Scarlets v Edinburgh Pro12 Rugby

It is the first game back after the Six Nations and Edinburgh welcome

nine internationals into the squad. They go into this match having lost

five games of the Pro12 so tonight is hugely important for Edinburgh as

they travel to Llanelli Divis scholars. -- to face Scarlets.

Good to have you with us. The Pro12 is back after a breathless Six

Nations and we are delighted it is Andy Nicholas here with us, hugely

important much for Edinburgh tonight because so far their form has been

pretty poor, lost a lot of internationals away with the Six

Nations but they need to get back on it tonight. They need to stop that,

they are playing for pride for the rest of the season, they have big --

a big European match next week so tonight is about getting a bit of

form and tried to get a bit confidence and momentum into the

game next week. Let's have a look at the table because it does not make

good reading from an Edinburgh point of view. It could always have

Glasgow because if Edinburgh get a win against Scarlets it could help

Glasgow get in that play-off place. Edinburgh mate and just not been

scoring .4 tries. -- points or tries. It has been a disappointing

season but they have a new coach and I think these last five games, they

are going to be looking at selection, may be time for contracts

so all Edinburgh can do is try and finish the season on a high and get

some pride back into the season. One thing they have not been able to do

so far is they have not scored tries. Not getting points on the

board. Where will that come from tonight? Where are the tries going

to come from? It has been a problem all season. Glasgow themselves are

55, but look at the top three, 76 for Leinster, these guys are scoring

tries and Edinburgh have not been able to score. They have been fairly

solid in defence but not getting the creativity. It is not an easy fix,

there are not just a couple of players who need to comment, I think

it is a whole change, not just personnel but how they approach it,

so I think there is a lot of work to be done for Edinburgh. It is not an

easy fix. They have dot-macro, Berghan and fought in the front row.

-- Dell. And Ford. They will be better for it, it was quite a

sobering experience for Allan Dell at times and Berghan sat on the

bench a lot. I think that tells his confidence. It interesting that

Gilchrist has not come back into the starting team so the pack has not

been a problem for Edinburgh so far this year, it has been a lack of

creativity. They will be solid tonight. I like the back row,

Ritchie and Du Preez, they will work and make it tough for Scarlets, but

you have to be better than that to get into the top six. And know

what's on tonight, he has gone down to Manchester on family business.

Looking at Edinburgh over the last four or five seasons, it is a

similar picture because they have had different coaches coming in and

they have tended to finish towards the bottom of the table. It is

frustrating for the fans the gods they sometimes show goods is of

excitement and talent but they cannot seem to maintain it. In

general, the squad has not been as strong as the sides they are

competing against. Glasgow, across the board they have had better

players, better back-up players something times and Edinburgh's

first strength teams. There has been an imbalance there-macro. It is not

an easy fix, and I just think Richard Cockerill will have a hell

of a job to do when he comes in next season and he will look at it and

say, let's start afresh. That is why I think these last five games, these

guys might be playing for the future because a new coach will come in and

have his own ideas. I like some of these players, they are good club

players, but they are just not making that step up, to compete

against Leinster and Ospreys and Munster Mack, who had their top

players back, they are struggling. -- Munster Mac back. I wonder if

they will bring in more young Scottish players because Glasgow

have done that. There is the Scarlets dressing room, they are

quite clearly up for this tonight, for imported much for them. It will

be busy, I imagine. Their first game back after the Six Nations and they

welcome back some big international players. There is Ross Ford leading

his team had done at Llanelli, Scarlets against Edinburgh, Alan and

Hugh will take us through it. COMMENTATOR: Spring has sprung in

West Wales. There is a spring in the step of scholars, buoyed up by the

return of seven other international players. Edinburgh welcome back nine

of their internationals. A fantastic night for rugby. The Edinburgh team,

and all international front row. Duncan Weir is in at ten, the

regular backline with Burleigh coming into the centre and Kinghorn

at fullback. A great sense of expectation around Parc y Scarlets,

with a top four place on offer. It would look weighted heavily in

favour of the Reds. It is a fantastic might -- make for a Scrum

V, a swirling wind down at the park, but this is the game and Scarlets

are putting, the contrast in Bonn could not be stark. -- this is the

team Scarlets are putting out. Parkes the captain in midfield. The

benches, well, a rear view of Barclay, the Scottish captain. --

rare view. McInally and Gilchrist on the Edinburgh bench. More to come

from them, of course, we would imagine, these key figures who are

involved in that amazing match in Paris, we would assume the laws of

the game and the 80 minutes will be in the hands of the gods.

A potent backline here from Scarlets. Moving the ball quickly

already. A perfect night to throw the ball around. Conditions

absolutely superb. The Scarlets showing where they intend to play

this game. Elias takes it in. Recycle very quickly. And the big

Irishman, again, they come left right through Jonathan Davies.

Edinburgh said they have not been able to get their hands on the ball.

This time it is Tom Price. They were looking Billy Sharp in the warm up.

-- really sharp. I think Scarlets are going to put it

about tonight. First opportunity for Edinburgh. Richard Tillyer from the

three. Edinburgh have won it again. I mentioned earlier, the Scarlets

team have threats everywhere. A fairly big but very mobile pack. It

is my first visit to the Stadium and the pitch is superb. It is a great

night to play and they will certainly make the most of it.

Hopefully we will see a few tries to. I have been enduring a splendid

day in West Wales. The hospitality has been of a commensurate order!

First scrum. Slightly heavier Edinburgh pack,

about 30 odd kilograms, here they come. Immediately heading for the

line. Scarlets have it. Rhys Patchell marks his return to the

Scarlets line-up within three minutes, they have sliced Edinburgh

wide open. You could see that coming. Sitting here you could see

the way Edinburgh set up and the winger was trying to cover but had

too much to do. It was exploited really well from Patchell. The

winger was miles away. Simple run around, and Patchell, he is not the

quickest but he has made it. He had the whole West Wales to a mat

because it just opened up in front of them. He has not played since New

Year, the confidence is totally back. He has gone a fair distance.

Edinburgh invited them into that hole and they did not shut it down

quick enough or cleverly enough. Quality players always do expose

that. He has had surgery on his ankle, and I have the feeling as he

lined up for the kick, he had not really taken enough time to settle

himself down. The chest going in and out. But he had plenty to do when he

got the ball, but he had absolute confidence, very narrow, the

Edinburgh defence. It has left the winger in no man's land. The winger

has to be involved. If they are going to do that defence, the winger

has to be quicker. A bit slack. Edinburgh need to put their clock

forward, they do not need to wait for the weekend, they need to get to

grips with this quickly. Good touch by Du Preez, allowing it to go out.

Got the better off trying to knock it back in. -- thought the better.

Already Scarlets have their tails up. Could not ask for a better start

for the fans around Parc y Scarlets. Giving vent to their feelings! A

suggestion they felt they were hard done by during the Six Nations and

now is the time. They see the top four as an option here, clearly. And

Edinburgh have it. Hidalgo-Clyne, has an ocean to go down the wing.

Scarlets have to be careful here. Steffan Evans is rumbled. John Lacy

taking a good look. Keeping Edinburgh back. Managed to feed it

back quickly to Alan Davies. Inside the Kinghorn. Edinburgh shifting it

quickly. Christine is caught. Could not quite get away. -- Chris Dean.

Kinghorn goes in to retrieve it. It is good to see Hidalgo-Clyne sharp,

lifting his head and seeing that space in behind. Duncan Weir sees a

space in behind as well. That is the first and Edinburgh have began to

get a bit of momentum into the game. Hidalgo-Clyne delivering the ball

quicker. It looks like they can use it when they get it quickly. Players

like Sam, they look forward to getting a quick and open game.

