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It's been five years since a Welsh side last lifted this trophy. 13

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long years since the Scarlets were last crowned pro-12 champions. They

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are now 80 minutes from glory, but standing in their way a Munster side

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desperate for victory on Irish soil and to honour their late coach

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Anthony Foley, you can guarantee this, it's going to be tense, it's

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going to be emotional. Welcome to Scrum Five Live.

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The inclusion of Steph Evans for the visitors, the league's top try

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scorer's had his red card rescinded and is free to play. That is a

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relief to the head coach. Williams will be playing his last game for

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the Scarlets. He'd love to leave with a trophy. So would all his

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team-mates, of course. Munster are the bookies' favourites. Zebo and

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Earls are part of the Munster back three. Here we are then, nine

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gruelling months, 22 rounds of action, two semi-finals and it all

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comes down to this. By the end of the night, Munster or the Scarlets

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will be pro-12 champions. Good evening. The rain has cleared

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here in Dublin. Conditions are near perfect for this pro-12 final.

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Around 45,000 fans expected here today. Many of them Scarlets fans.

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They've all crossed the Irish Sea in genuine hope. We have a stellar

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panel as always, two former Wales captains Jonathan Davies and Martin

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Williams and the only man who can boast four titles to his name, Shaun

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over there. How excited are you about this? It's been chucking it

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down all day, so I'm glad the rain's stopped. I'm so excited and

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delighted we have got a Welsh team in the final. They deserve to be

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here. They have had a lot of confidence and fingers crossed they

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can pull it off. How much of a shot in the arm would it be for Welsh

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rugby if they could pull it off today? The fact they are here it

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gives them a shot. First team ever last week to wane pro-12 away from

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home. They have been outstanding, the best team in Wales, best Welsh

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region this year, so I hope they can go one step further tonight. A lot

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of optimism from the Scarlets and their fans tonight Shaun but Munster

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a formidable opposition? They are but there is an air of expectancy of

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the Munster fans that maybe the pressure is on Munster, it was on

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the Scarlets last week in the semi-final, particularly the second

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half. They are going to need to go out and enjoy it. They have done all

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the hard work. They can do it. Scarlet news their current guise,

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just the one trophy in their cabinet. If you look at their past

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history, they can draw a lot of inspiration from what's gone before.

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Many people ask me, what was the greatest game in your life; was it a

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Grand Slam, a Triple Crown? There's only one game that matters, that

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game when we beat the All Blacks 9-3, a great occasion where the boys

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gave total commitment. You don't beat New Zealand easy, doesn't

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matter what side you put out. Probably one of the great moments in

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the history of Llanelli and the Scarlets. Cup rugby has been a huge

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part of Llanelli's history and when the Welsh club was formed in about

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the early '70s, it became the focal point for Llanelli's playing seasons

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really. I think the Scottish Parliaments won five cups on the

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trot and it meant everything -- the Scarlets won five cups on the trot.

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The sport was amazing and it meant so much to take the trophy home to

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your club. The game we played in the '90s, Llanelli were playing against

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Australia, the world champions and it ended up with Evans stabbing down

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and scoring the try and the celebration with him and Rupert

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jumping into each other, it's one of the great memories of my life

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watching the Scarlets win that game. I look back as a region and the one

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that stands out was winning the Celtic League in those days, beating

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Ulster. It meant so much at last for a long time lifting up silverware.

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I think for the Scotland Yardth Scarlets to go to Leinster last

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Friday evening -- for the Scarlets to go to Leinster last Friday

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evening, there was only going to be one winner. They were going to win

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that match and now they face Munster. To the coaches, the

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players, let's have a victory on Saturday. Come on they are Scarlets.

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Wonderful memories for Scarlets fans and a wonderful cameo from Jonathan

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as well with a full head of hair still.

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Steph Evans, we mentioned him at the top, had his red card rescinded,

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huge relief. Scott's got so many attacking weapons but he's

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undoubtedly the sharpest? I hope they go out there and play like they

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have been and dictate a bit. Common-sense prevailed and this guy

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is playing today. He deserves his place. He's been phenomenal, leading

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the SATs on the breaks, tries and offloads. Not only is he a finisher,

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he creates a lot as well. These two are going to be crucial. Conor Murs

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vale the controlling kind of general for Munster, Gareth Davies has got

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tremendous pace off the scrums and everything and it's going to be a

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great battle. Again, as most finals are, it comes down to the front five

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and the half backs. When we talk about the Scarlets pack this season,

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James Davies always seems to be stealing the headlines, but his back

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row colleague Aaron Shingler going about his business effectively all

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season and arguably as influential? He's been influential, he leads all

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the stats, he was the Player of the Year. He's been truly fell Fopp

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national. -- phenomenal. Call up for the Lions after his unbelievable

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performance. The two types of characters who're not going to take

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a backward step so a great match-up. A lot of key match-ups today and

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Munster here in Dublin, the Scarlets are facing, not just a team of men

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but the whole emotional factor with Anthony Foley as well, how difficult

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will it be to overcrop that? The hole rugby world, you know, it's a

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desperate time to lose your coach at such a young age. He'll be willing

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them on from up there. It will be very emotional. Munster are

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emotional as well. Don't get too emotional and win the game, you

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know. Everyone has huge respect for Manchester. They have done through

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Europe and in the pro-12, but especially this year, the way

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they've handled the death of Foley and the way they have responded and

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the players. It's been a tough, tough year for them. Last week

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against the Ospreys, if they'd have had the cutting edge, but I think

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they were a bit below par. They had a chance of winning but it was a

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tough ask for Scarlets. In terms of styles, is it too simplistic to say

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there are the flare? Thing is right. Both teams have to play the way they

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have got to the final. Rob Evans has been ball handling in the forwards,

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Steph Evans creates inside his channel and James Davies and John

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Barclay in the wider channels. They are free to counteraback. McNicholl

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has been a revelation. He's sparked people like Shingler in the support

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play. They're littered with Xfactor through the team. Shingler has great

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support play. Evans has been fantastic. It's great to see him

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play. He passes in the ten channel, works hard off Scott Williams and

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James day I haves and gets a second touch to create the try. James

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Davies, you can't leave him out, he's creative, he brings people into

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play, he's in the white channels and of course his trademark is over the

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ball. Big battle there today, as we see in this example with Tommy

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O'Donnell and CJ Stander. If they keep this form up, they can do it.

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It's getting exciting. Let us hear from the coaches. A South African

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against a Kiwi today. The big day is here. You have said about the

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Scarlets and you hope they make history. How important is it that

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they play the game and not the occasion? We have talked about doing

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what we have done up to this point. We are in really good form, the guys

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are enjoying how they're playing. You can see last week, the character

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was tested and they pulled through, so I think we are in a good place

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and it's about delivering on the day. We are at the climax of an

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emotional season for Munster with the Anthony Foley factor and all

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that. What would it mean to the whole community of Munster if you

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could pull it off? It would be a story-book ending but life's not

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always like that. It's important to go out there and put in a

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performance that's worthy of Anthony. That would be awesome. It's

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been bouncing down with rain in Dublin all day. Will that affect the

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way the Scarlets have been playing? Yes, I just wonder if the hose has

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been out on Dublin from up there. It will change slightly and we have to

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look after the ball in the contact area. Go and do Wales proud. Thank

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you very much. A very relaxed looking Wayne Pivac. The teams are

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on their way out. We talked about the strengths of the sides and the

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fact that it's technically a home game for Munster but Shaun, as

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objective as you can be, who are the favourites today? Scarlets can win

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it. Go out and try and win the game, don't go out and try not to lose it.

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Back yourselves and go for it like you have done all season. Jonathan

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mentioned the fact that Scarlets have got here by playing exciting

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enterprising rugby, they can't put a foot on the ball today? That is how

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they've won the last couple of games. They are the in-form team.

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Munster stumbled against the Ospreys but they've got the emotion with

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them today, it's more or less a home crowd with them today so if the

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Scarlets can get off to a good start, they can definitely win

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today. And you sense they're playing without fear. You see the smile on

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Wayne's place, they seem to be playing as a unit, as a squad, they

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have something solid there. Trust me, when you have a group in harmony

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like that, I've experienced it, it's bliss, it's when you're really

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enjoying your job. If you can do that in a final, in a game of this

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magnitude, it's so rewarding, the culmination of all the work that

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everyone's put in and contributed. It's fantastic. It's very exciting.

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The atmosphere really building. These are two teams bang in form.

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Munster have won the last seven, Scarlets their last six, only one

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team can win today in the final. We can find out who it is in the

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company of our commentary team. The rain has gone but it's grey

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skies above Dublin. If the semi-final is anything to go by, it

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will be lit up pretty soon. The pro-12 finishes and reaches a

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tremendous climax. The Scarlets have won the last six, only one defeat in

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the last 12. Munster won the last seven, only one defeat in the last

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17. Two quality teams, two outstanding performances in the

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semi-final. And one winner at the end of the day. The planes, the

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trains, the ferries, the hotels, they've all been booked solid since

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these two saw their way through last week. Scarlets creating history by

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becoming the first ever team away winners the semi-final of the

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competition just a mile or so down the road in the heady heights of the

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Aviva Stadium can they claim another piece of Scarlets history. Munster

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three -times communities. -- Munster three-times champions. Munster play

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in blue this afternoon. Not a full house but full enough. Over 40,000,

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nearing 45,000. Such excitement. Both teams and officials gather.

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That is for a minutes' silence to pay respects to those who lost their

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lives and were injured in Manchester at the beginning of this week.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we'll now observe a minutes' silence in

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respect of those who died on Monday night in the Manchester Arena

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bombing. Very touching and a day which will

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be full of emotion anyway, that after Munster lost their coach far

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too early, Anthony Foley. Deaths in Manchester, and a suitable respect

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paid. Anthony Foley's sons with Nigel Owens, the referee today,

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giving the match ball to Rhys Patchell.

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Best ref in the world, he may come from Wales but that won't matter a

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jot. Ably assisted by Michael Wilkinson of Ireland and Neil

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palstering son of skoled, the TMO -- Neil Paterson of Scotland.

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One more chance in the colours that they are proud to wear. Rhys

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Patchell gets the game under way. Munster the team in blue this

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afternoon. Munster comfortably victorious over

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the Ospreys, Scarlets superb against Leinster. Conor Murray.

