Champions Cup Pool 3: Scarlets v Racing 92, 21 November

 
Scarlets v Racing 92
Saturday 21 November 2015
KO: 17:30
Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli

Live on Sky Sports / beIN Sports

Referee Greg Garner (England)
Touch Judge 1 Dean Richards (England)
Touch Judge 2 Peter Allan (Scotland)
Fourth Official Keith Lewis (England)
TMO Keith Lewis (England)

A. Head to Head

2 Played 2
1 Wins 0
0 Losses 1
1 Draws 1
45 Points 39

B. Recent Form

10 January 2014
Racing Metro 13-19 Scarlets

19 October 2013
Scarlets 26 - 26 Racing Metro

C. Teams

Scarlets

Aled Thomas, Michael Tagicakibau, Gareth Owen, Hadleigh Parkes, DTH van der Merwe, Daniel Jones, Gareth Davies; Phil John, Ken Owens (capt), Peter Edwards, Jake Ball, Maselino Paulino, Aaron Shingler, James Davies, John Barclay.

Replacements: Emyr Phillips, Dylan Evans, Samson Lee, Tom Price, Lewis Rawlins, Aled Davies, Michael Collins, Steff Evans.

Racing 92

Johannes Goosen, Joe Rokocoko, Casey Laulala, Henry Chavancy, Marc Andreu, Remi Tales, Maxime Machenaud; Julien Brugnaut, Dimitri Szarzewski (capt), Cedate Gomes, Luke Charteris, Francois van der Merwe, Bernard Le Roux, Wenceslas Lauret, Chris Masoe.

Replacements: Camille Chat, Eddy Ben Arous, Ben Tameifuna, Thibault Dubarry, Yannick Nyanga, Mike Phillips, Juan Imhoff, Brice Dulin.

Scarlets
15. Aled Thomas; 14. Michael Tagicakibau, 13. Gareth Owen, 12. Hadleigh Parkes, 11. DTH van der Merwe; 10. Dan Jones, 9. Gareth Davies; 1. Phil John, 2. Ken Owens (c), 3. Peter Edwards, 4. Jake Ball, 5. Maselno Paulino, 6. Aaron Shingler, 7. James Davies, 8. John Barclay
16. Emyr Phillips, 17. Dylan Evans, 18. Samson Lee, 19. Tom Price, 20. Lewis Rawlins, 21. Aled Davies, 22. Mike Collins, 23. Steff Evans



Racing 92
15. Johannes Goosen; 14. Joe Rokocoko, 13. Casey Laulala, 12. Henry Chavancy, 11. Marc Andreu; 10. Remi Tales, 9. Maxime Machenaud; 1. Julien Brugnaut, 2. Dimitri Szarzewski (c), 3. Cedate Gomes Sa, 4. Luke Charteris, 5. Francois van der Merwe, 6. Bernard Le Roux, 7. Wenceslas Lauret, 8. Chris Masoe
16. Camille Chat, 17. Eddy Ben Arous, 18. Ben Tameifuna, 19. Thibault Dubarry, 20. Yannick Nyanga, 21. Mike Phillips, 22. Juan Imhoff, 23. Brice Dulin

It's very quiet in here.

Doing awesome so far Scarlets....

61% possession for Scarlets and yet 3 tries against zero for Racing who only been inside Scarlets 22 3 times... Some poor defending as well.

Yes, seems to be a lot of sucker punch scores. Are the team not playing well?

Grant needs to get subbed

Take that back everyone needs subbed. Glasgow to a man have been terrible

Wrong thread?

Also can Staurt Barnes be subbed

Whoops

Nice one Llanelli

You're a credit to "regional" rugby

GC they've previously played fairly well, enough to get them a top 2 position in their domestic league. There was a lot to work on still though, which is quite evident this evening. Racing have their fourth try and that's a wrap.

Steffan wrote:Nice one Llanelli

You're a credit to "regional" rugby

How many games have Ponty lost now? It appears you're not so good in a semi-pro league without your Blues academy players...

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:Nice one Llanelli

You're a credit to "regional" rugby

How many games have Ponty lost now? It appears you're not so good in a semi-pro league without your Blues academy players...

This thread is about Llanelli Scarlets v Racing Metro. Try to stay on topic please

Steffan wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:Nice one Llanelli

You're a credit to "regional" rugby

How many games have Ponty lost now? It appears you're not so good in a semi-pro league without your Blues academy players...

This thread is about Llanelli v Racing Metro. Try to stay on topic please

Soz.