Trouble here for Scarlets! Caught behind the line. Now there is a

chance for Highlands. He needs to get his head down and let rip. --

Highland. Did not quite make enough of that. -- Highland.

Hidalgo-Clyne... Red line defending for Scarlets, quickly retaining the

shape but this time John Lacey says they are smothering the ball. Years

over on his haunches as well, he was involved in that ruck. They got a

penalty the next breakdown. There is a chance here for Duncan Weir to get

Edinburgh on the board. That was a bit of a poor effort behind the

line. Just get out of the way, jumping up or leave it alone. It is

a specialist job getting that ball back quickly and precisely with time

to clear. The number eight had a bit of a brainwave. Well, there will be

words, no doubt, but Duncan Weir settling himself, Rhys Patchell

clearly rushed a bit, just having a listen to John Lacey having a word

with Berghan about some of the technicalities of the scrum. Duncan

Weir with Edinburgh's first chance. That will give Edinburgh some

relief, because they have managed to get points on the board after eight

minutes. Scarlets leading 5-3. And in no hurry to come back to restart

the game either. Certainly pleased with their electric start through

the hands on the pace. This time he is going the opposite way. It comes

off and Edinburgh hand because he changed his mind. He was facing up

to go one way. That court Edinburgh by surprise. They are not letting

Edinburgh get settled. They do not want Edinburgh to get a flat for and

getting them all going. Eras Mata for the first time. To do with

seeing him on the ball a bit more. Hoyland below it. That has drifted

out. We were done in the field earlier and round about the stadium,

the nature is fantastic, beautiful evening, but there is a swirling

wind which will affect the kicking. Hill yes, it is a nice enclosure but

they do have the tunnel at either end. The wind will whistle through.

Patchell again, to Davies. In John Lacey driving it back very quickly.

I feel he has got to have a big game this evening, Davies. He struggled

in the Six Nations a little. If he is looking for a Lions place I think

he will have to have a big finish. Will have to do well in this

competition. Again on the ground, Edinburgh competing well, and John

Lacey steps in. Ritchie, click on the ball. A good sign for the seven.

-- quick. Duncan Weir will go down the line. I suspect over on that

side, the wind is not so much of the difficulty.

And he has gone for the full treatment on that one, that is a

beauty. Liam Williams just shepherding it out, he knew he was

beaten. So, perfect attacking position for

Edinburgh. They are in the right area now. Ross

Ford. Not the tidiest of takes. John Lacey

steps in. Simon Berghan blocking in the line. That is a wasted

opportunity. You do not get better than that. A great kick, then they

butchered it at the line-out, a soft penalty. That was a real butchered

chance for Edinburgh. Goodwillie did not go well from the very start, the

tape was not good and it went downhill after that. But Rhys

Patchell has not made that much ground. That has gone wrong

horribly! Berghan this time again. Breslin's past. This again, they

have spilled it and gone over. The reaction time, Edinburgh have to

react quicker than that. They were too slow to. -- to get there. They

should have made sure... Well, I suspect perhaps the wind is a bit

more problematic on that side. Both sides having difficulty with the

line-out. I think Edinburgh can be a nuisance at line-out time. They went

through the full repertoire of options, Scarlets. They must be

struggling. There we are. Up the middle. They have got men on both

sides but they are drifting over towards this side, Scarlets. Tom

Price. Massive second row. Six foot ten, both of them. A possible late

hit there, Mata going in. I think the line judge has not intervened.

But the timing was just marginally out. Quick ball, Alan Davies. This

time they outer again. Time to step back again, space is appearing, the

defence all over the place. Shingler took it in. Plenty of time to

realign themselves, Patchell lets it go, messy in the middle. They go

with the slightly hazardous and messy option of the drop goal. I get

the feeling that they are over complicating it. There was nothing

on at all then suddenly they seemed to get through the Edinburgh

defence. Just lacking concentration. Once Scarlets got through, the

handling was very slack. The ball in behind, a little step, and off-load.

McNicholl. Again, Shingler, wonderful ball control eventually,

but if he had taken the option Patchell took of going for the line,

it was there. Get the head down. He looked more like a Harlem

globetrotter there for a while! Edinburgh just need the ball, need

to get some possession and territory. A bit of a spark from

somewhere. It is a bit pedestrian and predictable from Edinburgh, that

is the difficulty. That has gone straight up the middle. Our fullback

again, Todd Blackadder reckons he is a rare talent. No need to argue. We

could maybe get a view on that Mandy Nicholl back in the studio. It has

been an interesting but scrappy start. But no doubt Scarlets are

here to play tonight and I think if Edinburgh's defence does not get a

lot better than it was for that first try, could be a long night. It

is very loose, they have good players, Liam Williams out wide, I

think Edinburgh need to make sure their defence is solid. That is the

basic problem for Edinburgh. Just the gap that was left for Rhys

Patchell to motor through. A player not renowned for his pace. He left

Edinburgh in his wake. Tom Price has a swing. I think it was Alan Dell...

Here they come again, long passes. Fumbled by Edinburgh. Maybe time to

use that long pass and swing it to the far side. It is just confidence,

you know, he shot in, Hoyland, trying to close it down, and I don't

know, it looked messy, you have to be more assertive. If you're going

to get a man on the ball. He was nowhere near it and Williams had

that chip over. Field position again. McNicholl looks a potent

threat from the back. I like Williams as a player. If he messes

up, I think I would like to see him playing at 15. For me, he had a

great time with Wales last season. I think Warren Gatland will have him

in the back of his mind to take him out there. Alan Davies with another

good field position. We almost halfway through the first half. But

Edinburgh have stemmed the tide in a somewhat fragile state, being

pummelled here. John Lacey has the advantage already. They have this

for nothing. Cutting through. Duncan Weir goes in. Stays in. Alan Davies,

they still have the advantage. Wonderfully taken by Jonathan

Davies, who keeps the ball alive. Shingler, Scarlets running riot

here! It is just too much inventiveness, pace, skill,

everything, and a penalty to come. Beautiful play. We always knew that

penalty... Shingler has that free role, he is a big, athletic type and

he has been given able to meander around the pitch. He will be a

threat all night. And the way scholars performed in the last

scrum, cannot see anything other than going down the line and having

another go. Because that will have given them a tremendous lift, not

only the stretching Edinburgh from side to side, at the moment giving

them a bit of doing in the as well. I would be annoyed if I was the

Scarlets winger, because you do not expect such an upset.

Early days, but options aplenty for Scarlets. Another one coming here.

This is just below us here, Steffan Evans is lurking with intent on

stretching, it making Edinburgh mark him, effectively. While the rest of

them are camped on the far side of the page. In it goes.

Edinburgh doing their best to disrupt it legally and come round.

John Lacey has spotted Anton Bresler. Here's over the line. That

had an inevitability from the very point data possession. Then

Breslauer, the penalty was coming, the forwards took it on themselves.

Good line-out to start with, but they won that all pretty clearly and

Edinburgh stayed down. The body positions now, the forwards, they

are too high. Not low enough. Richard Cockerill will not like

that. They must be doing that in training at least ten times a day.

Wyn Jones has been credited with placing the ball, as the Inquisition

starts. Edinburgh are up against two tries done already and we are just

halfway through the first half. Scarlets leading 10-3. A big hand

below us here for Wyn Jones. Slightly more composed, Patchell has

completed the business with another two points. That has put Scarlets on

easy street, really, 12-3. And given what we saw here, it is going to be

a long night. Well, we kept saying that in the first 20 minutes but

that is what it has felt like from the start of the game. Scarlets have

set out their stall, we know they're going to play, Edinburgh have been

disappointing up front. Duncan Weir goes blank, despatched back nearly

to have weight. -- goes for a length. I wonder where Edinburgh can

find some inspiration, some physicality that seems to be lacking

at the moment. Massive aid for the Scarlets, they

all seems to be six foot eight, 69, six foot ten, apart from Samson Lee.