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Good weight on the ball. Every chance to run on to it. It's Liam

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Williams, the bomb diffuser. Dragged out of play by CJ Stander.

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They want to play the game quickly. One player we haven't mentioned has

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been Jonathan Davies. A lot of critics were writing him off in the

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Six Nations, but his form's been brilliant over the last few games

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for the Scarlets. James Davies, the other Davies brother. Now Jonathan

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gets his hands on it. Saili is there. Bleyendaal's kicked the

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challenge down. Loose ball. It will be greasy out there. Torrential rain

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all morning and for the early part of the afternoon here in Dublin.

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Patchell. Again good defence. Scarlets holding on to the ball

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well. Elias. Barclay. Just a little bit too far that one.

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No-one within ten or 15 meets of Gareth Davies.

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Goes up on his own defending. They have got to work that out and pick

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the holes out from the side of him. McNicholl. Two back rowers either

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side of him. Murray with the tackle. Barclay.

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The ball is there for Gareth Davies. Patchell. O'Donnell. The crowd

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loving it. Holding on against Patchell. You mentioned Saili. It's

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a theme throughout the Manchester defence, it's Conway that time,

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steps from the outside and forces Patchell to go inside. Should have

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been inside ball there. The scrum was going wide. Good communication

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between scrum-half and winger. That ball would have gone inside and

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Scarlets would have been on the post. What an opportunity missed.

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The ball has gone forward. Scarlets with pressure. Conway get ago scrum.

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Well read. Conor Murray was asking him to bite. Good defence from

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Patchell. He saw the danger Munster possessed, they were the driving

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line out. Such a big, powerful back, probably heavier and more powerful.

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Jonathan Davies over to the far side, alongside Steph Evans.

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Pressure on the Scarlets scrum first penalty at set play. Going Munster's

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way. Penalised for that. I think the call came from the touchline.

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You run away with the ball, it's an easier kick. I think that'll give

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the Scarlets a lot of confidence, the way their numbers are onner they

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are side, just the awareness of the inside pass. Try-scoring

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opportunity. As we thought, it will be the power of the Munster front

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five that'll try to strangle the Scarlets. Very interesting

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encounter. Bleyendaal the leading points scorer

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has no trouble getting the first points of the final putting Munster

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ahead 3-0. A much easier kick. Dan Biggar last week went to take a

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penalty, somebody shouted, the fans indicated who it was and the police

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went in to throw him out. Great attacking opportunity for the

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Scarlets. Temporary replacement for Rory

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Scannell is on. He's undergoing a head injury assessment. Free play

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now. They have a chance to go here. Patchell. McNicholl. On the wing is

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Liam Williams and they don't need to come back for the penalty because

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Liam Williams in his final game in Scarlets colours has the first try

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of the afternoon and has put the Scarlets ahead. Brilliant play.

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I thought the kick was precise. It held up. Greasy surface. Beautifully

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weighted kick. Let us see if he's grounded. He wants to look at it.

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Just watch. McNicholl. Just fades at the last stage,

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Patchell. Scarlets conning with their open rugby.

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Brilliant kick from Patchell, perfectly weighted and a great

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finish. McNicholl read it. He was going for it as well. It was wider

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to Liam Williams. A deadly finish. Scarlets try scoring record on this

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winning run. Remarkable three, five, five, two, eight and four.

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With all the tries they've scored, you have to praise the forwards.

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They didn't have the platform in previous seasons. This season

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they've been a lot better. Big ask for the Munster pack today though.

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The strong-running South African in midfield. Billy Holland. Options

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either side for Murray. They look a yard faster the Scarlets at the

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moment. They are up off the ground defensively and seem to have more

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numbers on their feet. The speed of Munster's defence is

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something the Ospreys found hard to tackle last week. Scarlets emulating

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them. Scarlets again, 30 metres out. They've gone through the phases and

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all of a sudden he's kicked it in. He'll be pleased with that. It was

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Rawlins that time. It's a result for the Scarlets, two

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of the best line outs in the game. We saw last week in this position,

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they called a back line out which is very risky. So gone to the middle

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this time. Rawlins delivers. Scannell is back on the field. And

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he assists in that tackle. There he is at 12.

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Patchell. Good yardage on the kick. Yes, good kick and exit strategy

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there. It was another driving line-out for

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Munster. Holland delivers. Scannell attaches

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behind John Ryan. Good driving line, still going forward.

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Rawlins was really battling for the Scarlets. Dangerous ball. It took

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out Conway. If it had fallen into the hands of Johnny McNicol, it they

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would have been in trouble. More luck than judgment there. It could

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have gone either way. O'Mahony, the captain for Munster. CJ Stander.

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Zebo. Again, the overlap, the second row there, Tadigh Beirne there, the

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intent was to kick the touch, there was no vision to put it wide through

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the hands. They had pressure kicks, they are maybe getting ground, but

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they are giving line-out away. A former Leinster man, he has grown

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into that Scarlet shirt. He has been superb.

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Barclay and James Davies and Lewis Rawlins together. Keith earls. Very

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well taken. No hands in there. -- Keith Earls. No win there. Williams

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put the tackling. Gareth Davies is safely back. The Scarlets are really

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incensed because they had three men on the outside. They are incense, it

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is his job to stop De Bourgoing out. Johnny McNicholl should control that

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play and give it a little bit better -- to stop the ball going again. He

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gives it a little bit too slow, it is not gone, but never a yellow

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card. He needs to give it a little second earlier. I think that is a

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yellow card all day. He knows he is beaten and the pass has beaten them

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and I think he stuck his hand out and got away with it. Nigel is

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there. To the letter of the law, maybe yes, but I think it is the

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player who is attacking with the ball who has to make the decision

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quick and if he has not got the skills to create a three on two, why

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should he get a penalty or at yellow card. There are so many

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opportunities for the Scarlets. Saili, had it narrowly defensively.

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Conway was in there as well. Very narrow. You have got to look at the

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way they are defending. They are putting width on it. Just watch a

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game. It is a brilliant kick. Saili is isolated on his own in the centre

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there. His first thought is that he has to make the big head. They need

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to create the outside. -- hit. Kick it. Free play at the moment for the

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Scarlets. They are struggling. You were still on the ground, taking

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nine with the ball. If the Scarlets go wide with two passes, they are

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struggling to cope with the web that the Scarlets are playing with. They

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cannot give the numbers there are defensively. As we know, they are in

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the game, they will be there until the end. You have to put them away.

:35:37.:35:42.

Munster will be there right until the end.

:35:43.:36:27.

Great strike from Rhys Patchell and as we approach the end of the first

:36:28.:36:34.

quarter, it is an excellent lead from the Scarlets. Just a comment on

:36:35.:36:42.

that try from Liam Williams? It is great for him. We will worry about

:36:43.:36:46.

celebrating that at the end of the game. That was a well taken

:36:47.:36:51.

opportunity. To come out with a try like that, was all we could have

:36:52.:36:57.

hoped for. Are you confident you can keep it going? We need to make sure

:36:58.:37:01.

it is an 80 minute performance. It has been a tough game. It is

:37:02.:37:08.

starting to drizzle again and it is blowing in the favour of Munster and

:37:09.:37:13.

that could affect the Scarlets. It is the steady and heavy drizzle.

:37:14.:37:23.

Dangerous but effective from the Scarlets. Davies on the outside of

:37:24.:37:30.

Scannell. There goes Steffan Evans. John Davies. Zebo. To you, to me and

:37:31.:37:39.

it is tried number 13 for the late's top try scorer, brilliant break-out,

:37:40.:37:45.

the Scarlets at their best. They have been playing absolutely

:37:46.:37:48.

brilliant rugby and the last couple of weeks. So many numbers. I thought

:37:49.:37:55.

they had blown it, but what a brilliant try. The forwards, the

:37:56.:38:02.

passing, early doors, this was the mistake once again. It is not

:38:03.:38:10.

forward. Samson has to take it. Scott Williams. He is away. I

:38:11.:38:17.

thought Jonathan Davies was in. Great tracking by Zebo. Lovely

:38:18.:38:23.

off-load. Brilliant Scarlet strive. First class. We mentioned it before

:38:24.:38:31.

the show, we hoped they would not freeze. That was fantastic. You

:38:32.:38:40.

mentioned shingler, Tadigh Beirne, brilliant play from the Scarlets.

:38:41.:38:53.

The ex-jurors come from Rhys Patchell and it is getting better

:38:54.:39:04.

for the Scarlett Scarlets -- extras. The way they are playing at the

:39:05.:39:09.

moment, the awareness to play their way they are playing, you have to

:39:10.:39:12.

say, they have been a delight to watch. Another thing, if it is

:39:13.:39:21.

drizzle, if the opportunity should arise, it is brilliant but I did not

:39:22.:39:25.

think Munster have the pace to score from distance and their intent is to

:39:26.:39:31.

play in the Scarlets 22. The last time that Steffan Evans was in

:39:32.:39:38.

Dublin, his world was falling apart, read carded, in danger of missing a

:39:39.:39:44.

first Welsh World Cup. Now things are looking so rosy. -- he got a red

:39:45.:39:57.

card. Patchell safely underneath it. Johnny McNicholl. James Davies. He

:39:58.:40:04.

finds Shingler and he goes tearing down the wing. It is Steffan Evans

:40:05.:40:12.

again. Evans steps back inside. Gareth Davies drops it and it has

:40:13.:40:17.

gone forward. There was an even better approach that time and that

:40:18.:40:20.

could have been one of the tries of the season if it had stuck. Watch

:40:21.:40:28.

the pass. So narrow. Beautiful pass by James Davies and they have blown

:40:29.:40:33.

it! Unfortunately, you have to score these tries. Great scrambled

:40:34.:40:39.

defence. You cannot afford to miss those opportunities in this game.

:40:40.:40:45.

Munster are all over the place and defence, particularly on the edges.

:40:46.:40:51.

There is no communication, you have Peter O'Mahony barking Steffan

:40:52.:40:54.

Evans, that was a mismatch. Brilliant play from the Scarlets.

:40:55.:41:02.

The pass was delivered too hard. Steffan Evans did brilliantly

:41:03.:41:07.

because both Murray and Evans went for him. That should have been try

:41:08.:41:13.

number three and maybe game set and match for the Scarlets. Munster

:41:14.:41:16.

breathe a sigh of relief and lived to fight another day. Even that try,

:41:17.:41:24.

it is not game set and match. They are at sixes and sevens and they

:41:25.:41:29.

cannot cope with the width and distribution that the Scarlets have.

