Llanelli Scarlets

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Llanelli Scarlets

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The Llanelli Scarlets are a Rugby Union team from Wales, playing in the Celtic League and European Rugby Cup/European Rugby Shield.

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Club history

Llanelli Scarlets are one of the five original regions of the Welsh Regional Rugby Era. They are also one of only two of those regions who were not brought about by amalgamation of two or more clubs.

In 2003, the WRU controversially elected to reduce the current top tier of Welsh professional rugby from nine clubs into five clubs, attempting to mirror the successful formats in Ireland and the Southern Hemisphere countries of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Llanelli Scarlets officially represent the whole of West and North Wales, based mostly around Llanelli although attempts have been made at taking the club to other outposts such as Wrexham. Ownership of the 'region' is held by the owners of Llanelli Rugby Football Club.

Largely drawn from the very successful Llanelli RFC side of the preceding year, the Scarlets have carried that success forth into their inaugural season. They reached the last eight of the 2003/2004 Heineken European Rugby Cup and finished the Celtic League season as champions by four points over Ulster. However the following season was less successful. Hit by injuries and retirements, as well as the transfer of influential fly-half Stephen Jones, the Scarlets finished only fifth in the league and failed to qualify from their group in the Heineken Cup. In the current 2005/06 season, the Scarlets again failed to qualify from their Heineken Cup group; as of 22 January 2006, they are in fifth place in the Celtic League, but with two games in hand on all of the teams ahead of them. They have also managed to resign Stephen Jones and full back Barry Davies has extended his contract to stay with the Scarlets.

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Home Ground

Llanelli Scarlets play most of their home matches at Llanelli's Stradey Park (home of Llanelli RFC). However, since their inception, they have played several games each season in North Wales at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground. On numerous occasions you will hear choruses of Calon Lan and Sosban Fach ringing around the stadium.

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Statistics

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Celtic League

Season Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
2004/2005 5th 20 9 0 11 10 46
2003/2004 1st 22 16 1 5 10 76
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Celtic League Cup

Season Round Match
2003/2004 Qtr-Final Llanelli Scarlets 12 - 14 Connacht
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European Rugby Cup

Season Pool/Round Pos Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
2003/2004 Pool 4 1st 6 5 0 1 3 23
Qtr-Final Llanelli Scarlets 10 - 27 Biarritz Olympique
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Notable Current Players

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Notable Former Players

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Club Honours

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See also

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Welsh Rugby Union | Welsh national team

Competitions: Celtic League | Celtic Cup | Welsh Premier Division | Welsh Cup | Heineken Cup | European Challenge Cup | European Shield

Regions: Cardiff Blues | Llanelli Scarlets | Newport Gwent Dragons | Ospreys

Clubs: Aberavon | Abertillery | Bedwas | Bridgend Ravens | Caerphilly | Carmarthen | Cardiff | Cross Keys | Ebbw Vale | Glamorgan Wanderers | Llandovery | Llanelli | Llanharan | Neath | Newbridge | Newport | Pontypool | Pontypridd | Swansea Sharks | Treorchy Rhondda Zebras

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