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Connacht 16 Scarlets 10 Connacht secured a deserved Magners League victory over Scarlets at the Sportsground on Friday night. A try three minutes from the break by Mike McComish, after great work off a scrum by Frank Murphy and Johnny O’Connor, was the decisive score. Ian Keatley landed the conversion from the right-wing for Connacht to lead 13-0 at the interval. Earlier Keatley had converted two penalties for Michael Bradley’s men. Connacht continued to dominate in the second-half with Rhys Priestland and Keatley swapping penalties. Scarlets secured a late bonus point thanks to a try from Lee Williams which was superbly converted from the left touchline by Dan Newton in the dying seconds of the game. CONNACHT: Try: McComish Con: Keatley Pens: Keatley (3) SCARLETS: Try: Williams Con: Newton Pen: Priestland Connacht: G Duffy; T Nathan, N Ta’auso, K Matthews, F Carr; I Keatley, F Murphy; B Wilkinson, S Cronin, R Morris; M McCarthy, B Upton; J Muldoon, J O’Connor, M McComish. Replacements: J Hagan for Morris, 58 mins; A Browne for McCarthy, 58 mins; M Swift for McComish, 70 mins; A Flavin for Cronin, 71 mins. Scarlets: D Evans; M Stoddart, S Lamont, R Higgitt, L Williams; R Priestland, T Knoyle; I Thomas, K Owens, P John; V Cooper, D Welch; S Easterby, R Pugh, D Lyons. Replacements: A Shingler for Cooper, 59 mins; J Turnbull for Easterby, 59 mins; J Corsi for Owens, 71 mins; E Phillips for John, 71 mins; G Davies for Knoyle, 71 mins; D Newton for Priestland, 71 mins; G Maule for Higgitt, 71 mins. Referee: G Knox (SRU). |
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