Edinburgh encounter wake-up call ahead of table-toppers Munster

With nine points from a possible ten in the last two games the Scarlets are staying on course to move up the RaboDirect PRO12 table and fight their way back to the top four, and into play-off contention.

Three tries for the Scarlets, from Jordan Williams (2) and Adam Warren, saw the region secure a 25-21 victory over Edinburgh at Parc y Scarlets and keep the play-off campaign alive.

In what was a tight encounter, as Edinburgh fought tooth and nail to stay in the game, Head Coach Simon Easterby said that it was a mix of emotions at the final whistle despite the victory. He said: “There was some relief, frustration, disappointment … I just think we lacked a bit of energy and accuracy and kept allowing them to stay in the game, after we scored they came back into it nearly every time.

“Last weekend’s postponement may have had a bearing on the game, we started poorly this afternoon and didn’t bring enough intensity or urgency into our game.

“It was certainly a bit of a wake up call with Munster on the horizon.”

“We scored some really nice tries this afternoon; we identified certain areas where we thought we could reward ourselves with points and we did just that.

“We’re relieved to come away with the win and we’ve collected nine from ten points over the last few weeks, we missed out on a point today but we have to keep winning.

“There’s a bit of a gap between us and the teams in fifth and fourth place but we have the confidence that we can get results against the top sides.”

Scarlets will welcome table-toppers Munster to Parc y Scarlets next Saturday evening for a St David’s Day celebration and Easterby believes Scarlets have it all to play for.

“We should have beaten Munster away; we played 12 or so minutes of extra time and Munster beat us at the death.

“We need to keep climbing the table and stretch the gap between us and the teams below us and close the gap on the teams above and just concentrate on ourselves.”