:41:30.:41:33.

The Scarlets seem to have much more energy, they are on the front foot.

:41:34.:41:38.

Munster look flat, whether the emotion has got to them, but they

:41:39.:41:44.

are not out of it by any means. Pressure. Now then. Now then. Conor

:41:45.:41:58.

Murray. If they go for a scrum here, there are so confident now, of their

:41:59.:42:08.

creativity and execution. It has gone against Conor Murray for

:42:09.:42:15.

delaying. Then he went down. They have got to forget that they bond

:42:16.:42:20.

that try and try and get another one. Momentum is huge in sport and

:42:21.:42:24.

the Scarlets have had the mental in the last three months of the season.

:42:25.:42:30.

They create momentum. Now they have Munster on the rack, they have to

:42:31.:42:34.

put them away because they will come back. Great scrum from the Scarlets.

:42:35.:42:45.

Gareth Davies, short to Scott Williams. Makes it available.

:42:46.:42:57.

Shingler. Good tackle. 65 back row is trying to hold him up. Aaron

:42:58.:43:02.

Shingler has the ground. Scott Williams tries to fire it out and

:43:03.:43:07.

get it passed everyone -- Baldonnel. It was too great. Because of the

:43:08.:43:15.

bow, he had to make the tackle. It was not a forward pass -- Zebo.

:43:16.:43:29.

David Wilkinson saying it was not the past, there was nothing wrong

:43:30.:43:33.

with it but it just slipped and Steffan Evans could not keep it

:43:34.:43:39.

infield. I thought the wins was against the Scarlets. -- wind.

:43:40.:43:56.

Munster are really up against it and they need all their experience. They

:43:57.:44:06.

just look shell-shocked, Munster, they knew what was coming and they

:44:07.:44:09.

knew how the Scarlets played the game. They have not had any answers

:44:10.:44:16.

so far in the first 25 minutes. A the Scarlets player is injured, it

:44:17.:44:23.

is Samson Lee. We mentioned the fantastic rugby they play, you have

:44:24.:44:29.

to give the forwards credit, solid scrum and line-out went well. You

:44:30.:44:33.

cannot play that sort of rugby unless you have a solid set piece.

:44:34.:44:41.

You need that man to stay on. There is the noise from the Scarlets fans.

:44:42.:44:55.

They realise it is an opportunity. A big bank of Scarlets supporters away

:44:56.:45:00.

to our right. It is in line with the way players. On the near side of the

:45:01.:45:07.

field. Very difficult. They are all in red jerseys.

:45:08.:45:24.

Scannell bides his time. Murray trying to give Conway a chase.

:45:25.:45:37.

Brilliant take by Steffan Evans. James Davies. Another stall ward of

:45:38.:45:47.

the season. What is he going to do to get reckoning with Wales. It is

:45:48.:45:48.

quite baffling. Away, move. Elias Waits. Steffan

:45:49.:46:07.

Evans is their supporting, being driven away by Lewis Rawlins.

:46:08.:46:15.

Captain John Barclay. Davies, James Davies.

:46:16.:46:26.

Bleyendaal is playing at the back. Zebo is doing so much running, it is

:46:27.:46:34.

amazing. Scott Williams goes straight through to Gareth Davies

:46:35.:46:39.

who skips over. He is over the try line but will it stand? Was the path

:46:40.:46:43.

forward? It could be try number three for the Scarlets but they will

:46:44.:46:47.

have to wait and see. The initial reaction was a forward pass and he

:46:48.:46:52.

called it. I agree. We are not in line with it but in real time, it

:46:53.:46:57.

looked as though it did just go forward. That is tight, isn't it?

:46:58.:47:09.

Very tired. Certainly not obvious. From that angle, it looks good. It

:47:10.:47:14.

is a fantastic try. That will do nicely. It is try number three,

:47:15.:47:19.

Gareth Davies may not have got the first effort, but he's certainly got

:47:20.:47:24.

that one and the Scarlet are rampant in the first half. It was not clear

:47:25.:47:30.

and obvious, and Scott Williams uses that power again to get through the

:47:31.:47:35.

first two tackles. Probably one of the best in the business, Gareth

:47:36.:47:42.

Davies. An absolute poacher. There we are, missed tackle, steps in, he

:47:43.:47:47.

has gone. I would like to see that again, his support line was

:47:48.:47:53.

brilliant, Gareth Davies. Keeping in front of the ball. Gambling on the

:47:54.:47:58.

break from Scott Williams and gets his just rewards. Brilliant from the

:47:59.:48:03.

Scarlets. The Scarlets scored three tries in the first against Leinster

:48:04.:48:09.

in Dublin last week, they got three against Munster in Dublin week.

:48:10.:48:17.

Scannell goes off for a second time. They need to keep on playing. They

:48:18.:48:26.

cannot stop now. Taute is back on. Percentages from here, they do not

:48:27.:48:29.

need to do this ridiculous thing but when it is gone, they need to go.

:48:30.:48:46.

Samson Lee has gone off and... They did not want him this early. Spilt

:48:47.:48:54.

again by Munster. Liam Williams. Johnny McNicholl gives chase and

:48:55.:49:01.

Keith Earls knows he is there. In those Johnny McNicholl. Taute on the

:49:02.:49:08.

try line. Great pressure from the Scarlets and they have won

:49:09.:49:14.

themselves a scrum. For five of them compare to one or two of the Munster

:49:15.:49:27.

players. They are just smashing them at the moment. I do not think I have

:49:28.:49:33.

seen an Munster side being so comprehensively beaten at the start

:49:34.:49:36.

of a game in such a long time and I feel that everything they are

:49:37.:49:40.

attaching is going to turn into gold. This early in the game, if

:49:41.:49:47.

they score from the set piece, it could be curtains. I totally agree.

:49:48.:49:54.

Any sort of points here, three, five, seven points... That will

:49:55.:49:58.

surely be too far for Munster to come back from especially the way

:49:59.:50:05.

the Scarlets are playing. First scrum. Decision-making so far has

:50:06.:50:19.

been brilliant. Pressure on. They need to get out of there now. He

:50:20.:50:28.

popped out of that scrum. Lewis Rawlins. Tadigh Beirne, determined

:50:29.:50:41.

and over! Incredible. Absolutely incredible. This is a sublime 30

:50:42.:50:48.

minutes of rugby from the Scarlets. No bonus points in the final, but

:50:49.:50:53.

this is indeed a bonus in every sense for the Scarlets. Tadigh

:50:54.:50:59.

Beirne makes it dream world for the men in red. What a story for Tadigh

:51:00.:51:05.

Beirne. He is a Leinster boy. He scores in the Pro12 final. In the

:51:06.:51:13.

Aviva Stadium. They go down the short side, it is brilliant. From

:51:14.:51:21.

that position, you do not think he will score. Munster look, realised.

:51:22.:51:28.

Totally overrun. In every facet of play. There are a few bodies down. I

:51:29.:51:44.

think John Barclay is down he got a white in the Reds. He may try orchid

:51:45.:52:01.

of. -- he may try and walk it off. They go high, they're trying to do

:52:02.:52:09.

the choke tackle. He spends out of two tackles and he is over. He has

:52:10.:52:15.

just turned 25 in January. The man from county caldera says Leinster,

:52:16.:52:23.

this is what you missed. -- County Kildare.

:52:24.:52:34.

Again, the job is done by Rhys Patchell and the Scarlets slowly

:52:35.:52:48.

pulling clear. The thing you have got to look at, they have not had

:52:49.:52:55.

any possession, Munster, when they have had the ball, they have kicked

:52:56.:52:58.

it away and the Scarlets have run it back at them. It could be 40 points.

:52:59.:53:13.

What can Munster offer in reply. They were not taking the quick throw

:53:14.:53:23.

ins before. There will have to chase the game. The whole mindset of

:53:24.:53:28.

Munster will change. The whole mindset. They wanted to slow

:53:29.:53:32.

everything down, get the tempo and the pace out of the game, controlled

:53:33.:53:36.

the game, control the way they are playing the game. That has totally

:53:37.:53:42.

gone out of the window now. 71% possession. The telly play will be

:53:43.:53:47.

interesting. James Davies recovering. They are

:53:48.:54:10.

again. Munster. If it goes wide again, they will be caught again --

:54:11.:54:13.

they are short again. It came off the fingertips of Tadigh

:54:14.:54:34.

Beirne, Zebo with the kick pass. Williams did just enough. Just did

:54:35.:54:49.

enough. There we are. One little kick. He will have been

:54:50.:54:56.

disappointed, he rides the tackle and loses control of the ball. There

:54:57.:55:10.

it is. Just jumping out of the tackle and readjusting and lost

:55:11.:55:21.

control of the ball. John Ryan, Munster desperate to score before

:55:22.:55:34.

half-time. CJ Stander. Bleyendaal. Jaco Taute. John Davison followed

:55:35.:55:38.

him every step of the way. Bleyendaal to Ryan once more. There

:55:39.:55:49.

are not going to take it end. Double hit on CJ Stander by two the

:55:50.:55:55.

Scarlets larks. Was he taken out by Elias? If he had gone down, he might

:55:56.:56:02.

have just got the penalty -- locks. Still ferocious. The Scarlets still

:56:03.:56:17.

want to keep it alive as much as they possibly can. Pressure on the

:56:18.:56:35.

ball carrier, at that time it was Dave Kilcoyne. The workrate of Lewis

:56:36.:56:46.

Rawlins is phenomenal. Saili with a half-break. Good interplay by those

:56:47.:57:01.

two. Tommy O'Donnell. Looking for support, Rhys Patchell gets the

:57:02.:57:06.

tackle in. Zebo to Ryan. Munster have to go to the right-hand side.

:57:07.:57:20.

Shingler hounding his man. Scannell. Brilliant offence by the Scarlets

:57:21.:57:26.

under pressure. Better play by Munster, they are going through the

:57:27.:57:33.

phases. They have dropped it. And the double knock-on will give the

:57:34.:57:37.

Scarlets the ball back and a breather, just as important after

:57:38.:57:41.

all that tackling. There are just chasing the game. The game has

:57:42.:57:49.

suddenly changed Munster now. They like to play a little bit flatter as

:57:50.:57:54.

well. Bleyendaal will have to play flatter. He is not creating

:57:55.:58:07.

anything. Conor Murray. Spotted the gap. First real break that Munster

:58:08.:58:16.

have had. Again, the pace, the temple, the enthusiasm, that is a

:58:17.:58:21.

little bit too hard by the Zebo. That has been the difference.

