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On Sunday the Scarlets welcome Perpignan to Llanelli in Pool 5. - 07/10/2010 17:11
On Sunday the Scarlets welcome Perpignan to Llanelli in Pool 5.
The Scarlets have been ever-present in the competition if you include their previous life as Llanelli, having never missed out since the tournament’s inception in 1996.
The West Wales region have a fine history it the competition with three semi-finals and four quarter-finals.
Perpignan have an equally impressive history in the competition, coming runners-up in 2003, with another semi-final and two more quarter-final appearances.
The two sides have met on four previous occasions in the competition with Perpignan winning three out of four.
Both sides have enjoyed promising starts to their domestic campaigns. Perpignan beat La Rochelle 21-16 on the weekend and lie fifth in the Top 14 while the Scarlets, currently fourth in the Magners League, were narrowly beaten 21-18 by the Ospreys.
Les Scarlets battent Perpignan au bout d'un match spectaculaire illustré de neuf essais au Parc y Scarlets. - 09/10/2010 19:15
The Scarlets beat French giants Perpignan in a nine try spectacular at Parc y Scarlets.
Welsh fly-half Stephen Jones scored 28 points for the home side, including one of his side’s four tries and 23 points with the boot.
Perpignan clawed their way back from 40-15 down after 50 minutes to claim a try bonus point for themselves.
The visitors scored the opening two tries through Jean-Philippe Grandclaude and Julien Candelon to give them a 12-6 lead.
Rhys Priestland crossed twice in quick succession as the Scarlets seized this Heineken Cup tie by the scruff of the neck with a four-try blitz in the space of 15 minutes either side of half-time. Jones and Regan King grabbing the other tries.
That should have paved the way for an easy win for the Welsh region who have enjoyed a love affair with Europe’s premier club competition.
Yet Perpignan began their comeback with Adrien Plante, Ovidiu Tonita and Damien Chouly all crossing to bring their side right back into game.
Perpignan were twice denied what looked certain tries before Jerome Porical missed with a last-minute penalty that would have earned a second bonus point.
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