Connacht v Scarlets [11/12] Match Thread...

Connacht  0 - 3 Scarlets after 25mins..

Slow start by Connacht, gifting Scarlets a cheap three points. Game picking up by being hamperered by Italian Referee..

TEAM INFOConnacht: Gavin Duffy; Mark McCrea, Eoin Griffin, Henry Fa'afili, Tiernan O'Halloran; Matthew Jarvis, Frank Murphy; Ronan Loughney, Adrian Flavin, Rodney Ah You; Michael Swift, Mike McCarthy; John Muldoon, Ray Ofisa, George Naoupu.

Replacements: Ethienne Reynecke, Brett Wilkinson, Stewart Maguire, TJ Anderson, Niall O'Connor, Paul O'Donohoe, Brian Tuohy

Scarlets: Daniel Evans; Lee Williams, Rhodri Gomer-Davies, Gareth Maule, Liam Williams; Dan Newton, Ruki Tipuna; Iestyn Thomas (capt), Emyr Phillips, Rhys Thomas, Aaron Shingler, Dominic Day, Rob McCusker, Josh Turnbull, Ben Morgan.

Replacements: Kirby Myhill, Phil John, Simon Gardiner, Lou Reed, Johnathan Edwards, Rhodri Williams, Aled Thomas, Adam Warren.

Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)
Assistant Referees: Leo Colgan, Peter Roche (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: John Cole (IFRU)
TMO: Dermot Moloney (IRFU)

I see JOC is out with an injury and David Gannon is in the matchday squad. When did he get signed? Good to have him back.

Yep on JustinTV, run by TwomintPork [Munster fan obviously] he has two different streams on the go usually.....

What I like about the win is that it is a win with us playing badly, which means there's room for improvement. Under previous coaches in that situation we panicked and usually blew the game in the last few minutes....

Getting Wilko back is a huge bonus, he made a big difference at scrumtime and I'm sure he'll be starting soon enough.

More games under the belt for Big George too after his disaster in Japan, he's good at the minute but a few more games and he'll be back to his brilliant best no doubt.

Try for McRea totally deserved, effort being put in by him is outstanding. Fionn who.....?? 

It goes back to what Eric said before last season when he was introduced as the new coach. It was about not dropping the heads when we go behind, and fighting for at least an LBP, getting within range of a win, keeping going. It's clear that message is as strong this year as before.

A tough match, and we're lucky Scarlets were missing their internationals, but we're making our own luck and will be tougher as we get more used to each other. Very happy to see.

To be fair he was incredible last night. Would be nice to still have him. For depth like...