:58:22.:58:39.

Gareth Davies was the one getting the treatment and he will have to

:58:40.:58:47.

put the ball into the scrum. Derry are. -- there we are. He is chatting

:58:48.:58:59.

to the assistant referee. We will look at the front rows are doing on

:59:00.:59:10.

your side. Especially with Werner Kruger coming on. The former South

:59:11.:59:26.

African flanker there. Chance to go on the blindside here.

:59:27.:59:32.

Rhys Patchell is getting his chance and he is picked up well by Saili.

:59:33.:59:39.

The Scarlets do not want any mistakes with only three minutes of

:59:40.:59:45.

the first half remaining. They want a confidence boost going into the

:59:46.:59:46.

changing room. Will they go for the touchline? Or

:59:47.:00:06.

will they take the three points? It is a big call. All or nothing. He

:00:07.:00:11.

has got to make it to the five metre line.

:00:12.:00:18.

Everyone knows what they are going to do. It's a catch and drive.

:00:19.:00:30.

Well this is a crucial part of the game now. Final two minutes of the

:00:31.:00:38.

first half. Munster haven't been anywhere near the Scarlets tree

:00:39.:00:41.

line. Can they give themselves a bit of hope just before the interval?

:00:42.:00:54.

O'Donnell comes on. Topped it. O'Mahony. Penalty again. Knocked on

:00:55.:01:04.

by Zebo. Still pressure because it will be a Munster scrum. Scrum not a

:01:05.:01:08.

penalty. One more period of defending for the

:01:09.:01:13.

Scarlets in this first half. CJ Stander at eight. Going for the

:01:14.:02:43.

drive. Stander picks up short ball. Saili comes on the charge. He's a

:02:44.:02:50.

dummy runner. Bleyendaal makes his way over. Munster get a sniff in the

:02:51.:03:00.

last minute of the first half. Too short runners and they overegged the

:03:01.:03:02.

situation. They're taking them in. They don't

:03:03.:03:28.

want Llanelli to restart so that says it all, wouldn't you. You would

:03:29.:03:32.

be thinking they would want to have the ball back. But as Munster do,

:03:33.:03:36.

they're on the score board with their first try. Lovely worked try.

:03:37.:03:41.

Munster want to finish on a high. They want now to be pumped up in

:03:42.:03:47.

that changing room. Bleyendaal's got all of their ten points but it's

:03:48.:03:51.

been a superb performance from the Scarlet news the first half. Four

:03:52.:03:55.

tries they've scored but they know it's not ever yet because Munster

:03:56.:03:59.

will fight and fight and fight. But they'll take it, certainly the

:04:00.:04:03.

Scarlets will. Half time, 29-10. Phil. How good was that first half

:04:04.:04:10.

and enjoyable was that first half? It was good. We are not done yet. We

:04:11.:04:16.

gave them a sniff there and they came back and scored. How will you

:04:17.:04:21.

play it? Same. Have a good half. Thank you very much. Bleyendaal

:04:22.:04:28.

leading goal scorer has no trouble getting the first points of the

:04:29.:04:32.

final. Patchell. McNicholl knew the kick was coming. Williams. In his

:04:33.:04:43.

final game in skarlt colours, he ran to the line. Scarlet colours. To me

:04:44.:04:50.

to you, to you to me... Straight through. Davies! Skips

:04:51.:04:58.

over. Determined. Absolutely incredible. Sublime 30 minutes of

:04:59.:05:10.

rugby from the Scarlets. Scarlet colours, he ran to the line. Scarlet

:05:11.:05:13.

colours. To me to you, to you to me...

:05:14.:05:15.

Straight through. Davies! Skips over. Determined. Absolutely

:05:16.:05:16.

incredible. Sublime 30 minutes of rugby from the Scarlets. Munster

:05:17.:05:18.

keep their slim hopes alive with this at the end of the first half.

:05:19.:05:21.

Bleyendaal converts his own try, meaning the half time score is

:05:22.:05:26.

29-10. Sounds an awful lot better for the thousands of Munster fans in

:05:27.:05:30.

the stadium here than 29-3 did. Gents, I don't know if any of us

:05:31.:05:35.

have got our breath back. That was virtually unbelievable. What's just

:05:36.:05:40.

happened there? Very... He's lost for words. After the third try he

:05:41.:05:44.

didn't know what to say in commentary. Lots of kicking,

:05:45.:05:49.

everybody TSB nervous, Scarlets have thrown that out of the water and

:05:50.:05:54.

just gone for it. Every time they've had the ball they've looked like

:05:55.:05:59.

scoring or have scored. Phenomenal. We said pre-match if the Scarlets

:06:00.:06:03.

were to have a chance today, they couldn't abandon the game plan

:06:04.:06:06.

that's got them so far in the league this season. And they are playing

:06:07.:06:12.

with such abandon, such panache? Stark contrast to the two sides.

:06:13.:06:18.

Munster look emotionally shocked and shell shocked at the Scarlets'

:06:19.:06:23.

ability. They're up pore this and playing like they have done. We said

:06:24.:06:26.

it at the top of the show and they're doing it. That's a warning

:06:27.:06:33.

sign. It's not a bad sign for Pivac. Slight warning, don't let them close

:06:34.:06:36.

to the line because they're clinical when they get there. Starting with

:06:37.:06:42.

the Liam Williams try, we said at the top of the show, emotional day

:06:43.:06:47.

for him, he would have liked to have opening the scoring, his last game.

:06:48.:06:50.

A perfectly weighted chip from Patchell? But it sums up Munster.

:06:51.:06:56.

Zebo is there. The Scarlets are going to the left side but Simon

:06:57.:07:02.

Zebo is too far over on one side. Scarlets look like they are coming

:07:03.:07:07.

this way. Penalty advantage. Patchell spots this, sharp, quick

:07:08.:07:11.

thinking. Earl is on the left-wing, he'll have to drop back. Zebo is out

:07:12.:07:15.

of position. Williams holds the width. It's a lovely weighted kick.

:07:16.:07:22.

Zebo has too much to do. Then it's all about the race and the bounce.

:07:23.:07:26.

Williams on his form is going to take that chance. Such an important

:07:27.:07:29.

time as well because Munster had taken the lead 3-0. The crowd were

:07:30.:07:32.

starting to get into it. Straight from the kick off. They took the

:07:33.:07:37.

advantage and it seemed to just take the wind out of Munster and give

:07:38.:07:41.

Scarlets the confidence to carry on doing what they have been doing for

:07:42.:07:46.

the last couple of weeks. A feature is how Scarlets have got the ball

:07:47.:07:50.

wide, taking advantage, exploiting the narrow Munster defence.

:07:51.:07:57.

That Saili knock-on which you and Jonathan disagreed on in the

:07:58.:08:00.

commentary box. Whether it was a yellow or not is there to be debated

:08:01.:08:04.

but he's not sure how to defend on that. On the outside, the wrong

:08:05.:08:09.

people in the wrong places. Look how much room he's got. Three players.

:08:10.:08:14.

First instinct is always to step in. He knows what he's doing there. That

:08:15.:08:18.

was just a sign of things to come later on. They goat O'Mahony on.

:08:19.:08:24.

They're all over the pitch defensively and Scarlets are

:08:25.:08:26.

clinical enough to take advantage of that. If that Steph Evans try showed

:08:27.:08:38.

us anything, it was that Steff Evans try? And the Gareth Williams miss as

:08:39.:08:43.

well. It's sloppy from them. Uncharacteristic. Look at the

:08:44.:08:47.

Scarlets pulling back. They recognise they have to hold depth.

:08:48.:08:52.

These outside guys, O'Mahony and Saili, they dive in. Scarlets were

:08:53.:08:57.

good last week. That was Shingler there. I want you to watch Rob Evans

:08:58.:09:01.

and Gareth Davies and latterly coming up Scott William's effort.

:09:02.:09:06.

These two boys do great but look at the Scarlets players. Loosehead

:09:07.:09:10.

prop. Bust a gut to get on the inside and that is the difference

:09:11.:09:14.

between the two. Forwards running with the ball of supporting lines,

:09:15.:09:20.

the handling skills, it's part of the Scarlets' creed. I guarantee

:09:21.:09:25.

you, they train that way. Huge credit to the coaching staff because

:09:26.:09:29.

you are given freedom to express yourself, you train like that

:09:30.:09:34.

throughout the week and they look like a team who enjoyed themselves

:09:35.:09:39.

going out to play rugby and they are not afraid to make mistakes. The

:09:40.:09:45.

outcome is fantastic. They have just been, their speed of thought and

:09:46.:09:48.

speed of body, that much quicker than Munster in the first half. You

:09:49.:09:55.

mentioned Gareth Davies' missed try. That would have been try of the

:09:56.:09:59.

season arguably. Sublime playing again. The support lines are great.

:10:00.:10:06.

This is Ryan Elias. Watch Gareth Davies there. Great from Scott

:10:07.:10:12.

Williams but you get what you deserve. He's got the gas to go

:10:13.:10:16.

away. Great score. That was timely as well. It was timely. You have

:10:17.:10:22.

been talking in glowing terms particularly at the semi-final stage

:10:23.:10:27.

about the two Scarlets second rows, no

:10:28.:10:39.

but Jake Ball but Tadhg Beirne. They say they haven't got power upfront

:10:40.:10:47.

but that shows that they have. A fantastic carry. Lewis Rawlins was

:10:48.:10:57.

outstanding last week, he ruffled Johnny Sexton. They stopped

:10:58.:11:00.

Manchester's attack. Truly outstanding. Last week and this

:11:01.:11:05.

week. Talk about two guys punching above their weight, neither of them

:11:06.:11:08.

second rows but putting themselves about on the pitch and talking of

:11:09.:11:12.

punching, I think Phil Steel's got an interesting guest alongside him.

:11:13.:11:18.

What do you support if you are Welsh today? We are all Scarlets today.

:11:19.:11:24.

