Did you know?
- The Irishmen have lost just twice in Galway since mid-September: against Munster on New Year’s Eve and Leinster in round 20.
- Connacht’s only two home defeats to Welsh regions in the last three seasons have both been to Ospreys.
- Connacht Rugby’s only victory in the last four rounds of the Guinness PRO12 came on a visit to Edinburgh on 7 April.
- Scarlets only loss in the last nine rounds of the Guinness PRO12 was to Leinster in Dublin on 4 March, a defeat which also saw them end a four game winning run against Irish provinces.
- Connacht have won only two of their last ten encounters against Scarlets – both in Galway, in November 2014 and January 2016.
Overall Guinness PRO12 head to head record:
Played 27, Connacht 8 won 16, Scarlets won 18 with 1 game drawn.
CONNACHT RUGBY v SCARLETS
Saturday 29th April
At the Sportsground, 7.35pm.
Live on TG4 / S4C
Get your match ticket for Connacht v Scarlets here.
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 7th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Lloyd Linton (SRU), Helen O’Reilly (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Murray Whyte (IRFU)
TMO: Charles Samson (SRU)
HEAD TO HEAD – RECENT GUINNESS PRO12 MEETINGS | |||||
Date | Venue |
C |
S |
Connacht scorers | Scarlets scorers |
Sun 30 Mar 14 | Parc y Scarlets |
30 |
32 |
Eoin McKeon(T) Robbie Henshaw(T) Kieran Marmion(T) Fionn Carr(T) Dan Parks(2P) Miah Nikora(2C) | Gareth Davies(T) Jonathan Davies(T) Gareth Maule(T) Rhys Priestland(3C/2P) Josh Turnbull(T) |
Sat 29 Nov 14 | Sportsground |
14 |
8 |
Matt Healy(T) Jack Carty(3P) | Harry Robinson(T) Steve Shingler(P) |
Sun 15 Feb 15 | Parc y Scarlets |
14 |
32 |
Jack Carty(3P) Niyi Adeolokun(T) | Harry Robinson(T) Steve Shingler(3C/2P) Jordan Williams(T) James Davies(T) Michael Tagicakibau(T) |
Sun 10 Jan 16 | Parc y Scarlets |
19 |
21 |
Matt Healy(T) Jack Carty(2P) Craig Ronaldson(C/2P) | Mike Collins(T) Steve Shingler(P) Steffan Evans(T) Aled Thomas(C/2P) |
Sat 30 Jan 16 | Sportsground |
30 |
17 |
Denis Buckley(T) Jack Carty(2C/2P) Jake Heenan(2T) Rodney Ah You(T) | DTH van der Merwe(T) Aled Thomas(2C/P) Gareth Owen(T) |
Sat 24 Sep 16 | Parc y Scarlets |
8 |
17 |
Jack Carty(P) Niyi Adeolokun(T) | Rhys Patchell(2C/D) Liam Williams(2T) |
COMPARISON | Connacht | Scarlets |
Last 3 PRO12 results: | 1 Apr – Zebre (A) L 22-25 | 24 Mar – Edinburgh (H) W 26-10 |
7 Apr – Edinburgh (A) W 22-19 | 8 Apr – Treviso (H) W 51-5 | |
15 Apr – Leinster (H) L 24-37 | 15 Apr – Dragons (A) W 21-16 | |
PRO12 2016/17 | 8th – W9 D0 L11 – 44pts | 3rd – W15 D0 L5 – 67pts |
Last 6 PRO12 form | wWllwL (15pts) | WwlWWw (23pts) |
Top try scorer | 6 – Niyi Adeolokun | 8 – Steffan Evans |
Top points scorer | 70 – Jack Carty | 107 – Rhys Patchell |