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THINGS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW…
ABOUT THE SCARLETS !
The club was officially rebranded
as the Scarlets in 2008, but is
inextricably linked with its original
and celebrated rugby mecca,
Llanelli in South Wales.
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When the Welsh Rugby Union
proposed reducing its top tier of
professional clubs from nine to
five, Llanelli Scarlets and Cardiff
stood firm, rejected plans to
merge with others, and retained
their stand-alone identities.
02
The Scarlets officially represent
the West and North Wales
regions and occasionally played
in Wrexham.
03
Stradey Park was the celebrated
home of Llanelli Scarlets and the
historic ground staged its last
game there in October 2008,
against Bristol.
04
The Scarlets are the reigning
Guinness PRO14 champions
(formerly PRO12) and topped
the inaugural Celtic League in
2003/2004 – four points clear
of Ulster.
05
The club moved to its new
state-of-the-art Parc Y Scarlets
home in nearby Pemberton in
November 2008.
06
The current backs coach,
former Welsh and Lions’
out-half Stephen Jones, is
the club’s record scorer with
2,850 points.
07
Former Ireland skipper Simon
Easterby is a former Scarlets
captain, and was Head Coach
from 2012-2014, before joining
Joe Schmidt’s international
coaching team.
08
Scarlets has provided 40 players
who have represented their
countries at least 20 times.
09
The Scarlets President is Phil
Bennett, the great Llanelli,
Wales and Lions out-half and a
link with the club’s rich pre-
professional history.
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Ulster and Scarlets have met
competitively 39 times – with
honours even at 18 wins apiece,
and three drawn games.
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