Even this man, boxing coach Garrett loch, how is a Cwmbran boy a Scarlet

:11:25.:11:36.

today? A couple of the boys are friends of mine. My wife is a fan

:11:37.:11:43.

and her father was a doctor for them so I have no choice. You have been

:11:44.:11:55.

doing work with Rhys Patchell? Yes, I've been working with a few. We saw

:11:56.:12:02.

how versatile they were. Last week. It was brilliant. Taught him

:12:03.:12:06.

anything he shouldn't be doing on a rugby field? No, that is not my

:12:07.:12:11.

expertise but he's a very versatile guy, he's got power and he's

:12:12.:12:15.

explosive and has a very good ingin. Put your Scarlets fan head back on.

:12:16.:12:20.

What did you make of the first half? Absolutely mind blowing. They've

:12:21.:12:28.

just been beating them for pace. I'm no expert but they are doing

:12:29.:12:32.

fantastic. Let's just hope that they don't throw the towel in now. In

:12:33.:12:36.

boxing parlance one more try would be the knockout blow? 100%

:12:37.:12:45.

definitely. You heard from it Gary Lockett, former boxing champion

:12:46.:12:47.

there. We have a whole half of rugby yet to

:12:48.:12:50.

come. There's already enough highlights to fill an hour's

:12:51.:12:57.

programme. We do have highlights tomorrow, Up Five Sunday, Sean,

:12:58.:13:01.

Martin and myself coming to you at 6 o'clock. So much to talk about

:13:02.:13:02.

already. You heard Martin say earlier

:13:03.:13:10.

Jonathan Davies was lost for words, he lost the power of speech. Let's

:13:11.:13:14.

talk to him now. We have been discussing what an outrageous,

:13:15.:13:18.

almost unbelievable first half of rugby that was. Ever seen anything

:13:19.:13:22.

quite like that in a final? No, not really. As the boy said earlier, you

:13:23.:13:28.

get to the final and the nerves take over. They stay true to the way

:13:29.:13:33.

they've played all season. They've looked for the off-load, then when

:13:34.:13:37.

there's a turnover, they've done it wide. A good example was when they

:13:38.:13:42.

are all falling back. As soon as someone sees an opportunity to drop

:13:43.:13:45.

deep, they put themselves back into a position to take the ball. For me

:13:46.:13:50.

the execution and awareness and the way they've wanted to play has been

:13:51.:13:54.

brilliant. How many times have we said, the try before half time, yes,

:13:55.:14:01.

you know, an example for them knowing they can't take Munster for

:14:02.:14:04.

granted. They have got to come out here and play. I thought Munster

:14:05.:14:08.

looked all at sea. They don't have the pace to two from distance. Maybe

:14:09.:14:13.

keep on playing when the opportunities are there, but keep

:14:14.:14:16.

Munster in their own 22 as well and live on their mistakes from there.

:14:17.:14:20.

Almost a case of a compromise keeper, an element of flair to the

:14:21.:14:25.

game, pragmatism too in the second happen? Yes, they just can't stop

:14:26.:14:30.

playing. They've gotten to this position through the confidence.

:14:31.:14:33.

When they see opportunities, they need to take them. The skills have

:14:34.:14:43.

been brilliant. Still a big, big 40 minutes to play but they've got to

:14:44.:14:47.

play slightly percentages with the conditions as well. To go back on

:14:48.:14:52.

the way the Scarlets have been playing, it's evident the coaches

:14:53.:14:55.

have encouraged them to give it a go. The boys said they're smiling,

:14:56.:15:01.

being encouraged to take chances and not to play within themselveses? For

:15:02.:15:05.

me, we've all known the Scarlets brand has been play open attractive

:15:06.:15:10.

rugby and there's been times in past great sides that the forwards could

:15:11.:15:15.

handle. That's been the big, big improvement in the Scarlets.

:15:16.:15:20.

Everyone's having a go at Sampson Lee because he's on a scrummager. He

:15:21.:15:26.

is aware, gets the pass away, so the front five has been instrumental how

:15:27.:15:31.

the Scarlets have played this year and they've got to take a lot of

:15:32.:15:36.

credit. Are they going to win? Well, in this position I think everyone in

:15:37.:15:39.

Wales will be disappointed if they don't win. I think they will win but

:15:40.:15:44.

they have to keep playing. Thank you, Jonathan Davies in the

:15:45.:15:49.

commentary box. What is the message from Wayne Pivac then? The kind of

:15:50.:15:55.

football phrase, don't park the bus, don't allow Munster on to

:15:56.:15:59.

yourselves. You have seen how clinical they are, they try to maul

:16:00.:16:04.

from every line they have had in the attacking half and the first

:16:05.:16:10.

halfment they have to keep playing and keep the confidence up. I would

:16:11.:16:15.

be saying perhaps at 19 pints, take the next kickable three fk, that

:16:16.:16:19.

takes you to 22, that's four scores, if you can't win it from there, you

:16:20.:16:24.

don't deserve to win it. Absolutely. Four scores it's game over. Munster

:16:25.:16:29.

have come with a game plan to play narrow and tight. It's difficult to

:16:30.:16:33.

go from a narrow plan to a wide plan. It's difficult. Huge task for

:16:34.:16:40.

Munster. It's going to have to be one of the all-time greats...

:16:41.:16:43.

Showned like a coach. I should have been a coach, one of the old-time

:16:44.:16:47.

ones. I'm sure the confidence and momentum they've got, the Scarlets,

:16:48.:16:51.

I don't want to, you know, tempt fate, but they're home for me.

:16:52.:16:56.

Let us have a look at the Munster try. They don't give up these

:16:57.:17:00.

Munster players and they got themselves back in it with this.

:17:01.:17:04.

Very, very clinical. The Scarlets will have been aware of Saili and

:17:05.:17:09.

the threat. He's lining up here. He'll be looking to identify. Very

:17:10.:17:22.

clever coaching. Bleyendaal wasted the minute because they wanted to go

:17:23.:17:25.

into half time with a positive. Psychological. The message from the

:17:26.:17:31.

Scarlets dressing room, we know it will be, don't give up. They have

:17:32.:17:34.

staying power. What will the message have been? The message will be, you

:17:35.:17:41.

have 40 minutes left. Let's be honest, a lot of people will have

:17:42.:17:45.

come here expecting Munster to win. Like Shaun says, they have had a

:17:46.:17:50.

tough season emogsly, all the tragedy off the field. Mostly, they

:17:51.:17:54.

look spent and drained and it's so difficult. I'm sure Erasmus will

:17:55.:18:03.

say, leave it behind -- so much emotion. The crowd aloud here,

:18:04.:18:10.

45,000. You can see the flags flying, the Munster flags, a lone

:18:11.:18:13.

Welsh flag flying there up in the stand. Plenty of Scarlets fans

:18:14.:18:17.

making their voices heard here as well. Martin Williams is about to

:18:18.:18:24.

return to the commentary box to join Jonathan and Gareth. Let's hopefor

:18:25.:18:32.

another scintillating second half. Spell bounding from the Scarlets. It

:18:33.:18:39.

will take a comeback of all comebacks for Munster. If there's

:18:40.:18:46.

any kick of a penalty in the second half, you take them all, I wouldn't

:18:47.:18:50.

just take the first one, I would take every one, keep the score board

:18:51.:18:55.

ticking over. I think first to score makes this a very, very interesting

:18:56.:18:59.

encounter now. First to score in this second half. What a

:19:00.:19:05.

performance. But only half a job done. The quality of the rugby has

:19:06.:19:14.

been top notch. The Scarlets are 40 minutes away from capping off a

:19:15.:19:21.

superb season. Patchell. Zebo. First mistake comes from Kilcoyne.

:19:22.:19:47.

Davies is on it in a flash. Saili. So narrow again. Just incredible.

:19:48.:19:58.

Saili is just shooting up to the line.

:19:59.:20:10.

O'Donnell trying to fight his way back in. Kill joining looking to

:20:11.:20:18.

make up for the first little slip. -- Kilcoyne looking to make up for

:20:19.:20:21.

the first little slip. Scannell. Ryan. The three front-row members

:20:22.:20:29.

getting their hands on the ball early doors in the second half.

:20:30.:20:33.

Taken by Andrew Conway. The crowd doing everything to get behind

:20:34.:20:44.

Munster. They didn't step back there. Two passes behind the line

:20:45.:20:49.

and nobody stepped back to receive it out wide. They did well to get

:20:50.:20:52.

that over the gain line. Three scores Scarlets are defending.

:20:53.:21:08.

O'Donnell runs the angle. Very good tackle. Rawlins is all over the

:21:09.:21:27.

first ball. Bleyendaal. Rawlins. He did a job on Johnny Sexton last

:21:28.:21:34.

week. Zebo steps in. Finds Jonathan Davies. Across comes Liam Williams.

:21:35.:21:41.

Creates the space behind. Forwards defending there. Peete O'Mahony

:21:42.:21:52.

can't catch it. Ter O'Mahony can't catch it. They couldn't break

:21:53.:21:57.

through. Kicked. Result for the Scarlets defence. Pushed back to the

:21:58.:22:01.

22 as well. It'sthe old adage about the pace.

:22:02.:22:22.

Right throughout the Scarlets team, they have pace.

:22:23.:22:37.

This is a big kick, this is. This could kill any kind of momentum that

:22:38.:22:49.

Munster had. I would definitely maybe change the tactic.

:22:50.:22:57.

I just think that if you play Munster and turn them and put them

:22:58.:23:03.

in their own 22, they don't look as if they've got the pace to two the

:23:04.:23:06.

length. Maybe Zebo. Patchell safely inside the far post

:23:07.:23:35.

and now it becomes a four-score game again. Shaun mentioned at half time,

:23:36.:23:41.

that is huge, four scores, a long, long way back from Manchester

:23:42.:23:45.

though. Four scores and they don't look like scoring unless they are

:23:46.:23:50.

near the try line. A big powerful South African for the

:23:51.:24:12.

quickest player, O'Donnell. It's not going to bring more pace.

:24:13.:24:19.

Support inside from Keith Earls. Into the 22. Got a fine touch there.

:24:20.:24:29.

Bleyendaal can't get his kick through. Patchell stabs at it again.

:24:30.:24:36.

Got no confidence with ball in hand. Rawlins again with the hit. Even

:24:37.:24:46.

when they break Zebo, the speed of the Scarlets get it back in defence.

:24:47.:24:51.

Yards in front of the Munster players.

:24:52.:24:55.

Williams got sucked in there. For me, a restart, you put that in the

:24:56.:25:04.

stands and then you start again. Scarlets don't need to chase the

:25:05.:25:10.

game and keep the tempo up. Kick it into touch and lead the attack.

