A 26-28 victory over Zebre Rugby on Saturday afternoon saw Scarlets move into sixth place in the Guinness PRO12 table level on 44 points with Connacht.
The victory in Parma was also the Region’s first away victory of the season and the West Wales region will be looking to build momentum heading into the final three rounds of the Guinness PRO12.
Scarlets Head Coach Wayne Pivac said: “On the positive side we came with a victory and four points. We’ve also come away with no injuries, which hasn’t happened in a long while. To jump up into equal sixth makes it a pretty good weekend all round really.”
It was a tough afternoon at the office for the Scarlets with Zebre leading 26-25 in the final minute of the game. An 82nd minute penalty from Rhys Priestland saw the Scarlets steal the victory and secure four points in the race to ensuring a top six spot.
Pivac went on to say: “There are parts of the game we will have to work on over the coming weeks. We kept them in the game through our mistakes which was frustrating.
“There were positives in the game, when we were under pressure we kept our composure and scored some very good tries.”
Scarlets will take on Newport Gwent Dragons at the Millennium Stadium in the third installment of Judgement Day on Saturday 25th April and Pivac believes the Newport based Region will be a tough opponent.
“They’re on a great run of form at the moment – they’ll be a really tough opponent and we have nothing but respect for them as a side. It’s safe to say that it’s another must win game for us!
“We’ve got two weeks of hard work ahead of us. All in all we got the win and the result that we needed.”
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