Edinburgh taken care of that. They have butchered it again, lost it at

the back of the line. In they go through Ryan Elias. Rhys Patchell.

Again, they are swinging it out to the winner will stop Williams cuts

inside. That idiosyncratic running cell of his which is so deceptive.

-- running style. Possession everywhere for the Welsh.

They have lost it this time. Edinburgh have a chance to return.

There is a gap for Chris Dean, and Kinghorn did not get his hand on it.

Very scrappy in midfield. Berghan is still down. There is a huge gap year

now. Edinburgh have to be very careful. John Lacey has immediately

stopped the game. I do not think he was quite aware of the possibly

serious nature of Simon Berghan's injury, but it is scrappy, Alan.

There were some nice touches, Scarlets put that nice ball on the

line. We were talking before the game about quality players, I am

being a little fussy, Chris Dean, he has developed as a centre, the gap

was there, if you have got the wheels, that is maybe why Edinburgh

are where they are, the quality players, Jones, Bennett, they have

taken that gap in the truth and they creating scores and that is

difference between a good player and a really good player a brilliant

player. Once you get bigger, you have to be all over them and then

finish. Johnny McNicholl running at you.

It's so difficult for Edinburgh to catch its. They all have that pace

to hurt you. This is where Berghan was injured, he went down

straightaway, very clearly. I think it's his left elbow. He's on his

feet, but just having a look at the Edinburgh bench below as here, there

doesn't seem to much activity. I think we should rename the pitch,

because there are legends everywhere. If they aren't on the

wall, they're walking up the stairs. Some clubs are producing the

players. Bennett, one of the all-time greats. Jonathan Davies sat

behind us. I was having a chat with him before the game. This place has

produced some of the best players in the world. He's being overly modest,

because he was recognised around the building as well. Meanwhile,

Scarlets come again. Berghan is back on his feet and still playing.

Patchell just delays the pass and a quick move with Williams coming in.

Clever move. Variety in their play. They have men over here. And again a

short pass. That is a simple one for James Davies. He must have thought

is playing sevens again, a game that huge gap. The defence is not there

to stop this kind of move. As I say, I'm a defence coach. If one missteps

in you all step in. Hoyland turned out, he turned in. It's a confidence

thing in defence. You've got to feel confident with the guys around you

and work together. He has gone out and he should have gone in. Here's

not even at pace crushing the line. You just have to look at his pace.

You can't believe what has happened. There's nobody behind him. Kinghorn

has gone to the outside channel, he didn't expect anybody to come

through the middle. As I say, it is those back row forwards. Shingler

now, now Davies is doing it. This is the kind of my pet Edinburgh, you

know, that is where you have to work as one defensively. -- that is the

kind of night Edinburgh. 25 minutes on the clock, and we're

almost at 25 points, not quite appoint a minute but it's looking

pretty grim for Edinburgh. This is how it happened. The gap was that,

the men were the kind that is a sevens player something a gap as

well. Look at that gap! There is Hoyland and Kinghorn on the outside

channel, sitting in formation, maybe they should have been flatter. It is

how the defence coach said it up. The big thing I used to say to the

players is quite defence is a beta defence, and I can't hear any noise

from the Edinburgh boys. -- is a beaten defence. We'll come back to

the pre-match warm up as well, where there was quite a stark difference.

There is a chance here all of a sudden! It Burleigh out of

absolutely nothing, Edinburgh now... This could be. If they can just

galvanise themselves and start capitalising. That was slack. There

is a chink in their armour. They are putting pressure on the kicker

there. They are talking to other behind the sticks, yeah, Berghan

they're taking great pressure on the kick. A great line. A quality

finish. So, all is not the doom and gloom we thought it was just a few

minutes ago because Edinburgh are back. With a score of broadband they

have added in front of a post -- with a score on the board. 19-10,

Scarlets lead and we are still not said whom it into the game, we have

four tries. -- we are still not 30 minutes into the game. Rhys

Patchell, again with a short kick. He is not given that one enough.

Edinburgh will get to play it. John Lacey has given them the chance to

move it. What Edinburgh need to do is score next, to build on what they

have managed to get. All of a sudden, it is a 9-point game. He has

better length at this time, Patchell takes. You just wonder if that was

the initial rush of enthusiasm of a player coming back into the team

that carried them on. And he will begin to slow down the. Who looks a

bit nervous now. He is beginning to consider his options, having been

caught once. Duncan gets in a scrap, but still get that back. Jamie

Ritchie spinning, doing a Watson here. That's better. Kinghorn comes

in like a rocket. Forward pass, again just the timing not quite

right. Getting excited the. The cumulative effect of the little

things is that the rhythm of Edinburgh is disrupted. Good to see

Kinghorn looking for the ball. The cross field kicks were the height of

Kinghorn, he is a big lad, they are trying to get players up there. It's

a good way to change the point of attack. Midfield, Burleigh comes

over to this side. In fact, he has come back this way. That's

symptomatic, part of the problem, I think. Burleigh is like a yo-yo back

and forth behind the scrum. He has now decided he's going back to this

side. Solid scrum. It takes two people out every time. Williams is a

good player. Clever play. You just wonder how potent he would be at the

centre of the pitch. Scarlets have all sorts of players going forward

on the wing, they have a wing in at full-back. The numbers mean nothing.

I suspect that's the philosophy now. If you can put on a red shirt, you

can play anywhere. And it's working, because Edinburgh just look like

they are growing. They are chasing shadows all the time. The team often

take longer, they are taking a bit too long. As I say, that trial has

got them back in. It could have been a lot worse. --. Try. Within nine

points again. They just have to stay in again, a few minutes until

half-time. John Lacey is not too interested in summary tying up their

slippers. I think it's Tom Brown, is it? On the far side. A slightly

unusual position guarding the five metres there, Scarlets little chip

over the top, Edinburgh have to be very careful this time. The bounce

was favourable but they have caught it. They have stripped them again,

they have extra men, the bonus try is here and it is Rhys Patchell with

his second try of the evening, secured an early bonus point. The

fourth try for Scarlets after just this many minutes, they lead.

Patchell is pulling the strings. That little chip over the top. They

have the line spreading and Patchell is just chipping it over the top.

The bounce was looking for Edinburgh, but that turn over the

strip, then you can't recover from that position. Edinburgh needed to

score next, but they haven't. It's just a permanent position on what's

gone wrong. I can't seem to put it right. Which is the difficulty. --

they can't seem. Patchell already reminding everybody of what he's

got. Not the least of which is the phenomenal boot. The strip is coming

more and more into the game now, and coaches have to address that.

Players taking the ball, you know, it's part of the game. You have to

protect that ball and make sure it's as tight as it can be. That's how

defence coaches work. If you attack the ball, the strip's on. You know,

there he is, Jonathan Davies wrestles the ball of him and Tom

Brown has to be bigger and stronger than that. And look at the red

shirts. Yeah. Rhys Patchell had 91 point going into tonight's game.

That is him well through in a hundred points. That is a careless

kick. 77%, Patchell's kicking rate. As well as being already on hat

trick. We are still eight minutes shy of half-time. That's the last

thing you want. Frustration writ large on Duncan Weir's face. And the

demeanour of Duncan Hodge, the acting coach tells its own tail.

Edinburgh stayed with the same defence as the last one, but the

only difference is that Scarlets have put an extra on the left, so it

is three versus four. Using a scrum-half to cover a lot of ground.