:25:11.:25:19.

Geesele has come on in the front row. . The impact has to be earlier.

:25:20.:25:30.

Only five minutes gone and they needed to do something very, very

:25:31.:25:33.

quickly. Solid scrum. Williams short side,

:25:34.:26:05.

look. That's it. Bit flatter it needed to be.

:26:06.:26:13.

There's confidence and there's confidence.

:26:14.:26:19.

John Davies hits the gap. Support comes from his brother James.

:26:20.:26:27.

Knocked on by Shingler in the tackle.

:26:28.:26:42.

I just think, Jonathan Davies, a great break, he surprised everyone.

:26:43.:26:54.

I think there's a kick on here. I have to say, it's kind of reminds me

:26:55.:27:00.

when that they prop the ball up and expect somebody to be there. Maybe

:27:01.:27:08.

should have hit the deck. Jonathan is so explosive and powerful. When

:27:09.:27:14.

they get the ball, the Scarlets, the forwards, they are so powerful and

:27:15.:27:18.

quick off the mark and create havoc. Tip of the hat to the coaches

:27:19.:27:23.

because they've brought the style out and they're improving the

:27:24.:27:28.

players on the pitch as well. It's benefitting the players, they feel

:27:29.:27:30.

comfortable at it and these are the results. Their work rate in attack

:27:31.:27:34.

and defence off the ball is phenomenal.

:27:35.:27:48.

This will suit the Scarlets. Even though nothing came of the attack,

:27:49.:27:55.

the game has slowed down a bit and stops a bit, kills a bit more time

:27:56.:28:01.

on the clock. It's very difficult. Looking back, did anyone see these

:28:02.:28:04.

performances coming. Which game did we see the start of it? I think it

:28:05.:28:09.

was Connacht away at the beginning of the season. The way they went to

:28:10.:28:14.

the sports ground. Such a difficult place to play, they seem to get

:28:15.:28:25.

confidence from this. Already Once you've got momentum as a team...

:28:26.:28:28.

They went to Glasgow as well and won, they went to Munster and won.

:28:29.:28:32.

Those were the confidence-building bricks and then the performance

:28:33.:28:36.

against Connacht. Look at how they've stepped up to this level.

:28:37.:28:41.

Davies gives himself room to get the kick in. They've put themselves

:28:42.:29:03.

under pressure. You don't see the Munster players

:29:04.:29:22.

talking to the referee. Peter O'Mahony has a chat with his

:29:23.:29:29.

forwards. The clock is ticking. Just over half an hour remaining. 22

:29:30.:29:34.

points Scarlets lead. Stand-off to defend this line. And they get their

:29:35.:29:37.

reward. Accidental offside. Smart play from

:29:38.:29:48.

the Scarlets for outthinking them. Accidental offside, red ball. There

:29:49.:30:04.

we are. Just keeps hold of that. He's transferred it and made contact

:30:05.:30:10.

with Scarlets. Get on with the game. The strongest weapon... They will be

:30:11.:30:32.

happy. They are not showing it at the moment. Hang on.

:30:33.:30:46.

Looking to get the Scarlets down field. Zebo, he is looking an

:30:47.:30:58.

attacking threat. They have been few and far between for Munster. Saili

:30:59.:31:03.

hugging the wing. Liam Williams not letting go. The defensive line. Jean

:31:04.:31:17.

Deysel. Stephen Archer. He was way offside. I think Nigel felt sorry

:31:18.:31:26.

for him and would not penalised him. Steffan Evans. Zebo again. A the

:31:27.:31:39.

Scarlets ball. Did not affect play? Offside? Taking a man in the air? He

:31:40.:31:51.

took a knee from Zebo. Rob Evans looks like an international centre.

:31:52.:32:02.

He should have stayed on his feet. You were very lucky that you had no

:32:03.:32:13.

affect on that ball. Change, Rob Evans and Gareth Davies depart. It

:32:14.:32:17.

is incredible to think that yesterday morning, Jonathan Evans

:32:18.:32:21.

was waving goodbye to a bus-load of mates who were going on his stag

:32:22.:32:26.

weekend and he is coming here to play the Cup Final. I bet he got

:32:27.:32:31.

some stick for that for booking his stag weekend on the final. I am sure

:32:32.:32:39.

they are watching. I think they are in Budapest. Turnover. They need

:32:40.:32:56.

something fast, Munster. The clock is against them now. They need

:32:57.:33:05.

something click. -- they need something quick. That is the longest

:33:06.:33:08.

kick that Bleyendaal has ever put in. Have they gone off the top at

:33:09.:33:16.

all, Munster? Every line-out has been a drive. The backline looks so

:33:17.:33:29.

disjointed. Billy Holland makes way for Jack O'Donoghue. A back row

:33:30.:33:33.

player coming on for a second row player. Peter O'Mahony will probably

:33:34.:33:41.

move up into the second row alongside Donnacha Ryan. The front

:33:42.:33:51.

ball as well. There goes CJ Stander and Saili but Scott Williams was

:33:52.:33:58.

there watching. Conway was there. There is some variation in the

:33:59.:34:06.

Munster play. Narrow again, look at them, narrow, narrow in defence and

:34:07.:34:20.

narrow in attack. Dave Kilcoyne. Tadigh Beirne. Superb. When you see

:34:21.:34:25.

a situation like that, a player coming into attack, it is so

:34:26.:34:31.

difficult, he managed to remove Barclay, but Tadigh Beirne stayed in

:34:32.:34:38.

there. Just watch, they do the break, you see how isolated one

:34:39.:34:43.

player is. He comes up, that two the Scarlets boys are waiting for him.

:34:44.:34:49.

He has to make them safe. He has got to put those into the crowd. Does

:34:50.:34:54.

not matter about distance, get the ball back. Keep the ball in your

:34:55.:34:59.

hands and he cannot score. They have got to do a bit more defending now.

:35:00.:35:09.

That is far more tiring. Get up, make amends for the missed kick.

:35:10.:35:16.

Conway arrives first. Munster stay on the front foot. Kilcoyne, looking

:35:17.:35:23.

to get the numbers going left. Zebo. Big pounds from Taute. Keith Earls.

:35:24.:35:30.

A lot of red shirts behind him. Stephen Archer. The Scarlets, one

:35:31.:35:41.

player in the ruck. Jean Deysel out the back door. Denies Scannell in

:35:42.:35:55.

the end. I think that is Kruger. John Barclay ready at scrum-half.

:35:56.:36:00.

Elias does the job. They need the right players in the right

:36:01.:36:04.

positions, now Jonathan Evans is in the right position. Liam Williams

:36:05.:36:19.

challenging. Not the best box kick by Evans, he needed the height on it

:36:20.:36:29.

and he is disappointed with himself. If they can play in between the 22

:36:30.:36:37.

is, the Scarlets will be happy. It is stop and start for Munster. Same

:36:38.:36:44.

change for a the Scarlets as they did last week. Hadleigh Parkes is

:36:45.:36:54.

coming on. Hadleigh Parkes started every game last year, has featured

:36:55.:36:58.

in every game this year in the league. I still think that is a

:36:59.:37:04.

strange decision, but for me, you need a specialist then on the field

:37:05.:37:10.

to control the game. The ball kicker, Liam Williams does not look

:37:11.:37:17.

confident kicking the penalties. Just like ten, controlling a game.

:37:18.:37:23.

The kicking game, to keep the Munster side in the right areas, it

:37:24.:37:30.

is still important. Quarter of an hour of the second-half goal, 25

:37:31.:37:35.

remaining. The Scarlets defending a 22 point lead as Conor Murray puts

:37:36.:37:44.

the ball wide. Just tap set. Back goes Steffan Evans to cover. Three

:37:45.:37:48.

Munster meant to put pressure on him. This is dangerous. The Scarlets

:37:49.:37:55.

have done well. They have flooded back there to support the winner.

:37:56.:38:05.

Steffan Evans did well there. It is only a few metres, though. The kick

:38:06.:38:15.

again is their best attacking option. There is the kick, he just

:38:16.:38:26.

got caught a little bit. Steffan Evans did exceptionally well. He

:38:27.:38:32.

goes in, Johnny McNicholl goes back to help him. They scored a try from

:38:33.:38:40.

a line-out. That was at the end of the first half, Munster. Looking to

:38:41.:38:50.

keep themselves in this game, Munster, driving force, Marshall

:38:51.:38:53.

just short. The penalty comes their way and it could be yellow. I am not

:38:54.:39:04.

going to penalised the first offence. They have absolutely flown

:39:05.:39:18.

in there, no arms. First offence is it is a penalty for Munster at the

:39:19.:39:22.

moment but now they have to wait to see it. They get it a little bit

:39:23.:39:38.

isolated, Munster. Here he goes. Conor Murray has flown over. I think

:39:39.:39:44.

Peter O'Mahony flies in with a shoulder, there is not much you can

:39:45.:39:49.

do in that position, maybe it is at penalty against Peter O'Mahony. I

:39:50.:39:54.

think he would be unlucky. Conor Murray flies in, that is a penalty.

:39:55.:40:02.

You cannot drop your shoulder into someone's back like that. That is a

:40:03.:40:12.

penalty. Yes it is. That is just born out of frustration, that is.

:40:13.:40:15.

And a penalty has been turned over. It does not matter. You control

:40:16.:40:31.

yourself. You're lucky it is just a penalty. It is a good example. Peter

:40:32.:40:37.

O'Mahony said he is so low, I cannot hear him out. I sympathise with

:40:38.:40:44.

Peter. John Davies cannot affect the play. You should leave him. He saw a

:40:45.:40:51.

little bit of red mist. They are 22 points down. You would have got away

:40:52.:40:59.

with that ten years ago. In this day and age, you cannot get away with

:41:00.:41:04.

it. I think that is why you should bring rocking back. If he is so low

:41:05.:41:10.

you can run away, if you ruck him, he rolls away very quickly.

:41:11.:41:20.

Tell us about that change, Hadleigh Parkes coming on? He has been

:41:21.:41:29.

endured recently and it was to stop him tiring. Parkes was a centre for

:41:30.:41:38.

most of his career but he can play as a tense. We need more of a

:41:39.:41:42.

defensive ability with the pressure from Munster. Are you going to do

:41:43.:41:50.

it? Fingers crossed. A huge challenge still. Munster are coming

:41:51.:41:54.

at us with everything. We need to play the right time and take the

:41:55.:41:58.

points when they come our way. Thank you. I am quite surprised, that CJ

:41:59.:42:07.

