Scarlets will be trying to end a three-match losing run against RC Toulon when they host the French club in the Heineken Champions Cup on Friday (17:30 local time) in front of the BT Sport and beIN SPORTS cameras.

They met three times in the Challenge Cup last season, with the TOP 14 side winning all three clashes – home and away in the pool stage, then again at Stade Félix Mayol in the quarter-finals.

Match facts

  • Scarlets and Toulon have met six times before in the Heineken Champions Cup, the TOP 14 side winning four of those clashes, although Scarlets have won two of their three home games against Toulon in the competition.
  • Toulon have won just two of six previous away games against Welsh opponents in the Heineken Champions Cup (22-14 v Cardiff Blues, October 2012; 26-3 v Scarlets, January 2015).
  • Toulon’s Isaia Toeava missed five tackles in the opening round of the Heineken Champions Cup, the most of any player.
  • Scarlets’ Sione Kalamafoni made the most tackles (22) of any player in the opening round of the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup, while as a team Scarlets made the most tackles of anyone (171)