The Ospreys running maul in particular would prove to be a decisive factor on the day as the home side ran in four tries to move into ninth place in the table.
Centre Keiran Williams being a beneficiary scoring a brace of tries from neat work from the Ospreys pack, whilst captain Morgan Morris also powered over as the home side outmuscled their opponents.
Replacement fly-half Dan Edwards impressed with a late cameo after strong running on the counter attack from Max Nagy had set free the youngster to add gloss to the victory.
It would be at the expense of their fierce rivals whose problems continue to mount with their latest heavy defeat sending Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel’s side to the foot of the URC standings and are now winless in Swansea since 2017.
For Booth though the resilience and fight from his team shone through to play the decisive factor in the victory.
“We are delighted with the outcome, especially off the back of a Welsh derby defeat the week before,” said Booth.
“Everyone knows that the West Wales derby is really important, and we were up for it.
“The resilience and mannerisms in the group were pleasing. We don’t sugarcoat when we do well or when we do badly. We just talk about what we need to do and move on as quickly as we can to put those words into action.
“To see the response is good, there are a lot of headline players in the forwards, and it was exceptional. The set-piece made a really big difference.
“There was so much leadership on the pitch. I thought Adam Beard led the lineout very well, he was very visible, all week he has been doing it as has Dewi Lake.
“Losing Justin [Tipuric] is big, there are very few people that are as rugby smart and can deliver consistency like a Justin or Jac [Morgan]. They are very different players and having Jac on the pitch was great.
“We’re very strong at trying to create leaders in this group, hence the reason Morgan Morris is the captain.
“Our young half-backs were also under a lot of pressure last week and to play as well as they did was great.
“Jack Walsh had a groin issue in the warm-up and to front out and play as well as he did for 60 minutes was brilliant.
“They are young players. To learn and put it into action in terms of resilience is the most pleasing thing.”
Booth also had praise for Welsh international Williams who returned to the side after missing out against the Dragons due to concussion protocol. The centre coming in place of the injured George North whose knee problem had come to light midweek.
“George [North] is ok. He is getting over his knee infection. It came out of the blue manifesting itself on Wednesday,” continued Booth.
“Keiron [Williams] came in and the boys have stepped up. It’s been difficult for him because you get a taste of it [playing for Wales] and then you don’t. To see him put in a great performance like that was great.
“We’ve tried to create an environment where we are supportive but also look at what we are going to do about it.
“You don’t always get on the right side of the scoreboard but that’s what we pride ourselves on.
“I won’t talk about in terms of strength in depth but if we talk about resilience, anyone who pulls the shirt on needs to be the best version of themselves as often as they can.
“A lot of the boys did that out there and they are doing it regularly for us.”
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