Stander would be tired in approach well. If they called me off for 60

:42:08.:42:14.

minutes and a final, I do not think I would have gone quietly. They

:42:15.:42:18.

would have had to have dragged me off! Van der Merwe looking for his

:42:19.:42:30.

50th Pro12 try before he departs for the Aviva Premiership next year.

:42:31.:42:42.

Leinster, a little dink over the top. They do not look confident,

:42:43.:42:50.

ball in hand. There is no creativity whatsoever. You kick the ball away,

:42:51.:42:56.

hoping you will regain it. You have to go through the phases and have a

:42:57.:43:00.

little bit more confidence in own ability. Their plane into the hands

:43:01.:43:09.

of the Scarlets there. -- they are playing. Maybe a kick downfield from

:43:10.:43:18.

the Scarlets. You can see the frustration, you can see that

:43:19.:43:22.

Donnacha Ryan, Peter O'Mahony, it is on the line-out, on with it. Control

:43:23.:43:33.

the ball forward the Scarlets now. He is all over the show. They have

:43:34.:43:44.

to play a little bit, don't they? It is like the second half against

:43:45.:43:48.

Leinster when they had to close shop a little bit because they were a man

:43:49.:43:53.

short. But now, there are just not playing. -- they are just not

:43:54.:44:05.

playing. The change has affected the whole game, maybe. The distance from

:44:06.:44:17.

Hadleigh Parkes. The thigh is heavily strapped.

:44:18.:44:30.

Doubt ball was stripped from Jonny Evans and Keith Earls has put it

:44:31.:44:39.

down field. -- that ball. Hadleigh Parkes is aiming there. I think they

:44:40.:44:45.

have lost their shape now, I think they have lost their shape and they

:44:46.:44:49.

are trying to close the game down. There are 20 minutes left. They have

:44:50.:44:55.

a very good buffer. The control has gone. Steffan Evans has gone off.

:44:56.:45:01.

Even though you can see him with an ice pack on his right forearm, I

:45:02.:45:05.

checked with Mark Taylor and he said, it was not an injury

:45:06.:45:10.

substitution, it was a tactical substitution. A bit of wear and

:45:11.:45:13.

tear. Simon Zebo has had to leave the

:45:14.:45:36.

field in the end. We are in the final quarter and still the the

:45:37.:45:42.

Scarlets, four scores ahead. They have the only points of the second

:45:43.:45:54.

half. That Rhys Patchell penalty. We have hardly mentioned CJ Stander.

:45:55.:46:06.

Even John Barclay is kicking now. Keith Earls looks long downfield.

:46:07.:46:15.

That is not the greatest spectacle at the minute.

:46:16.:46:30.

David Bulbring amps Will Boyde are now on. Lewis Rawlins lay the

:46:31.:46:45.

foundations defensively. Brilliant performances. I think Lewis Rollins

:46:46.:46:49.

has been sensational. They think of the Welsh tour. Definitely worth a

:46:50.:46:53.

start. Hadleigh Parkes happy to drop it on

:46:54.:47:08.

halfway. Scott Williams, to John Davies. Straight through Bleyendaal.

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Jack O'Donoghue get the tackling. Over the top. Jack O'Donoghue. They

:47:17.:47:29.

have just lost their heads. -- gets the tackle in.

:47:30.:47:37.

The Aviva Stadium has been silenced. 44,000 500. It will be a good kick

:47:38.:47:57.

from the centre, not go far too much distance for now. Great kick. Now

:47:58.:48:11.

then, this is the place, hit the switch again. Close again out. --

:48:12.:48:17.

close the game out. Will Boyde at the front of the line,

:48:18.:48:34.

James Davies has it safely tucked away with Aaron Shingler ready to

:48:35.:48:37.

come away with it if there is a sniff of a chance down the

:48:38.:48:45.

blindside. It is not going anywhere. They will not mind, the Scarlets, a

:48:46.:48:50.

couple more minutes off the clock by the time they reset the scrum.

:48:51.:48:56.

Munster do not look like they will be able to go 75 or 80 metres. As

:48:57.:49:04.

long as Zebo has gone off, they are not going to get anything done

:49:05.:49:11.

outside. They have a lying deep here. The only thing, if they kick

:49:12.:49:24.

across field again, Wyn Jones again on the near side. Only missed one

:49:25.:49:31.

league game this season. That has earned him the collar up for the

:49:32.:49:38.

Welsh tour. -- the call up for the Welsh tour. That has been impressive

:49:39.:49:46.

thing about the scholars, ye mention the likes of Tadigh Beirne and Will

:49:47.:49:53.

Boyde, they have really stepped up to the plate -- but think about the

:49:54.:49:58.

the Scarlets, you mention the likes of. They have played a very

:49:59.:50:07.

important role. They have played exceptionally well when they have

:50:08.:50:11.

started. It looks a stronger all round squad. Great effort.

:50:12.:50:41.

You have to feel for Munster, it has been such a tough season.

:50:42.:50:49.

Disappointing for them. They had a great finish to the season, overtook

:50:50.:50:54.

Leinster at the top of the table but they certainly met their match

:50:55.:51:03.

today. Not very often you see Munster fans leaving, but quite a

:51:04.:51:06.

few are leaving now and that face says it all. The clock is ticking

:51:07.:51:24.

away. Up until now, it has been a disappointing second half. Johnny

:51:25.:51:35.

McNicholl. Liam Williams. He started it all for the Scarlets, way back in

:51:36.:51:42.

the eighth minute. I still think the two centres are harder to cope with.

:51:43.:51:47.

Great play by Scott Williams. Saili again. Flying up at him. Shingler.

:51:48.:51:59.

Parkes. You mentioned the centres, for the

:52:00.:52:21.

Scarlets, they do look like a different combination from the ones

:52:22.:52:27.

who played for Wales. Top-quality attackers.

:52:28.:52:50.

Munster fans have seen enough, the Scarlets fans are getting more

:52:51.:53:07.

drinks in. Hadleigh Parkes. Jean Deysel. He has another go. CJ

:53:08.:53:24.

Stander. Ian Keatley. That is nothing kick really, easy, he has

:53:25.:53:32.

time to stay in his 22 and put it out of play.

:53:33.:53:45.

No sense of urgency is still for Munster. I think they are resigned

:53:46.:54:10.

to defeat. Rhys Marshall. Taute. Saili. Nothing going right for

:54:11.:54:17.

Munster. Frustration all around for Munster, but again, there is no

:54:18.:54:24.

subtlety and creativity there. Brute force, take the ball to the line,

:54:25.:54:31.

hit a good angle. They will be disappointed with what they have

:54:32.:54:37.

offered today, to be honest. Munster, three times champions,

:54:38.:54:42.

2003, 2009 and 20 11. Parkes. Good flick on by Scott

:54:43.:55:08.

Williams. Van der Merwe. He is still coming and he has done it. It is a

:55:09.:55:15.

50th try for DTH van der Merwe. He has reached a half-century in his

:55:16.:55:19.

last game and the Scarlets, live in the second half and they are going

:55:20.:55:23.

to be crowned at where the champions. A fitting finish. That is

:55:24.:55:30.

going to be another final try. It is such an easy play. They get on the

:55:31.:55:34.

outside, quick hands by Scott Williams and a brilliant finish.

:55:35.:55:41.

Brilliant finish. DTH van der Merwe will be leaving with a big smile on

:55:42.:55:45.

his face. He was not passing that ball. Brilliant flick from Scott

:55:46.:55:51.

Williams. Quick hands from Jonathan Davies. They have been superb. There

:55:52.:55:56.

was no stopping him. Brilliant, DTH van der Merwe. I do not think

:55:57.:56:03.

Bleyendaal wanted to do much of this tackle. There he goes. The hand off.

:56:04.:56:16.

Celebrations all around, it has been muted second half. But half a chance

:56:17.:56:23.

and sublime skills from Scott Williams, brilliant finish from DTH

:56:24.:56:24.

van der Merwe. Liam Williams continues with his

:56:25.:56:44.

successful kicking, a couple of penalties in the semifinal and

:56:45.:56:48.

converting the fifth try. It is so nice to see, the simple skills

:56:49.:56:54.

executed so well, lovely, lovely finish there. Nice friend, says it

:56:55.:57:05.

all, big big smile. The South African born Canadian, on his way to

:57:06.:57:18.

the try line. Donnacha Ryan, disappointing final game for him in

:57:19.:57:23.

Munster colours. Keatley has banned a bit of space but even then, the

:57:24.:57:30.

touchline beats and Keith Earls. Liam Williams fell over and Keith

:57:31.:57:34.

Earls is then. It comes from the cross kick, isn't it can?

:57:35.:57:50.

That is the biggest attendance at a final over 44 and a half thousand

:57:51.:58:00.

and travelling the Scarlets fans. No one thought never going to be here.

:58:01.:58:09.

It is great effort. -- no one thought they were ever going to be

:58:10.:58:19.

here. Charged down by Duncan Williams. Shingler wins the race and

:58:20.:58:24.

the effort is still there from minute one to minute 73. He has had

:58:25.:58:34.

another excellent season. He has been outstanding. He is so athletic.

:58:35.:58:41.

He has a great support player. His line-out play has been exceptional.

:58:42.:58:47.

We are not picking a man of the match today but he has got to be in

:58:48.:58:49.

the running. Munster kept their hopes alive with

:58:50.:59:03.

a late try in the first half. It would just be keeping pride alive

:59:04.:59:09.

with a late try in the second. Look how deep they are. They have been

:59:10.:59:18.

comprehensively beaten today. Two missed opportunities in the first

:59:19.:59:22.

half. Closed down in the second half, the the Scarlets.

:59:23.:59:32.

We were offering the Scarlets a 7-point start at the start of the

:59:33.:59:36.

game. Confirmation of what you said

:59:37.:59:50.

earlier because the man of the match is the Scarlets number six, Aaron

:59:51.:00:01.