This is inviting them. They are pretty far apart as well. It's like

calling their bluff, it's like a double bluff, I suspect. They will

do the obvious thing. Well, they've done one thing! LAUGHTER

You've got to hook the ball. You don't often see that now. The hand

came in. If we watch this closely, John Lacey's about 12 inches away

from that, watching what's going on. Not exactly clandestinely, was it?

Duncan Weir down the line. From halfway. He has given that plenty of

welly. Again, a good attacking position. Let's see if they can

create something now. That gap has extended again to 16 points. John

Lacey chatting away. Basically saying that the number nine can't do

the hoping. -- the clock. Well taken. Jamie Ritchie hazard.

Street snaffling it. You see the body positions of the Scarlets.

Hidalgo-Clyne, Burleigh goes around takes it. There is a penalty coming.

It's one of these ones where the players dipping into it anyway. Let

us listen to John Lacey. REFEREE: Thank you very much, I'm dealing

with the captain. The OK, thank you very much. He's going to the line

judge. The head was down, you see. In defence of the defender, if you

are defending that, the player comes dipping in, shoulder down you. I

mean, I suppose if you look at it Parkes has got himself in a bad

position, he is she turned his shoulder in. He doesn't look the

quickest in the world, and he has given the high tackle. It is purely

because he lost his feet because he turned his shoulders in. I think the

referee and the line judge on the far side have taken an understanding

view of that, if you can put it that way. They have made an allowance.

Reversed it. That's something was said, presumably, because he

reversed the penalty and has given a huge advantage here to Scarlets.

Just how the ball there, he could have released. He'll be furious!

He's not happy. Here is Patchell with variety, looking for variety.

Tom Brown did well. And it's gone, Scarlets' away, so they will have

that. Oh, and a fumble. Some rustiness there from Rhys Patchell.

Just one or two lapses from the Scarlets. They have had so much of

the ball. They've got where they are, but... Everybody makes a lot of

internationals coming into the team, but when have been away for four or

six weeks, getting back into it is sometimes a coach's problem as well.

Both teams are suffering because of that. Players have come back from

Six Nations, their bodies will be a bit tired. Their minds will have

been, the places they have trained, Wales and Scotland. We'll give them

the benefit of the doubt. We need to look back, at what happened with

that reversed penalty. I mean, that is hugely careless. But the penalty

to be reversed within the other team's 22 metre mark is just

unforgivable. We will try to get to the bottom of what happened there.

Not messing about in the scrum, the hooker was there. I bet he was tilt.

Hit it back, because here I come again. Look at the pace. -- here

they come. Parkes turns inside. Again, it's the full-back. There is

somebody down the middle of the page doesn't look too good. It in

Edinburgh player, and the action is just about around him. The referee

has had a quick look but allows play to go on. Scholars take advantage of

Edinburgh being a man down. That'll be a deliberate knock-on --

Scarlets. It's a card. It's the worst possible outcome for Edinburgh

because there is a yellow card here. It is Mata for his attempt. Ross

Ford is not happy, he had better be careful because Mata is off. Right

from the off, he was caught flat-footed. He was always in

trouble, and I think that was the only option. He stopped a try. It is

Jamie Ritchie who is down in the middle. And there is, well, I

suppose the argument is always the player trying to intercept.

Edinburgh now change, number 20 is coming on for Jamie Ritchie. I

suspect, making an assumption at the moment, that this is a head injury

assessment. As he is leaving the field below us, he looks a bit

frustrated. He doesn't look like a player who is going to come back.

Yeah, looks like it. So we hope he is OK. We will try and see if we can

establish if that is a head injury assessment. Could also be some

fatigue, in the final minute of the first half. Hopefully just some

fatigue and he recovers at half-time. He has been playing well.

He is one of the players who seems to be able to raise his game and

match the quality of the opposition. There, confirmation that number 20

is coming on as replacement. Scarlets going for another try here.

As half-time approaches, they have swung that round to the narrow side.

At Edinburgh have competed well, though. And they have an advantage

coming. A knock-on. They are running it from behind their own post, high

risk. Kinghorn sees the gap. All he has done is give it to McNichol on a

plate. I don't know what that was all about. The harder the better I

would have thought. Didn't in any way turn the Scarlets on their

heels. Here is McNickle again, short pass to Davies. It going. Three

players to get him down, and here comes the ball. Tadhg Beirne, in

they come again. And forced out. So it's incessant pressure now. Just

like the tide coming in on top of Edinburgh all the time. All they

want to do now is get to half-time without conceding any more. Exactly,

yeah. Just get in. Have a good talk, you know, the defence talk will --

coach will talk to them. They have to get their tempo lifted. I do feel

that they are over egging it sometimes, when they get into

scoring positions they have just been a bit too clever. They have

proved already, although tries have come from the simplest approach. In

the last minute of the first half, Ross Ford trying to move the ball

Ford. John Lacey says it's the same maul, Fihaki this time. Pretty much

straight up and down. Well taken by James Davies. Here they come. They

want to finish with a flourish. That might not have been the best option,

Kinghorn comes to tidy it and he is happy to let it go. But that will

give Scarlets enough time to get lined up to challenge the Edinburgh

ball. But that was beautifully taken. Just playing with so much

confidence, Davies. The Olympic silver medallist.

He is like a Welsh Seamus Watson, two of a kind. Ross Ford, the clock

has gone red so we should be in the last play. A song rings out round

the stadium. No wonder they are happy. They're Scarlets crowd. Sam

Hidalgo-Clyne says enough is enough. The referee agrees and the first

half is to close. Edinburgh will be relieved to get off the pitch. Rhys

Patchell seems to me to be running a bit stiffly as he goes off. It was

very, very bad news for Edinburgh from the word go. Rhys Patchell got

it underway at about three minutes to put them 5-0 up. Burleigh

eventually, with a score out of nothing. And then Patchell got the

bonus point right on the half-hour. They had four tries and in total

command, the Scarlets, as they make it to half-time. Scarlets lead at

Parc y Scarlets. STUDIO: That wasn't great, was at? Difficult, difficult

watching. It looks very difficult to. They are not going to win it

from here. They have been second best in every facet of the game. We

know Scarlets have a lot of creativity and attacking players and

they are bringing everything out tonight. They're almost trying too

hard, because I think they know that they've got an opportunity. They are

up pulling all inside passes. It's good to watch, unless you are an

Edinburgh fan. And they already have the bonus point, at 30 minute into

the game, incredible. Patchell, great. This was too simple. A nice

little wraparound from Patchell, and Chris Dean gets sucked in. It just

seems, when you make the initial break, normally as the second line

of defence. When you look at it, Chris Dean gets pulled in and then

Kinghorn is coming in, Highland has been pulled in. Defensively, it is

just all over the place. -- Hoyland. Disappointing. That was nice and

wide, this is them at the forwards were doing. It is just really

composed, good control. Edinburgh are competing well, they get a

penalty there. This is always going inch by inch, just nice and easy.

And Wyn Jones. A very simple, well worked try. And this is just what

they are trying to do. They are trying lots of different things.

Going for a chip over. And an inside pass, it's great. Williams has been

brilliant, all over the place defensively as well. Parkes,

beautifully held up their just to the weight of the pass, brilliant to

James Davies. He just knew he was coming, came from the second line

which meant that the Edinburgh defence was all over the place. You

know, at that stage, there were just running all over. That was a lovely

try. On the outside shoulder to flip it out, lovely. They could pull it

back and maybe raise an eyebrow view, it didn't last long but good

nonetheless. It was good spirit from Edinburgh. This is the front row

working in tandem. Which is what they have to do. Ross Ford misses

the tackle but get up to his feet. He tries to make a difference. Watch

him and Berghan, putting pressure on Alan Davies. This is Allan Dell,

then. At that point coming at 19-10, back in it. Front row, pressurising.