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:Nice one Llanelli

You're a credit to "regional" rugby

How many games have Ponty lost now? It appears you're not so good in a semi-pro league without your Blues academy players...

This thread is about Llanelli v Racing Metro. Try to stay on topic please

Soz.

Its ok. I just seen some pictures of the game. Not the best crowd for such a big game. All this considering Llanelli are supposed to be the "region" of West Wales/North Wales/North London/Patagonia/all Welsh speakers etc.

That's surely a concern for them, but when 26 nil is all they can conjour up then supporters won't waste their time/money.

Steffan wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:Nice one Llanelli

You're a credit to "regional" rugby

How many games have Ponty lost now? It appears you're not so good in a semi-pro league without your Blues academy players...

This thread is about Llanelli v Racing Metro. Try to stay on topic please

Soz.

Its ok. I just seen some pictures of the game. Not the best crowd for such a big game. All this considering Llanelli are supposed to be the "region" of West Wales/North Wales/North London/Patagonia/all Welsh speakers etc.

You're straying off topic Steff.

Cardiff Dave wrote:You're straying off topic Steff.

Sorry. I'll get myself down to that wonderfully populated cosmopolitan town now and get into Parc Y Silent to show my support for Welsh rugby

Red card for Bernard Le Roux. Might open up the game hopefully

Red card for Le Roux for a stamp. Scarlets might be able to make a slight comeback now, or at least get some points.

Steffan wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:You're straying off topic Steff.

Sorry. I'll get myself down to that wonderfully populated cosmopolitan town now and get into Parc Y Silent to show my support for Welsh rugby

Hold your horses. Your region is the bloos. Tiz written.

26 nil at HT? Shocking.

Cardiff Dave wrote:Hold your horses. Your region is the bloos. Tiz written.

I have actually been to two Blooos games

Neither time did I pay to get in and on both occasions I cheered on the opposition

Check out Llanelli coming back into this game

Hope Racing sort it out and get some points on the board

Steffan wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:Hold your horses. Your region is the bloos. Tiz written.

I have actually been to two Blooos games

Neither time did I pay to get in and on both occasions I cheered on the opposition

Check out Llanelli coming back into this game

Hope Racing sort it out and get some points on the board

Support who you like I say and don't let anybody tell you any different. Wish I could check out the game, but I can't.

Same old bloody keyboard commandos on every Scarlets thread I see!

2ndtimeround wrote:Same old bloody keyboard commandos on every Scarlets thread I see!

What's your opinion on the match?

Town carnival last night, looked like to many of the players went.

Drown my sorrows now, at least there's a decent members bar.

Fair - have to say it's a truly shocking result. I expected much better from a team containing a few Wales internationals. If it makes you feel better, a lot more teams in the opening rounds haven't been able to compete with the English and French.

Great one Llanelli. The stuff regional dreams are made of

Steffan wrote:Great one Llanelli. The stuff regional dreams are made of

Still here. Yma O Hyd. Pro rugby on the doorstep.

That's a pathetic result from our Scarlets friends, pro 12 teams on life support on this new european competition.

Only Zebre, Edinburgh and somewhat Dragons can held their heads right and thats in the mickey mouse tourney.

VinceWLB wrote:That's a pathetic result from our Scarlets friends, pro 12 teams on life support on this new european competition.

.

I'm sure someone warned us this might happen, and that some changes need to be made if we want to avoid it.

I agree, a change is badly needed. A better deal with Sky straight away would be a start. Then your BI cup proposal looks interesting but hard to imagine it will come to pass for the foreseeable future.

The changes needed are already starting, but with the money available in France it will take a really special team to compete in a game where strength in depth is so important.
But on the bright side at least we have a team in West Wales that is still in these games, 2 in fact just 10 mile away from each other. Not so bad after all eh!!!.

VinceWLB wrote:I agree, a change is badly needed. A better deal with Sky straight away would be a start. Then your BI cup proposal looks interesting but hard to imagine it will come to pass for the foreseeable futuP

Perhaps a single broadcaster, or other countries broadcasters need to up their contributions to this League to make it viable Vince.
Vince why don't you read the Andrew Hore interview on the Ospreys 2016 thread for an insight, in what a forward thinking individual has to say about a B&I League, thanks to Cardiff Dave for posting the link

I see Sky as it is now as a transitional period, starting with only 2 games a week with still free to air other broadcasters but the sooner it gets the exclusive rights the better, the money they are currently paying is basically insignificant.

Steffan wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:

Steffan wrote:Nice one Llanelli

You're a credit to "regional" rugby

How many games have Ponty lost now? It appears you're not so good in a semi-pro league without your Blues academy players...

