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Connacht Beat Scarlets To Seal Third Straight URC Win And Bonus Point

The 31-14 result lifts Connacht to ninth in the table, strengthening their play-off push.

Overview

  • Seán Jansen scored two first-half tries to reach 10 for the season as Connacht led 12-0 at the break.
  • The hosts finished with five tries through Jansen, Jack Aungier, Fiachna Barrett and Eoin de Buitlear to secure the extra point.
  • Scarlets replied through Joe Roberts and Ioan Jones but left without a match point after a late try was ruled forward.
  • TMO interventions proved significant, with John Devine denied a try on his first senior start for obstruction in the build-up.
  • Scarlets were missing roughly 20 players in a rearranged tie from October after Storm Amy forced the original postponement.