Allan Dell, great awareness. Off-loaded to Burleigh, not got them

back in the game. They just had to keep the ball and control it, but

Scarlets got the ball back. When you do score a try, the most important

thing is that you have five or ten minutes to consolidate, don't give

away any more points. That is exactly what Edinburgh did. Rhys

Patchell once again for his second try of the match. The bonus point as

well. They have tried a lot of things. They have tried the passing,

a chip over like that, it is the ball can go anywhere. Look at the

strength of Jonathan Davies, he just strips them. There it is. Any number

of people, but it is Hadleigh Parkes who is the long pass. To Rhys

Patchell, who gets his second try which is the bonus point done after

30 minutes. That has just been the gulf in class, and there is a gulf

in class between the two teams. You have players like Williams and

Davies, full of confidence. You have Hadleigh Parkes is just pulling the

strings. Rhys Patchell, having a fantastic ride because he has so

much opportunity. We will be back talking more about the second half

and build towards it, but let's put a smile on our face. Let us talk

about the Six Nations campaign from Scotland was the point of view.

Looking at the table, this is important from the Scotland point of

view. Where are going to see that as faultless, we'll see it as equal

second. 14 point that the end of that. -- we won't see at as fourth

place. Very positive start. 14 tries, and that for me is where the

Scotland team has really developed. To get three wins, first for three

wins in the Six Nations were over ten years has been great. And it

started off against Ireland, and that 20 minutes of the whole Six

Nations was just electric. This was a long passage of play. Stuart Hall

was in the heart of everything that made Scotland exciting throughout

the Six Nations. Not just scoring tries, but creating them. Second

year in a row he has been our best Six Nations player of the

tournament, he deserved it. Look at the quality. Murrayfield was rocking

at this stage, the confidence was there. They showed innovation as

well, which was just fantastic. That is nine, 11 and 12, the first three

players in that line-up. They just showed a lot of character to win

that game. But that Scotland off to a good start on the Six Nations,

brilliant way to finish it. It certainly was, look at the smile on

Greig Laidlaw's face. And of course going to Paris and bludgeoned out of

the game by a massive and brutal French side. The scrum really

struggled in the Ireland game, but the game didn't influence, the scrum

didn't influence the game but it did hear echoes, because there were

penalties. Stuart Hall finish it off. There was a lot of phases.

France absolutely battered as that day. Yet we only conceded one try,

so the defence was really strong. This was a bit of opportunism, Tony

Seymour to Tim Swinson, great effort from the big lad to get through

there and support. 6-point defeat, you know, at the time you think you

will take that, a bonus point. And then Wales came out of the blocks

firing up my field. The drive from Wales' perspective. It was a quick

tap penalty, but in the second half they just clicked. Great to set up

play. He scored in the first three tries in the first two games, and

then created one. This sums up Stuart for me. Good forward play.

Watch the quality of Finn Russell's pass. Scored one, made one, stopped

on the defence. It is brilliant. We have to show, my goodness, what a

sobering afternoon this was. It was painful. You know, watch these

tries. Jonathan Joseph scored three, barely without a blue arm going on

him at all. This is first phase. Yes, a lot of movement, there were

very quick, good players. But you cannot be going through your

midfield defence like that. It was too easy. You know, here is the

second half when he got his third. A hat-trick of tries in the Six

Nations without a hand going on him. But we showed character. Huw Jones

came back and we got three tries. Not quite a bonus point, but then it

finished well. Finn Russell reacted well, and that I think is the key.

He reacted to the experience at Twickenham. Tee tries in the first

half. Matt Scott came off the bench after Jones went off injured. This

was what was really encouraging for me. This game could have petered out

in the last 20 minutes. A nice kick by Stuart Hall, and he knows whether

tries are. This try summed up Vern Cotter. A lot of forwards was good,

hard yards and then some execution three on two and Tommy Seymour

finishes it off. It was a fitting end to Vern Cotter. Very emotional.

Yeah. And direction was incredible. Captain and coach, very close -- and

the reaction was. It was a fitting end to Vern Cotter, who has been a

brilliant coach was gotten and and has really developed the Scotland

team. Big shoes to fill, no doubt about it. Vern Cotter has improved

that Scotland team. They believe they have a genocide, they can

actually close it out. -- they believe they have victory in sight.

And we started the Six Nations with only three and build up to six or

seven. I think Johnny Gray, Stewart Rahul Gandhi Tommy Seymour will get

picked. I think Russell and Dunbar played himself into consideration.

But what happened at Twickenham took them back down the pecking order. I

think you Jones could have sneaked on. Hamish Watson has been

outstanding but it is such a competitive position. If he goes,

someone like war Britain, Brian, Haskel doesn't go. From a Scottish

perspective, that's what I think. Let's look at the test 15 you will

choose. I don't think anyone will disagree. On the Scottish person.

Hogg. I think number 13 some people would say Jonathan Davies but for me

he is a Test match animal he gets better the higher you go. I think

Warren Gatland will lean on a few players. I think Owen Farrell has

been outstanding. Anthony Watson and Lee Williams, not much between them.

I think Rhys Webb comes into the mix but Murray and Sexton have great

control. I think it is physical enough to take on the All Blacks. I

think Vunipola makes an impact. Rory Best is my captain. He has had two

victories and has captained Ireland to victory against the All Blacks

and over England. The second row, Launchbury and Itoje. But is it a

good team in Edinburgh dressing room? After the first 40 minutes it

didn't look like it. They are behind in this game, conceding four tries.

They have to start scoring. But Scarlets have their tails in the

area. -- air. It is hard to believe that Edinburgh

won in the early stages of the Pro12. It seems a long time ago.

Scarlets are running riot and Edinburgh are a man down with Mata

in the sin-bin. Where do they go from here? They just have to look at

themselves. It is the leadership role now, who are the leaders in the

Edinburgh team to take the game by the scruff of the neck and dragged

them back? They have a lot of young players. But they will go nowhere

unless the older heads get hold of the game and take it to Scarlets.

Scarlets playing in red from left to right. Difficult to see if they have

Du Preez at the back. A loose pass. All over the place. In trouble

immediately. Fumbled. That sums it up, the way Edinburgh have been

playing. It would be good as the ball came over but all of a sudden a

loose pass. You don't want to coach a counterattack out of the players

but Kinghorn has to look at teams of -- at himself. These decisions are

ones the youngsters have to start making. They have to pick the game

up and find some pace and effort, Edinburgh, because it is a long road

home and we know they are going home later tonight after the game.

The referee not happy. Slightly heavier pack, all things being

equal. The Edinburgh pack is slightly heavier. Playing without

Mata who is sitting on the bench blowers seeing -- below us seeing

out his time. I talked about a quiet defence and I just watched the

Edinburgh backs and the didn't look at each other or talk or pointed a

finger, it is all about body language at this level. You have to

let the opposition see you are up for it. These are things these

players have to learn, big part of the game. Maybe a statement of

intent with the quickly taken penalty. Duncan Weir hoists it.

McNicholl is able to take. Patchell... Weir doesn't have a lot

of options outside him. Patchell is in the middle basically running the

game. A huge gap again. Just raised his head. No movement around him.

Unceremoniously put to ground by Boyde. Hidalgo-Clyne with the aerial

boot. This is what I said in the first half. Why do that? It was so

easy, the easy ball would have got them with three or four men outside.

