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Le dernier match de la 4e journée de la Champions Cup se déroule sur la pelouse des Scarlets. Les Gallois comme l'Ulster
After round one’s valiant defeat against reigning champions Toulon, the Scarlets will be hoping for more rewards for their efforts against Leicester Tigers.
The Scarlets produced a spirited, yet fruitless, display in France on Sunday but have been warned they must beat the Tigers at Parc y Scarlets if they are to have any chance of progressing from Pool 3.
Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac said: “We’ll take a lot out of that performance against Toulon and we’ll prepare for the fixture against Leicester with a lot of confidence.
“You’ve got to win your home games, it’s as simple as that really. They got a win at home in their first game so they'll be trying to pinch some points from us. We have to make sure we're up for the game.”
Tigers are currently second in Pool 3 behind twice-winners Toulon after their 25-18 win over Ulster in round one. They face a daunting double-header against Toulon in December and director of rugby Richard Cockerill wants a win against the Scarlets to gain some momentum ahead of rounds three and four.
Speaking of their trip to the Scarlets, Cockerill said: said: “The Scarlets had a tough game at Toulon and hopefully that has dented them a bit and worn them out. But they are a good side and we won’t take them lightly.
“Every game in this pool is massive and you can’t afford to switch off for a moment or drop any points.
“If you lose a game that you should have won it will really affect your chances of getting out of the group. If we can come away from Scarlets with two wins from our first two games then it sets it up nicely for our back-to-back games against Toulon in the next round.”
Match facts
- Leicester have won six of the seven games between these sides in this tournament.
- Leicester Tigers have drawn five games in Heineken Cup history and four of those draws have come against Welsh sides, although none were against Scarlets.
- Scarlets have lost four of the last five against English sides in this competition.
- Ben Youngs made a hat-trick of try assists in last weekend’s game against Ulster.
- Julien Salvi made 22 tackles in last weekend’s round of fixtures and ranks joint top for tackles made in the competition so far.
Le dernier match de la 4e journée de la Champions Cup se déroule sur la pelouse des Scarlets. Les Gallois comme l'Ulster
The Scarlets took advantage of two individual errors to secure a memorable win over Leicester Tigers at Parc y Scarlets.
Despite losing several players through injury, the Welsh region scores tries in each half through Harry Robinson and Aled Davies to give themselves a great chance of progressing from pool three.
The defeat is a massive blow to the Tigers hopes of reaching the quarter-finals with a daunting double-header against Toulon to come in rounds three and four.
Tigers should have been in front early on when fit-again centre Anthony Allen fumbled the ball over the line after 10 minutes with the try-line at his mercy.
Former Scarlets fly-half Owen Williams finally broke the deadlock for the visitors with a penalty but it proved to be their only points of the evening.
The Scarlets were gifted the game’s opening try after 17 minutes when Tigers wing Miles Benjamin dropped the ball inside his own 22 and opposite number Robinson went over in the corner.
Rhys Priestland missed the conversion and two penalties before Steve Shingler took over the kicking duties and slotted three points with the boot.
But Shingler and Tigers’ Williams both missed chances before the break to leave Scarlets leading but just five points at the interval.
When the Scarlets did eventually get their second try it once again came gift-wrapped from the Tigers. Ben Youngs tried to go outside opposite number Davies and when the England international attempted to flick the ball out of the tackle, Davies stole possession and sprinted clear to score.
Shingler added the conversion to seal an historic win for the Scarlets and give them more than a fighting chance of becoming the first Welsh region to reach the quarter-finals since 2011.
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