This thread is about Llanelli v Racing Metro. Try to stay on topic please

Soz.

Its ok. I just seen some pictures of the game. Not the best crowd for such a big game. All this considering Llanelli are supposed to be the "region" of West Wales/North Wales/North London/Patagonia/all Welsh speakers etc.

I've just seen/I just saw degree boy. No need to be so childish. We can't all take 2.5k to Cornwall.

2ndtimeround wrote:Same old bloody keyboard commandos on every Scarlets thread I see!

Sad isn't it? But when their moronic club posts about empty seats on their official website, what do you expect? Their brainwashed fans are bound to follow suit and post similar.

VinceWLB wrote:I see Sky as it is now as a transitional period, starting with only 2 games a week with still free to air other broadcasters but the sooner it gets the exclusive rights the better, the money they are currently paying is basically insignificant.

£5M insignificant, it might be if it is for exclusive rights, it is NOT insignificant in what other broadcasters pay ATM, make it exclusive and it would improve rapidly, will not match either the English or French, but wont leave us so far behind.

Bless 'em. Ponty are now so irrelevant that it's almost endearing to see them care.

Wayne, i have read the interview, at least Wales looks like they are putting their house in order (right when the Irish are crumbling) and yes a BI cup has to be the next step for Northern hemisphere rugby with possibly a second tier between Italian, Romanian and Georgian teams.

Risca Rev wrote:Sad isn't it? But when their moronic club posts about empty seats on their official website, what do you expect? Their brainwashed fans are bound to follow suit and post similar.

Chunky Norwich wrote:Bless 'em. Ponty are now so irrelevant that it's almost endearing to see them care.

Its not really about Ponty for me. That's just the club I support. I wanted regional rugby and I wanted it to be a success. You pair don't want regional rugby or Wales to succeed as a rugby nation. That's the difference. You pair are no more sensible than some of the self serving idiots that support my club. You pair need to look at the bigger picture

I welcome a constructive response that doesn't involve Ponty bashing or bringing up some spelling/grammar error...

Steffan wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:Sad isn't it? But when their moronic club posts about empty seats on their official website, what do you expect? Their brainwashed fans are bound to follow suit and post similar.

Chunky Norwich wrote:Bless 'em. Ponty are now so irrelevant that it's almost endearing to see them care.

Its not really about Ponty for me. That's just the club I support. I wanted regional rugby and I wanted it to be a success. You pair don't want regional rugby or Wales to succeed as a rugby nation. That's the difference. You pair are no more sensible than some of the self serving idiots that support my club. You pair need to look at the bigger picture

I welcome a constructive response that doesn't involve Ponty bashing or bringing up some spelling/grammar error...

Grammatical error Steff?

Cardiff Dave wrote:

Steffan wrote:

Risca Rev wrote:Sad isn't it? But when their moronic club posts about empty seats on their official website, what do you expect? Their brainwashed fans are bound to follow suit and post similar.

Chunky Norwich wrote:Bless 'em. Ponty are now so irrelevant that it's almost endearing to see them care.

Its not really about Ponty for me. That's just the club I support. I wanted regional rugby and I wanted it to be a success. You pair don't want regional rugby or Wales to succeed as a rugby nation. That's the difference. You pair are no more sensible than some of the self serving idiots that support my club. You pair need to look at the bigger picture

I welcome a constructive response that doesn't involve Ponty bashing or bringing up some spelling/grammar error...

Grammatical error Steff?

Yes. Its a bit like putting the word GWENT in between another two words to give a false sense of unity

Steffan wrote: You pair don't want regional rugby or Wales to succeed as a rugby nation. That's the difference..

Explain this to me.

I want every team in Wales to be a success. Especially the one I support and the national side. So I have no idea what you're on about, sorry.

Chunky Norwich wrote:

Steffan wrote: You pair don't want regional rugby or Wales to succeed as a rugby nation. That's the difference..

Explain this to me.

I want every team in Wales to be a success. Especially the one I support and the national side. So I have no idea what you're on about, sorry.

There won't be any evidence.

Chunky Norwich wrote:

Steffan wrote: You pair don't want regional rugby or Wales to succeed as a rugby nation. That's the difference..

Explain this to me.

I want every team in Wales to be a success. Especially the one I support and the national side. So I have no idea what you're on about, sorry.

Every pro-Welsh team could lose every week for the next 20 years and you would still be happy with the current set up because it suits your Llanelli agenda. I wanted regional rugby and still hope that one day we can have regions and regions that compete with the best in Europe. Llanelli RFC pretend region getting hammered at home is not helping anyone