It is concentration. They have to switch on. They may be think the

game is won. They can't afford to follow sleep. They started off the

night four points behind Ulster, head of Glasgow, we haven't touched

on the fact that Scarlets could have done Glasgow a favour tonight by

pulling the Scarlets back into the pack but it doesn't work like that

is going to happen unless something dramatic happens. Edinburgh have

lined up with three. Tom Brown consulting the bench. Not sure what

he is trying to establish, maybe checking how long they are a man

down. Edinburgh holding the ball is. Burleigh spills it. The with

Scarlets. -- the advantage is with. Kinghorn stands between them and a

slack pass. Edinburgh could have played on. Just a total hesitation,

the whistle had not gone. Lack of communication again. Too many of

these passes, basic errors. Both sides have been guilty of some

scrappy play. A wonderful break year. The off-load and Davies off

and running. I was just about to say that the scrum-half won't last long.

There is a better player coming on the field. Mata is warming up on the

touchline. Hidalgo-Clyne. Waiting for some stability. That was the

marker to that ticket first. Kinghorn through. All the way to the

line. Brought down just by Peter Short. The lack of numbers cost them

there. Kinghorn was the only man staying on Burleigh's shoulder and

that is what cost to them. He went clean through. Kinghorn, great

support. That is how close Edinburgh are. If the Scarlets muck about

then, you know. I suppose the next score is quite important. Here is

the Welsh substitution, Gareth Davies. Kinghorn did the right

thing. He clung on eventually but he needed another body. You have to get

support. Scarlets in Goodbody positions to get that defence. He

did well but here is another for the Scarlets. Edinburgh are back at

fault. Numerically at least. -- back at full drain. -- falls strength.

Again, Scarlets... A slack option. At half-time they would like a team

that had left the first half blind. -- behind. They will have to keep

playing to see this came out because Edinburgh have nothing to lose now,

just have to go out and play. It is probably better that the pressure is

off and the coach has just told them to go on and win the half and get

some pride back. Ross Ford delivers off the top. Scarlets competing

well, slowing the Edinburgh ball down. Just slightly pedestrian

coming back. That is giving Scarlets plenty of time. Even two players

back in reserve because they're so confident in the defence capability

of the line. That was just off the bootlaces. Flattened for his

trouble. Weir was left with no option but to send it straight down

the throat of a red jersey. Williams. Up she goes. Almost

vertical again. Brilliant. Shingler was pleading his case for the ball

and hesitation in the Edinburgh ranks as the play breaks down,

virtually waiting for Scarlets to stop. I was about to say I knew who

I would put my money on. Look at the concentration. He whipped with a

player was, never took his eye off it. And a good competition, fear

competition with Tom Brown, but only one winner. Dell looks to be

struggling. The referee has the clock stopped again. Dan Jones is

coming on. Patchell is going off. He had his time, two wonderful tries in

the first half, made his mark, and he is back. It is always hard coming

back from an ankle injury, one of those areas where there is not much

down there, just bones and gristle, and when you have had a bad injury,

it plays on your mind. He is limping a little bit. Probably the rustiness

getting out of the ankle. Good to see him back and he has done well on

the pitch. He looked uncomfortable going in at half-time. They will be

protecting him. They will not want him to have to do too much I

suppose. By rights they would assume the game is won. Interesting to see

what would happen if Edinburgh got seven points. That might make them

think about where they needed to go for the rest of the game. Now they

have the important change on the 9-10 axis, strengthened that clearly

with seeing the game out in mind. Gareth Davies, 21, Dan Jones is 22.

I am looking forward and I hope Barkley gets a fair go. I would like

to see him up there. Kinghorn is running out pace over the top. Again

the Welsh defence is good and solid but Edinburgh have them. And Tom

Brown goes over the ball carefully. The experience of Davies will come

in here. Edinburgh can keep this in play. Burleigh has it. There is a

gap and he didn't get half enough on that. He almost foot bold it out. He

has given it back to Burleigh with Du Preez behind him. On his own and

isolated, this is the difficulty for Edinburgh when players make a break,

the don't seem to be able to get their numbers static. Bresler

looking a bit rusty. They Hakimi -- Fihaki takes it in. Ross Ford spider

ring across the field. Slow from Edinburgh. Hidalgo-Clyne with a

short pass to Berghan. There are seems to be no venture. Pretty

pedestrian, no spark. Alan Dell is clearly in some sort of discomfort.

An anxious look towards the bench five minutes ago. I suspect there

will be another change. The very fact we have McInally and Gilchrist,

McInally is making the point of stretching, as is Gilchrist.

McInally is an interesting one. Changed position from back row to

hooker. They would expect him to take over from Ross for and in the

Scotland jersey but they would have to give him longer to get headed in.

John Lacey not happy with how Edinburgh are taken overly long to

get into the line. You would think there would be more enthusiasm

because they have a good field position here. Edging forward.

Hidalgo-Clyne trying to find it. He has been told to use it but he can't

find it. Have the Welsh snaffled at? The referee is bringing them back

for a knock-on rather than a penalty. I see Grant Gilchrist

putting the helmet on and McInally, I would imagine they would come on

for this scrum. Ross Ford and Bresler come off. His first season.

Beginning to fuel the pace -- feel the pace. He has had a big Six

Nations. McCallum has come on as well. McInally and Gilchrist as

well. Put him on as a loose end, McCallum, interesting. Dell is off,

gingerly walking down the touchline. Ross Ford, 107 caps, getting close

to Chris Patterson. 109 is he? It depends when you ask him. Good

chance for Edinburgh. Fresh legs, plenty of beef added to the mix.

Enthusiasm from the subs. John Lacey says there was an early knowledge. I

thought that was drifting back in. A lovely kick. Let's see what the

fresh legs bring to the table. Another look at the kick. It looked

like it was fading back in. Tom Brown has half a notion it was going

to drop into his arms. Let's see what McInally makes of the last

three additions. I think the wind has dropped. Straight as a die. If

they could get it back quicker. Hidalgo-Clyne misses out Gilchrist

who is being held by the ankles. Davies read that well. Kelly Kraft,

and the end result is a penalty. You sometimes have to solve as you go

forward and he worked it out and thought he was going out to catch

Weir. He read it perfectly. A bit of a debate between Parkes and the rest

of the team, Parkes seems to want to go for the post but instead down the

line. Edinburgh under the cosh again because this is ideal attacking

position, the first time Scarlets have really threatened and the

second half. They have certainly taken therefore off the pedal --

they're foot. Cue the coaches tearing their hair out. That is a

poor effort. The wind is not as problematic as it was. There is no

indication of any difficulty at all. This is the position Edinburgh are

defending to our right. Still a hard exit. They have to clear their lines

and have a steady scrum and it's just a free kick away. That is a

good scrum from young McCallum at end. -- at loose end. A stumble in

the end from Burleigh. Delivered somewhere above his head. The last

thing you want when you're standing in the line. Here come the

reinforcements for the Scarlets. Number 23 is Van der Merwe, soon to

be of Newcastle. And Phillips will replace Elias. I think there is a

debate as to who is going off for Van der Merwe. It is Liam Williams.

Saving him for another day. Job done. Williams has gone off rather

than Steph Evans, who has gone back over to his position on the

fireside. -- far side. McNicholl, the strong Kiwi, delivers it on a

plate. A penalty to end bra. Hidalgo-Clyne had a little look and

there was a Welsh player in midfield and John Lacey picked that up.

