Ulster Rugby v Llanelli Scarlets

OPPOSITION THREE TO WATCH

The pace and the power of Clayton Blommetjies will come as no surprise to fans of Guinness PRO14 following his excellence for Toyota Cheetahs last season. The 27-year-old made an instant impact in his maiden Guinness PRO14 campaign, 7oমm] 7o‰m vbŠ ঞl;v bm1Ѵ†7bm] - |u‹ -]-bmv| "1-uѴ;|v bm _bv Cm-Ѵ l-|1_ =ou |_; Cheetahs. Ѵoll;|fb;v ‰-v -m bm|;]u-Ѵ r-u| o= |_; _;;|-_v vb7; |_-| Cmbv_;7 |_bu7 bm om=;u;m1; -m7 _bv Cu;‰ouhv ‰b|_ 0-ѴѴ bm _-m7 1o†Ѵ7 0; |_; vr-uh |o v;m7 Scarlets all the way next season. $_; );Ѵv_ vb7; -u; _-u7Ѵ‹ v_ou| o= orঞomv -| |_; 0-1h ‰b|_ ;b]_ -Ѵ=r;mm‹ having thrived in his debut campaign and McNicholl equally adept at full-back and on the wing. o‰;ˆ;uķ |_; -uubˆ-Ѵ o= Ѵoll;|fb;v 1-m omѴ‹ _;Ѵr |_; =u;;ŊYo‰bm] "1-uѴ;|v ;Šr-m7 |_;bu -‚-1hbm] ]-l; =†u|_;u ‰b|_ _bv ;Ѵ;1|ub1 r-1; -m7 1o†m|;uŊ-‚-1hbm] -0bѴb|‹ĺ )b|_ |_; Ѵbh;v o= $-7_] ;bum; -m7 "1o|Ѵ-m7 1-r|-bm o_m -u1Ѵ-‹ 7;r-uঞm] |_; Llanelli-based region, Pivac was keen to bring in high class talent in the forwards. m7 _;Ľv 7om; f†v| |_-| ‰b|_ |_; -1t†bvbঞom o= Ѵ-7; $_olvom =uol ;‰ ,;-Ѵ-m7 side the Hurricanes. The 27-year-old has won four caps for the Maori All Blacks and will add plenty of power and ferocity to the Scarlets pack. $_olvom l-‹ _-ˆ; lbvv;7 - Ѵ-u]; r-u| o= |_; ƑƏƐƕ v;-vom 7†; |o u;1omv|u†1ঞom v†u];u‹ om _bv v_o†Ѵ7;u 0†| bˆ-1 _-v -Ѵu;-7‹ |-Ѵh;7 †r _bv |;m-1bo†v -ম|†7;ĺ $_; _;-7 1o-1_ v-b7Ĺ ľ ; bv - ˆ;u‹ -|_Ѵ;ঞ1ķ moŊmomv;mv; rѴ-‹;u ‰b|_ - 0b] ;m]bm; ‰_o ‰bѴѴ 0; -m ;@;1ঞˆ; 0-ѴѴ 1-uub;u 0o|_ bm |_; ‰b7; 1_-mm;Ѵv -v ‰;ѴѴ -v bm |_; middle of the park. ľ Ѵ-7; bv _b]_Ѵ‹ u;]-u7;7 bm ;‰ ,;-Ѵ-m7ĺ m †mঞl;Ѵ‹ bmf†u‹ blr-1|;7 om _bv u†]0‹ in the last six months but he’s certainly a physical player who possesses the skillset to play the Scarlets way.” &mѴbh; |_; o|_;u |‰o rѴ-‹;uv l;mঞom;7ķ !‹-m Ѵb-v bv mo| - m;‰ vb]mbm]ķ 0†| |_; hooker could have an even bigger role this season. ; _-v rѴ;m|‹ o= 1olr;ঞঞom bm |_; "1-uѴ;|v r-1h ‰b|_ 1Ѵ†0 1-r|-bm -m7 )-Ѵ;v _ooh;u ;m ‰;mv Cuv| 1_ob1; bm |_; r;1hbm] ou7;u 0†| |_; ƑƒŊ‹;-uŊoѴ7 _-v improved every season so far. | _-v 0;;m - Cm; v†ll;u =ou Ѵb-v ‰_o v1ou;7 - l-|1_Ŋ‰bmmbm] |u‹ -]-bmv| "o†|_ Africa in Washington DC this June as he added to the caps he earned on last year’s )-Ѵ;v |o†u |o |_; -1bC1 vѴ-m7vĺ Ѵb-v -Ѵvo v|-u|;7 bm |_; ƒƏŊƐƑ ˆb1|ou‹ bm u];mঞm- -m7 ‰b|_ Cˆ; bm|;um-ঞom-Ѵ 1-rv -Ѵu;-7‹ |o _bv m-l;ķ |_; ƑƒŊ‹;-uŊoѴ7 _-v -m ;Š1bঞm] =†|†u; -_;-7 o= _bl -| Scarlets. Dynamic around the park, Elias will be keen to show that he is more than just a back-up for Owens and keep his place in the Wales set-up for the long haul.

CLAYTON

BLOMMETJIES

BLADE

THOMSON

RYAN

ELIAS

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