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Att.: 0 | S4C |
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WINS | |||||
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22 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
22 |
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DRAWS | |||||
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Scarlets had to dig deep in difficult conditions to claim a 10-3 victory over Benetton, their first win of the 2020-21 Guinness PRO14 campaign.
The history books won’t look at this error-strewn contest as a classic, far from it, but the result was a crucial one to get the Scarlets’ campaign up and running.
Greasy conditions meant it was never going to be a night for free-flowing rugby with the game developing into a kicking battle between both sides.
And it was the men from West Wales who came out on top, creating the only try of the match, a fine second-half effort for replacement Paul Asquith.
After replacement lock Morgan Jones was red carded for a high tackle seven minutes from time, Scarlets had to withstand a final onslaught from the hosts, but some outstanding defence saw them hold out to claim the spoils.
The Scarlets, without 11 players on Wales duty, started brightly enough and could have opened the scoring inside the opening minutes, but Liam Williams - making his first appearance since re-signing from Saracens - wasn’t able to hold onto the pass.
Benetton grew into the contest as the half wore on and it was former Munster fly-half Ian Keatley broke the deadlock with a penalty on 20 minutes.
With their scrum in the ascendancy, the Scarlets pack produced an abrasive display up front, but the game struggled for continuity with both sides guilty of coughing up possession.
The second period followed a similar pattern.
Keatley hit the upright with another penalty attempt before opposite number Angus O’Brien levelled the scores on the hour mark.
Dane Blacker came close to a score after fine work from Blade Thomson and Steff Evans, but the whitewash was finally crossed 12 minutes from the end..
Man of the match O’Brien hacked upfield and won the race to the ball and when possession was recycled across field, replacement Asquith took an inside pass from Tyler Morgan to race over.
O’Brien’s conversion extended the lead to 10-3, then came the late drama.
Will Benetton throwing everything in desperate search of a game-equalling score, Jones - on his PRO14 debut - was dismissed for a dangerous tackle by referee Andrew Brace.
However, in the dying minutes the visitors managed to repel any further threat and were able to kick the ball dead to secure a first win of the campaign.
Benetton - pen: I. Keatley.
Scarlets - try: P. Asquith. Con: A. O’Brien. Pen: O’Brien.
Benetton Rugby | Scarlets | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nicola Quaglio | 1 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hame Faiva | 2 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fillipo Alongi | 3 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Irne Herbst | 4 | Tevita Ratuva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eli Snyman | 5 | Sione Kalamafoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Federico Ruzza | 6 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alberto Sgarbi | 7 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Toa Halafihi | 8 | Uzair Cassiem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dewaldt Duvenage | 9 | Dane Blacker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ian Keatley | 10 | Angus O'Brien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Monti Ioane | 11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommaso Benvenuti | 12 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ignacio Brex | 13 | Tyler Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara | 14 | Tom Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Luca Sperandio | 15 | Liam Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tomas Baravalle | 16 | Taylor Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ivan Nemer | 17 | Rob Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tiziano Pasquali | 18 | Werner Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Giovanni Pettinelli | 19 | Morgan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Manuel Zuliani | 20 | Ed Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Luca Petrozzi | 21 | Will Homer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Angelo Esposito | 22 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leonardo Sarto | 23 | Paul Asquith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
5' | Replacement On | Replacement on Taylor Davies | |
5' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Marc Jones | |
20' | Penalty | Ian Keatley has kicked the penalty goal | |
49' | Missed Penalty | Ian Keatley has missed the penalty | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tevita Ratuva | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Fillipo Alongi | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Jones | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tiziano Pasquali | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rob Evans | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Phil Price | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Alberto Sgarbi | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Giovanni Pettinelli | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Hame Faiva | |
61' | Penalty | Angus O'Brien has kicked the penalty goal | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Irne Herbst | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tomas Baravalle | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Manuel Zuliani | |
64' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ivan Nemer | |
64' | Missed Penalty | Angus O'Brien has missed the penalty | |
64' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Nicola Quaglio | |
64' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Javan Sebastian | |
64' | Replacement On | Replacement on Werner Kruger | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tommaso Benvenuti | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Luca Petrozzi | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Rogers | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Dan Jones | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Paul Asquith | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Liam Williams | |
70' | Conversion | Angus O'Brien has kicked the conversion | |
70' | Try | Paul Asquith has scored a try | |
73' | Red Card | Morgan Jones has been given a red card | |
74' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tyler Morgan | |
74' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ed Kennedy | |
75' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ian Keatley | |
75' | Replacement On | Replacement on Angelo Esposito | |
77' | Replacement On | Replacement on Leonardo Sarto | |
77' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara |
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Guinness PRO14 | ||||||||
Att.: 0 | S4C |
Benetton Rugby | Scarlets | |
- | TRY |
Paul Asquith |
- | CON |
Angus O'Brien |
Ian Keatley |
PEN |
Angus O'Brien |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC |
Morgan Jones |
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WINS | |||||
8 |
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22 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
22 |
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8 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
0 |
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0 |
Benetton Rugby | Scarlets | |
- | TRY |
Paul Asquith |
- | CON |
Angus O'Brien |
Ian Keatley |
PEN |
Angus O'Brien |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC |
Morgan Jones |
Scarlets had to dig deep in difficult conditions to claim a 10-3 victory over Benetton, their first win of the 2020-21 Guinness PRO14 campaign.