Didn't want players running all over him, understandably. We are just

about at one hour and Edinburgh have stemmed the flow. Just checking what

John Lacey is going to do. Parkes trying to intervene on behalf of his

player. I thought the referee was come to look at that. One player one

player, Gilchrist and one of other Edinburgh players Weir has the ball

ready to put it somewhere in the Scarlets but

kept I think Scarlets coaches this is not the team when the to take the

hard yards and they have tried to go wide I think the Jonathan Davies

getting a massive amount of strapping here is playing on the

back foot most if Edinburgh are to get into this I

think they one in the would like to see scrum. They

have trashed Edinburgh. Look at that pick-up at the back of it Edinburgh

passing on the other side of the field and

let's have a view on the second watching Phil Bennett of mistakes,

no shape. You think somebody like Duncan Wear has 1817 minutes. Get

some structure. The next game is la Rochelle in the European Challenge

Cup. Let's see if they can get something out of they

a doesn't make his physicality he doesn't get into slow the

They are beginning to throw it around. This can only be tiring for

the Edinburgh players as well as anything else, there are shuffling

it just one pass too many on the far side. Half of Llanelli waiting now,

here they come. McNichol, Davies. But still, they manage to recycle

it, take it back in. Edinburgh Strong out across the

field. Options on both sides now. They just

overran him, Evans inside. The Welsh beginning to up the auntie. Going

for a flourish. Still only at 65 minutes -- up the ante. They had

extra man. Total frustration here. It's like they don't want to score a

try. They have bombed opportunity after opportunity. Edinburgh doing

their best at wrestling. Nothing doing. The gap outside the player

there. I don't know if anyone can spot it. There is a line of red

shirts here, Alan. Edinburgh did well and they've ripped it. Quick

transfer of the ball. . Retains ball, retains possession, recycles

it. Makes traders and spill it. Edinburgh could do that. Wire,

lovely pass! And a penalty. That is more like the Scarlets we saw in the

first half. There are some good rugby there. I just can't understand

what they were doing. Edinburgh did well to pull them out. It's just too

fancy at times. Down trying to... And they have flooded the pitch. And

now half have them have been brought back. I don't know what they are

looking to do. He was never going to get it. One or two Welsh players

going down with cramp as well. I reckon John Barclay will come and

now just to finish this game. He's limping, making the point. Number 17

will get there first. Evans, he is stripped and ready to go. Barclay is

being told to sit down. In the nicest possible way, not just yet.

Still McInally. Taken in the middle of the line by Ben Toolis. Edinburgh

go on the march, Scarlets let them come. That's messy. By said that

even before the ball came shooting out of the side. The position is

retrieved. Edinburgh have plenty of men here. Burleigh to the rear.

Choked again. That's a bit high. He might find himself in the benefit

happens again. John Lacey, penalty only was his decision. Well, you

have a case, Alan. A couple he has slipped high. I probably won't meet

that guy again. But he has been warned! He's a New Zealander. But I

would describe... What do you mean? Like a bag of. I've never seen a New

Zealander without shame. He just plods about -- with that shape. He

gets caught all the time with his footwork. The Edinburgh branch has

been emptied, Duncan Weir is gone. He is replaced by Jason Tovey. Glenn

Bryce has gone over to the far side. Just having a cheque at, Kinghorn is

wondering. He's wandering off the pitch, that's all I can say.

Kinghorn is definitely off. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, normal

service has resumed with a Scarlet even without John, winning the

contest at the grand hands down. Phillips their number 16. -- at the

ground. Some pretty dejected looking Edinburgh players, I can put it that

way. Just the way Blair Kinghorn came off the field there. He's not

happy, the young lad. He's a young lad and probably thinks that getting

Camino, being brought off the field is a little bit of a kick in the

teeth. It is a 23 man game now, he needs impact players now. They all

need to add something. If the coaching staff who think they can

add something, you've got to do it. There's only ten minutes left. We

have Tovey at stand-off, Burleigh inside centre. Chris Dean is still

there, we have Tom Brown on this wing. And we have Bryce at

full-back. And remarkably, five tries in the first half, not a

single school since half-time! Just get the scoring. Did we miss

something? Little nudge from Edinburgh. Scarlets stand firm.

Let's see what Glenn Bryce makes of it with his first intervention. Made

ground. Just a lack of numbers, Edinburgh not committing players to

the breakdown. Tom Brown. Scrappy ball. It's a bit high in

the. Caught and held up. Chris Dean has a go. Makes ten metres. I have

never seen anybody look like him. Again the line speed is good. I

suspect that for the last ten minutes, this is where they want to

play. Turnover is good. It's not the first time I've heard that. And the

turnover is good again, but the other way. Let's see how far it will

go. And again, the ambition of... And eventually, enough's enough.

Discretion is the better part. Number 17 will make sure he is on,

Evans coming on. APPLAUSE A big hand them as the... You can

see on their faces, Wyn Jones is being greeted there. He has put in a

decent shift. Scarlets has basically done enough

to control the second half, but I suspect they might get a rock or two

when they get back in, because they really should have moved on a bit.

Fowles. Look at that. They have done well to get out again. Davies just

showing his quality now about the 13 defensive channel. Three Edinburgh

players here, let's see what they can do. Du Preez. Slightly lumbering

approach to that, he is hacked back. Scrappy in a Welsh player down in

some discomfort on the far side there. I have to say, looking at the

Edinburgh players at the moment, number 18, Kevin Bryce has come on

now as well. Some of them are heaving around. They are finding the

pace Camino Scarlets are not giving it full blatter, so the Edinburgh

players are looking sluggish -- they are finding the pace, even though

Scarlets. It's getting the pipes warmed up again. Simon Berghan is

off. Being replaced by Kevin Bryce, so still we have Scarlets 26,

Edinburgh ten. Four tries to one. Bonus point, job done at half-time.

To all intents and purposes, that is it. Very little headway in the

second half. Now we have number 19. It is coming on, Lewis Rawlins.

Gigantic player. If one of these players had dropped on in your time,

you'd have thought it was a novelty. But now they are all the same. The

Scarlets pack is virtually... This is maybe the exception, James

Davies. More of a power pack, battery-operated, always fizzing. A

real nuisance. He paid the price there. He got to Iraq row of the

Edinburgh forwards up the top. It only takes your foot or ankle or

need to get stuck -- he got two up of the front row. Hopefully he'll be

OK. Big hand for James Davies, he has done the business. No point

leaving him on when there could be any question that he might be

injured going forward. Scarlets have shovelled them yet again. They've

still got it. He could have let them go on even further back, John Lacey.

But pulled them back. STUDIO: We appear to have lost our

commentators for the moment. No point added in the second half. Not

huge excitement! I think the commentators just walked out. It

hasn't been a great second half. Scarlets had this game after 30

minutes, probably even earlier. They got the bonus point and it has just

been very scrappy. There is a lot of effort, but that is the bare

minimum. That is what you expect from a professional team. The

quality has not been there, the skill level has not been there.

There is no shape in attack or defence. The Edinburgh side needs a

lot of work done. Richard Cockerill has a hell of a job. They need

guidance, they need help. They need someone with some experience. And

Scarlets, they needed a bonus point tonight. They got it in the first

half and almost making things a bit too conjugated in the second half.

Just to try and put on phases together -- to conquer catered. They

are just head and shoulders above the Edinburgh team. Jonathan Davies

and Liam Williams have been outstanding, there are world-class

players here, for a number of years now. They have quality.

Collectively, they are much better. Hopefully we can get the

commentators back down now. COMMENTATOR: Scarlets still piling

forward, they have extra men here. Extra men on both sides. Edinburgh

have competed well again. You can just see what Scarlets are doing

here. They are trying to finish, to get one Moore scored to put

something on the table for their effort in the second half. They

increased the tempo. It is the 76th minute and the defence has probably

worked, it has all night for Edinburgh, but it is far too late.

