Scarlets

Scarlets wings Macs Page, left, diving to score, and Ellis Mee, right, running with the ball
EPCR Challenge Cup

SCARLETS: Macs Page marks 50th appearance with a double as Scarlets run riot against Stephen Jones’ Newcastle

Ellis Mee was man of the match as the Scarlets ran in seven tries for a 47-14 bonus-point win, making…

Scarlets number eight Fletcher Anderson, left, and scrum-half Gareth Davies, right, each running with the ball in Scarlets red
Dwayne Peel

SCARLETS: Game changers Anderson and Gareth Davies rewarded with starts as Plumtree returns for Newcastle

Seven changes for the Challenge Cup opener at Parc y Scarlets, with John McKee handed his first start and Macs…

Scarlets wing Macs Page diving to score a try in a URC match
Dwayne Peel

SCARLETS: ‘You can’t ignore players who can beat people’: Peel on what Macs Page needs to play for Wales

Dwayne Peel points to Shane Williams and Damian McKenzie when he talks about the Scarlets wing’s gift for beating defenders,…

Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel, holding a ball and wearing a headset, talks with director of rugby Nigel Davies
Archie Hughes

SCARLETS: Peel backs Dane Blacker for Wales, but doubts Gareth Davies is chasing a recall at 36

The former Lions scrum-half says Blacker “could definitely push” after a more consistent season, while Davies is “fairly content” with…

Scarlets back-rower Taine Plumtree in the region's blue Challenge Cup kit
Carwyn Leggatt-Jones

SCARLETS: Plumtree closing in on return as Tom Allen arrives and Domachowski targets South Africa

Dwayne Peel says Taine Plumtree could be back this week or next, with Carwyn Leggatt-Jones also fit to travel for…

The EPCR Challenge Cup trophy on display beside a man drawing a ball at the Challenge Cup pool draw
Black Lion

OSPREYS AND SCARLETS: New bonus point rule and a wins-first tie-break: how the Challenge Cup works this season

Both regions start their European campaigns on Saturday. Twelve of the 18 clubs reach the last 16, but a try…

Lyndon Faulkner, smiling, in a light blue shirt, leaning on a dark counter in an office with wooden panelling
Abi Tierney

WRU: Businessman Lyndon Faulkner named chair as Ospreys and Scarlets fight for last licence

The former Newport and Pontypool player will lead the union's board by its AGM on 22 November. He says he…

Scarlets director of rugby Nigel Davies, wearing glasses and a navy Scarlets jacket, speaks at a post-match press conference in front of a sponsor board.
Benetton

SCARLETS: ‘I thought, yeah, he’s going to nail this’: Davies on Costelow’s Benetton winner

Nigel Davies says he could see the focus on Sam Costelow’s face before the late penalty, and believes the Scarlets…

Scarlets fly-half Sam Costelow strikes a kick at goal at Parc y Scarlets
Benetton

SCARLETS: Costelow’s late penalty sinks Pivac’s Benetton as Scarlets come from 14 down for first URC win

Two tries from Ellis Mee and an interception from Blair Murray dragged Nigel Davies’ side back into it, before Sam…

Cllr Rob Stewart
Abi Tierney

WRU: Swansea council leader likens licence report to counting fans’ Ninja airfryers

The union has published the evidence behind its licence decisions. Swansea's council leader says it doesn't stand up, and the…