Antoni Etrillard | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Bastien Soury | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tyler Morgan | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Johnny Williams | |
72' | Penalty | Louis Carbonel has kicked the penalty goal | |
76' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sergio Parisse | |
76' | Replacement On | Replacement on Julien Ory |