Ulster Rugby v Scarlets

PIVAC: IT HAS BEEN A FRUSTRATING CAMPAIGN Scarlets head to Kingspan Stadium tonight looking to turn around last weekend’s defeat to Ulster Rugby in Round 3 of the Heineken Champions Cup.

same situation as last season but credit to Ulster (on Friday), they were very good. “Unfortunately we’ve had a lot of injuries, which hasn’t helped the situation, but all in all we had opportunities to win those games and didn’t take them.” Reflecting on the defeat to Ulster, Pivac said; “We’re clearly disappointed. We knew what was riding on the game. I thought we improved in areas when we had the ball but we lacked energy in defence. We conceded three tries through a lack of real urgency.”

The one-point defeat leaves the Scarlets all but out of this season’s competition, but coaches and players alike will be keen to ensure a performance and result this weekend to overturn current fortunes. The Scarlets will once again be without some key personnel as injuries keep players sidelined as well as ruling out additional players who picked up knocks in last Friday’s clash. Speaking at the weekly media briefing, Head Coach Wayne Pivac said; “It has been a frustrating campaign. We were virtually in the ROUND 1 Saturday 13th October 2018 Scarlets 13-14 Racing 92 ROUND 2 Friday 19th October 2018 Leicester 45-27 Scarlets ROUND 3 Friday 7th December 2018 Scarlets 24-25 Ulster ROUND 4 Friday 14th December 2018 Ulster v Scarlets ROUND 5 Saturday 12th January 2019 Scarlets v Leicester ROUND 6 Saturday 19th January 2019 Racing 92 v Scarlets 2018/19 HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP FIXTURES & RESULTS

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