The history books won’t look at this error-strewn contest as a classic, far from it, but the result was a crucial one to get the Scarlets’ campaign up and running.
Greasy conditions meant it was never going to be a night for free-flowing rugby with the game developing into a kicking battle between both sides.
And it was the men from West Wales who came out on top, creating the only try of the match, a fine second-half effort for replacement Paul Asquith.
After replacement lock Morgan Jones was red carded for a high tackle seven minutes from time, Scarlets had to withstand a final onslaught from the hosts, but some outstanding defence saw them hold out to claim the spoils.
The Scarlets, without 11 players on Wales duty, started brightly enough and could have opened the scoring inside the opening minutes, but Liam Williams - making his first appearance since re-signing from Saracens - wasn’t able to hold onto the pass.
Benetton grew into the contest as the half wore on and it was former Munster fly-half Ian Keatley broke the deadlock with a penalty on 20 minutes.
With their scrum in the ascendancy, the Scarlets pack produced an abrasive display up front, but the game struggled for continuity with both sides guilty of coughing up possession.
The second period followed a similar pattern.
Keatley hit the upright with another penalty attempt before opposite number Angus O’Brien levelled the scores on the hour mark.
Dane Blacker came close to a score after fine work from Blade Thomson and Steff Evans, but the whitewash was finally crossed 12 minutes from the end..
Man of the match O’Brien hacked upfield and won the race to the ball and when possession was recycled across field, replacement Asquith took an inside pass from Tyler Morgan to race over.
O’Brien’s conversion extended the lead to 10-3, then came the late drama.
Will Benetton throwing everything in desperate search of a game-equalling score, Jones - on his PRO14 debut - was dismissed for a dangerous tackle by referee Andrew Brace.
However, in the dying minutes the visitors managed to repel any further threat and were able to kick the ball dead to secure a first win of the campaign.
Benetton - pen: I. Keatley.
Scarlets - try: P. Asquith. Con: A. O’Brien. Pen: O’Brien.
Benetton Rugby | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Nicola Quaglio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Hame Faiva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Fillipo Alongi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Irne Herbst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Eli Snyman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Federico Ruzza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Alberto Sgarbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Toa Halafihi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Dewaldt Duvenage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Ian Keatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Monti Ioane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Tommaso Benvenuti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Ignacio Brex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Luca Sperandio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Tomas Baravalle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Ivan Nemer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Tiziano Pasquali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Giovanni Pettinelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Manuel Zuliani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Luca Petrozzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Angelo Esposito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Leonardo Sarto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Phil Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Tevita Ratuva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Sione Kalamafoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Uzair Cassiem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Dane Blacker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Angus O'Brien | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Tyler Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Tom Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Liam Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Taylor Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Rob Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Werner Kruger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Morgan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Ed Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Will Homer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Paul Asquith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
5' | Replacement On | Replacement on Taylor Davies | |
5' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Marc Jones | |
20' | Penalty | Ian Keatley has kicked the penalty goal | |
49' | Missed Penalty | Ian Keatley has missed the penalty | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tevita Ratuva | |
50' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Fillipo Alongi | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Jones | |
50' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tiziano Pasquali | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rob Evans | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Phil Price | |
52' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Alberto Sgarbi | |
52' | Replacement On | Replacement on Giovanni Pettinelli | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Hame Faiva | |
61' | Penalty | Angus O'Brien has kicked the penalty goal | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Irne Herbst | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tomas Baravalle | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Manuel Zuliani | |
64' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ivan Nemer | |
64' | Missed Penalty | Angus O'Brien has missed the penalty | |
64' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Nicola Quaglio | |
64' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Javan Sebastian | |
64' | Replacement On | Replacement on Werner Kruger | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tommaso Benvenuti | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Luca Petrozzi | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Rogers | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Dan Jones | |
66' | Replacement On | Replacement on Paul Asquith | |
66' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Liam Williams | |
70' | Conversion | Angus O'Brien has kicked the conversion | |
70' | Try | Paul Asquith has scored a try | |
73' | Red Card | Morgan Jones has been given a red card | |
74' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tyler Morgan | |
74' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ed Kennedy | |
75' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ian Keatley | |
75' | Replacement On | Replacement on Angelo Esposito | |
77' | Replacement On | Replacement on Leonardo Sarto | |
77' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara |