Scarlets take on Ulster at their revamped Ravenhill home this Friday evening in the re-arranged RaboDirect PRO12 fixture.
With the storms and torrential rain of a month ago, that caused the water-logged pitch at Ravenhill which led to the postponement of the game, now replaced by glorious Spring sunshine the Scarlets are ready to face the challenge head on.
The Scarlets travel to Belfast on the back of three wins from three in the RaboDirect PRO12, the most recent of those coming against Munster at Parc y Scarlets on St David’s Day.
Scarlets Head Coach Simon Easterby said that the recent victories will serve as a confidence boost for the squad as they head into the final block of fixtures, he said: “I think it was an important result against Munster to keep us in touch with the top four and open up a gap below us.
“The players put a huge amount of effort into that training week and we prepared really well. We understood to a man how to beat Munster and certain things came off for us as well.
“The reward was not only getting the win but the performance was special. Munster haven’t lost so many players this season to international call-ups and they were fairly strong when they came to the Parc.”
Easterby admits that the squad will take heart from such a victory adding: “We played Munster at a good time when they’re playing well. It’s a confidence booster for us knowing that we can beat a team like that – the challenge for us now is to back that up against Ulster.”
The 18-13 victory over Munster at Parc y Scarlets saw the Scarlets get within ten points of the Ospreys who are currently in fourth position and keeps the campaign alive as the competition heads into the home straight.
“We have to get something out of every game, there’s still 35 points up for grabs. We’re going to have to work really hard to get into that top four but we’ve got a good run-in with four home games. If we can take points from the next two away games we’ll certainly be well placed to challenge the top four.”
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