They need to learn from this and go away. They have a big European

quarterfinal next week. That defence has to be from the first minutes,

not in the last few minutes. It's certainly stemmed the tide, but if

you take the current review of that, Scarlets have taken away all their

threats and banked them for the future. -- if you take the counter

view. The defence of penalties were there for everyone to see. I'm sure

Lara Shell La Rochelle would have noticed that -- I'm sure La

Rochelle. Off it goes. And then just disintegrates. Shrug of the

shoulders from the referee. You have to be confident with the scrum if

you go for the know-how, and Olympic Edinburgh are in a position to do

that. You have to make it decision quickly -- and I don't think

Edinburgh. That is banking on your scrum. Being able to shift those.

That's one way of keeping warm! Just as well the camera hasn't fixed on

my colleague, who isn't quite as elegant. Heading for the last

minute, we've got 1.5 minutes or thereabouts. And again, the ball...

John Lacey has rescued it. They got the penalty, but more through John

Lacey's intervention than any effort Edinburgh managed to put into it.

The Scarlets could have just driven them back over. Edinburgh manage TE

is the pressure. As the clock relentlessly eases towards full-time

-- manage to use the pressure. It would appear that we're not playing

the 100 minute version of the game tonight, thankfully. It's noticeable

that Tovey has taken a bit more of a group of the game in terms of

directing traffic. He has had to say. Yeah. Does he have influence?

He has something on a midfield. Defensively, and he has put a little

stab in there. Just a bit too far ahead. That is scrappy. That's not

quite enough to rescue Edinburgh. I have been a bit cruel. A bag of

Shepherd 's pie! He is man of the match! What?! He is man of the

match. He gets involved, I'm not knocking that, but he doesn't offer

anything else. That's fatigue. It's nothing else but fatigue. In 20

minutes come he has been gone. He's probably had to stay on because

there aren't a lot of sobs. Another player -- a lot of substitutions.

Nathan Fowles. I think Jonathan has been outstanding out there.

Edinburgh scrabbling to get something out of the game. Ten than

the other way, there was no option for Chris Dean, you just know where

to go. Scarlets have suffocated the Edinburgh midfield. Nathan Fowles

sees a gap. An Edinburgh player injured. Number 18, Kevin Bryce.

Long pass out to Mata. The captain buzz side. Flourish from Edinburgh

to finish, perhaps, but they have spilled it. Gilchrist keeps it

didn't play. John Lacey is given a penalty to Scarlets. The Scarlets

can relax because the job is done, and the penalty will be the final

action of the play. John Lacey just making sure that that is executed,

the ball is in the hands of Dan Jones, who will send it into the

crowd. John Lacey will decide that that is that. That man was key to

the whole thing. Rhys Patchell. Had he been on for the whole game, he

would've been man of the match. If he played like he did in the first

25 minutes come he would have sailed through this. He has run the game

well. After such a long lay-off, it is tricky with the ankles. He has

come back and scored tries, a 50 metre try, I think. There we go, it

has been a difficult night. Thank you for your contribution to the

night. It has been a difficult night, and La Rochelle beckons for

Edinburgh next week. That it from Parc y Scarlets, it has finished as

it was at half-time. 26-10. STUDIO: We've been trying to entertain

ourselves in these last few minutes by wearing our red noses. That was

hard to watch. It was. Whether any laughs all gags or anything? That

was a tough 40 minutes. Both sides just quality dropped off,

Edinburgh's quality wasn't there in the first off, but Scarlets was. I

got this -- they got the bonus point in the first half but took their

foot off the gas. Mentally they went, and they were just trying all

these passes. It was a tough 40 minutes. All the damage was done in

the first half. Scarlets off to a great start, and it was Rhys

Patchell with a try in the third minute. A little too easy from an

Edinburgh defence point of view. Far too easy. It is the foot race for 50

metres. He had the pace. Hidalgo-Clyne is quick and so it is

Kinghorn, but they couldn't get back to them. It was cheesy. This was the

forwards, very nice and easy, Jones just goes in there. -- it was too

easy. James Davies, the next two tries were all about Hadleigh

Parkes's pass. You can see they are going through the repertoire. Watch

the weight of Hadleigh Parkes and the awareness of whether support is.

You just hold the depth there from James Davies and comes through. It

was a really well worked try. And then Patchell comes in again. They

try different things, let us go for the trip over by the scrum-half.

Jonathan Davies should have -- showed the strength, taking candy

from a baby. It was only going to finish in one way. Another good pass

from Hadleigh Parkes and Patel got the first try. That was game over.

Done them, and that was in the first have -- and Patchell got. Patchell

scored a try in the third minute and again in the 31st minute. He hadn't

played since Christmas, and yet he beat all those Edinburgh backs to

that foot race stopped and he came from Cardiff at the start of the

season. He is a good playmaker. He has a good physique and a good boot,

and so he has the everything. It will be adjusting to see how he

develops. Edinburgh did get a try, from Burleigh. In the 27th minute.

It was 19-8 other point. A bit of excitement. -- 19- it at that point.

Pressurising Alan Davies, and then Allan Dell, good awareness and

off-loading ability to Phil Burleigh. That goes back to

Edinburgh at 19-10, there are back in it but they never were. That was

the only glimmer. There was one playing the first half that is a

perfect example of how Edinburgh would get things together, break

down suddenly. They did it in the second half as well. They had a nice

break to nothing, really. They get the ball back. The turnover. Scrappy

ball there, Lee Williams gets another. China ball commits what you

want. Chris Dean does well here. And then it is Kinghorn. That sums up

Edinburgh, moments where they were good. Second half, pretty easy, look

at Kinghorn, he has the gas. Any footwork and a bit of a handoff,

five Scarlets before one Edinburgh and it is turnover. That just sounds

up Edinburgh. Moments of hope, and then nothing. That you are Chris

Morris guys on the park are up there trying to clear out all those

players back their -- the two smallest players. Let's talk about

the lines, we talked about your starting 15. We didn't get into the

back row forwards are necessarily. There won't be any Edinburgh players

there. One or two scholars. Let's talk through this. You got as far as

Launchbury. Good at Six Nations. The back row is so competitive. Greg

ball -- great ball carrier in CJ Stander. You know, listen, it's very

subjective. I think that is a packer could take on the All Blacks. It

could control the half-backs, the backline and some magic in the

backroom Stuart Hogg. Absolutely fantastic during the Six Nations, a

fearsome player. It can change. There is lots of rugby to play, some

injuries. I don't think it will be far away from it. Why do Edinburgh

go from here? Well, a huge game against La Rochelle next Friday

night I gradually filled -- at Murrayfield. La Rochelle top, or

even second in the Top 14 in France, a good side. Edinburgh must play way

better than that tonight. That was not good. Can they do that, given

the performances given in, six on the bounce lost? The momentum is

very difficult. It is going to be tough, but not sure they've got it

at the moment. It is very difficult. More coming up on television,

Edinburgh are in action. They will against on the 7th of April. Then

the next night, months against Glasgow, a hugely important game for

Glasgow. They have to go over to Munster and get a win. They're

probably have to get a bonus point as well, hugely important. On Good

Friday, we're back with Glasgow against zebra. A huge important one

for Glasgow. They have to win all of you want to get into the top four.

You're expected at the bonus point, but towards the end we've got the

1872 second leg as well, lots to look forward to input well. It's

been a very difficult night from an Edinburgh point of view. Four tries

to one, 20 6-10, it is tough. Thank you very much indeed, it wasn't easy

to watch. -- 26-10. Goodbye. The alternative spirit of 6 Music

comes to Glasgow, I expect you'll want to become

a schoolmaster? That's what most of the gentlemen

does that get sent down for indecent behaviour.

Evelyn Waugh's classic novel.