Scarlets make one change to starting line-up for crucial Lions clash
Scarlets will take on the Emirates Lions in a crucial ‘Race to the Eight’ clash on Sunday, showing just one change to the side that beat Leinster last time out. South African hooker Marnus van der Merwe swaps places with Ryan Elias in the front row for the round 17 match-up in Johannesburg (2pm UK […]
Dwayne urges Scarlets to create a slice of history
Head coach Dwayne Peel has urged his players to create a slice of history on South African soil over the next two weekends. For the Scarlets, the ‘Race to the Eight’ in the BKT United Rugby Championship culminates in the Rainbow Nation with games against the Emirates Lions and Hollywoodbets Sharks to finish the regular […]
A new deal for Kemsley!
Wales international prop Kemsley Mathias has become the latest home-grown player to commit to the Scarlets. The 25-year-old Pembrokeshire loose-head has signed a new deal to stay at Parc y Scarlets for the coming seasons, following Macs Page, Tomi Lewis, Joe Roberts, Eddie James and Taine Plumtree in extending their stay in West Wales. Rated […]
Jake Ball to return to Scarlets!
Scarlets favourite Jake Ball is returning to Llanelli for next season, the club is delighted to announce. The 50-cap Wales international spent nine memorable years in West Wales and is now set to don the Scarlets jersey again. The 33-year-old second row made 133 appearances between 2012 and 2021 and was a member of the […]
Steff Evans to say farewell to Scarlets at the end of the season
Steff Evans to say farewell to Scarlets at the end of the season Steff Evans, one of the leading try-scorers in URC history, will be saying his farewell to the Scarlets at the end of the season. The 30-year-old Wales international wing made his debut for the club against Zebre in November 2014 – as […]
Taine Plumtree commits to Scarlets with new contract
Scarlets’ Wales international back-rower Taine Plumtree has become the latest player to commit his future to the club. The 25-year-old is in his second season in West Wales having made the move from New Zealand in the summer of 2023. Born in Swansea, Taine was awarded his first Wales cap ahead of the 2023 Rugby […]
Blair Murray returns for West Wales derby
Wales international Blair Murray returns to the Scarlets side for the big West Wales derby against the Ospreys on Saturday (15:00; S4C, Premier Sports). Murray sat out last weekend’s clash with the DHL Stormers because of a calf issue, but is back as the lone change to the starting XV for the crucial BKT United […]
Old pals lock horns in west Wales showdown with so much on the line
Dwayne Peel and Mark Jones go back a long way, but that friendship will be put to one side when they lock horns this weekend. The pair came up through the youth ranks together, progressing into the Scarlets side before also becoming Wales team-mates, winning 76 and 47 caps respectively. Since hanging up their boots, […]
The Battle of the Loughor
It goes back to the days of Llanelli’s arch rivalry with Swansea, the Turks against the Jacks, ‘The Battle of the Loughor’. The Loughor Bridge, originally a railway viaduct built in 1852, stretches across the beautiful Loughor Estuary and continues to be an iconic dividing point between two great rugby hotbeds. On the West side […]
Josh Macleod returns to lead Scarlets against Stormers
Skipper Josh Macleod returns from injury to lead the Scarlets into their crucial BKT United Rugby Championship clash with DHL Stormers at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday (15:00; S4C, Premier Sports). Macleod has missed the last two matches with a hamstring injury and is one of six personnel changes from the side that took the […]