Shingler. It is very acrobatic, to be fair, from Conway. They need to

:00:02.:00:06.

put them into touch. Munster are still very deep. A bit

:00:07.:00:23.

of space for Marshall. Conway heading for the corner. Conway with

:00:24.:00:30.

a superb finish. But it's too little too late for Munster. It's crumbs of

:00:31.:00:37.

comfort as Conway gets the first try in the second half for them. Only

:00:38.:00:44.

five minutes remaining. Yes, they sucked one of the wingers in, once

:00:45.:00:47.

they put Conway away, he wasn't going to be stopped. He kept it in

:00:48.:00:52.

play from the kick, to be fair. Yes, again, but that come from a missed

:00:53.:00:57.

penalty kick. Good play. The hooker is chasing. They couldn't

:00:58.:01:02.

communicate to stay on the fast man. Easy finish. Missed conversion. It's

:01:03.:01:12.

not very often in a Cup Final you can sit back, relax and enjoy the

:01:13.:01:15.

last four minutes. That is the kind of finishing the

:01:16.:01:34.

Irish national team would want to see.

:01:35.:01:56.

Good hands from Archer. No room for O'Donoghue. Williams straight into

:01:57.:02:25.

Shingler. He waits for ah Cheshire coming around the corner -- Archer

:02:26.:02:29.

coming around the corner. Saili tries to go for the gap. Good

:02:30.:02:35.

support from Bleyendaal. Keith Earls.

:02:36.:03:05.

Williams. Munster can keeping at it. Even then, it's not going to be

:03:06.:03:17.

enough. Two late tries for Munster. To spoil

:03:18.:03:35.

the Scarlets party. It's all been too much for one young Munster fan.

:03:36.:03:49.

Williams. The Scarlets are going to tire after putting in such an

:03:50.:04:20.

effort. This could be the last play. Tadhg

:04:21.:04:27.

Beirne is not going to let go. Williams to Keatley. Still they

:04:28.:05:14.

persist with the kick-through and James Davies finds the road clear

:05:15.:05:18.

and the Scarlets are going to have the last words and the Scarlets are

:05:19.:05:23.

going to finish in the style they've shown today and throughout the

:05:24.:05:30.

season. More than 40 points, half a dozen tries and the Scarlets are

:05:31.:05:36.

worthy winners and worthy champions. Turned into a bit of a sevens

:05:37.:05:43.

towards the end and the sevens specialist is this guy, James

:05:44.:05:47.

Davies, just to rub salt in the wounds of the Welsh once again.

:05:48.:05:52.

There he is, finishes proceedings, as I said, a brilliant performance

:05:53.:05:59.

by the Scarlets. First half performance, clinical, brilliant,

:06:00.:06:02.

brilliant rugby and they just closed the game down in the second half.

:06:03.:06:06.

Disappointed with the Munster effort. Taking nothing away from the

:06:07.:06:16.

Scarlets, they have been brilliant. The last month of the season,

:06:17.:06:20.

they've been the form side and thoroughly deserve to be the pro-12

:06:21.:06:22.

champions. Liam Williams started this afternoon

:06:23.:06:38.

with a try, the first try of the afternoon and a sign of things to

:06:39.:06:40.

come. Can he also finish it? Liam Williams signs off with two

:06:41.:06:58.

more points and the Scarlets sign off the season in style. For the

:06:59.:07:05.

second time in success, they've come to Dublin, they've excelled in the

:07:06.:07:09.

first half, consolidated in the second, created history by being the

:07:10.:07:15.

first team to win away semi-final and now they create history by

:07:16.:07:20.

becoming the first Welsh champions for five years and the first

:07:21.:07:27.

Scarlets winners for 13. The performance, the season has gone

:07:28.:07:34.

better and better as it's gone on. Wins against Edinburgh, Trev Is owe,

:07:35.:07:40.

Dragons, Connacht, Ospreys, Leinster and now Munster, have made it a

:07:41.:07:47.

crowning season for the Scarlets. They are worthy, worthy champions to

:07:48.:07:51.

score six tries and 46 points against the team of Munster's

:07:52.:07:56.

calibre. Really underlines how far the Scarlets have gone. It's been a

:07:57.:08:01.

marvellous season for them and they're brilliant. Guinness Pro-12

:08:02.:08:07.

champions. They have beaten Munster 46-22. The non-playing club captain

:08:08.:08:16.

Ken Owens is with us. How does that feel? It's great. We

:08:17.:08:21.

have come a long way in the last three years with the coaching staff

:08:22.:08:26.

and squad and I've got to be proud of the boys, especially how we dug

:08:27.:08:30.

in from losing the first three games of the season. The boys who haven't

:08:31.:08:35.

been involved up here, they've been drafted in. Massive effort, so proud

:08:36.:08:39.

of the boys today. A great way to finish it off. What was the turning

:08:40.:08:43.

point of the season, Ken? I think it was coming back from that Edinburgh

:08:44.:08:47.

game. We were disappointed losing the first three, then we went on a

:08:48.:08:51.

run, ground out wins against Connacht and teams like that and

:08:52.:08:55.

just really digging in and showing our character.

:08:56.:08:59.

We have been outstanding today. Any temptation to do a John Terry and

:09:00.:09:05.

get your kit on to go out with John Barclay? No, I don't need the

:09:06.:09:10.

attention that much. We'll see. You have got a little Lions tour to look

:09:11.:09:15.

forward to? Yes, looking forward to that, just glad to be going on the

:09:16.:09:20.

tour. Injury scare a few weeks act, but everything's as good as gold.

:09:21.:09:26.

Disappointed to miss the final but a great tour. Late-night. Early night

:09:27.:09:32.

for me. Enjoy the celebrations. Thank you. Well, Ken Owens, a happy

:09:33.:09:37.

man. I don't know who is losing their voice most, him clearing from

:09:38.:09:44.

the sidelines or Steely, but tinged with disappointment that he's not

:09:45.:09:47.

out there, but he can celebrate with his team-mates. Sum that up for us

:09:48.:09:51.

if you can, Martin? You asked me at the top of the show, would it be a

:09:52.:09:55.

shot in the arm in regional rugby if they win the Scarlets, and I think

:09:56.:09:59.

the regional game gets a lot of criticism. Wales say it's not

:10:00.:10:03.

working and we should go back to the old format. Scarlets have blown that

:10:04.:10:07.

out of the water. What they have done, gone to Leinster, the first

:10:08.:10:12.

team ever to come away with a Pro-12 win and then to dismantle a Munster

:10:13.:10:17.

side, totally dominate a side like that in the final, two of the best

:10:18.:10:24.

weeks in, forget regional rugby, but in Welsh rugby, I think it's that

:10:25.:10:32.

big an achievement. They haven't ground out results, they've played

:10:33.:10:35.

the game with a smile on their face and width in the game. It's

:10:36.:10:39.

brilliant to watch. You cannot give that group, the coaches, players,

:10:40.:10:43.

back room staff enough credit, a phenomenal few weeks. Big statement

:10:44.:10:47.

from Martin William there is, Shaun. Do you agree, is it that moment us

:10:48.:10:52.

to in front of a record crowd here in a Pro-12 final, the Scarlets have

:10:53.:10:58.

come and not just won, but absolutely obliterated Munster

:10:59.:11:00.

today? They've done it in such style. Last week, they've come to

:11:01.:11:04.

Dublin back-to-back beaten Leinster and Munster in their own backyard in

:11:05.:11:09.

front of the partisan crowd. It's a fantastic achievement. Everybody

:11:10.:11:12.

concerned from the kit man through to the people that make their food,

:11:13.:11:16.

all the players and coaching staff, it's thoroughly deserved. This is

:11:17.:11:20.

what it's about, it's about podiums. This is what brings the memories,

:11:21.:11:25.

not developing or doing OK or finishing sixth or seventh, it's

:11:26.:11:29.

podiums. They'll cherish this for the rest of their lives. We saw

:11:30.:11:35.

Aaron Shingler being interviewed there, man-of-the-match and your

:11:36.:11:39.

man-of-the-match too. There are individual standout players, but

:11:40.:11:42.

it's a team effort. These players are playing for one another and for

:11:43.:11:46.

the coaches and fans? It's a squad. Ken Owens menninged about players

:11:47.:11:50.

who were not involved today, boy who is 're there on a Tuesday, Wednesday

:11:51.:11:55.

morning doing hard graft but not getting a jersey on a Saturday and

:11:56.:11:58.

you have to keep harmony within the squad. Look at that picture there,

:11:59.:12:03.

it tells you they're really tight. The Scarlets have got some brilliant

:12:04.:12:10.

tachings in there. Boyde, Williams, Davies. And Rob Evans leading the

:12:11.:12:16.

charge in the middle. We can go back to Phil now. He's won in his own

:12:17.:12:23.

backyard, he's from Kildare. How did that feel? Absolutely incredible. I

:12:24.:12:29.

was just saying, we came here and all the Irish media gave us no

:12:30.:12:34.

chance, all the talk was Munster, Munster, Munster, same last week

:12:35.:12:38.

with lest Leinster. We all went in there and knew we could come here

:12:39.:12:42.

and get the win and we absolutely delivered tonight. Tell us about the

:12:43.:12:49.

try? Incredible feeling, what a day to do it. Absolutely unbelievable.

:12:50.:12:53.

What have the Scarlets done for you this season because you came as, not

:12:54.:12:58.

a last chance in your career but you need add kick-start? It more or less

:12:59.:13:02.

was the last chance saloon for me to be honest. Signed until late May, so

:13:03.:13:06.

to come here and get the opportunity in November to get to play, I didn't

:13:07.:13:10.

think I would be here, I honestly didn't. We are Pro-12 champion and I

:13:11.:13:16.

can't believe it. I can't wait to get back out there with those boys.

:13:17.:13:22.

Just one more thing, how far can the Scarlets go? Look, we're building.

:13:23.:13:27.

The unity within this group, I've never felt it before, the

:13:28.:13:32.

camaraderie, there's such a togetherness. If we can keep that

:13:33.:13:37.

next year, there is no limit to us. The play we are playing, we are

:13:38.:13:41.

hitting top form. We'll look at targeting Europe and Pro-12 again.

:13:42.:13:44.

But right now, tonight, we are going to enjoy it. I gather you will be in

:13:45.:13:52.

charge of the celebrations being an Irishman? No doubt about that! Have

:13:53.:13:58.

a good time. Thank you, I appreciate it. Some rock stars in the Scarlets

:13:59.:14:04.

side, some absolute rock stars, Liam Williams, James Davies we know

:14:05.:14:07.

about, Jonathan Davies and Scott Williams but it's the unsung heroes

:14:08.:14:13.

who've done the work tonight. We heard from Tadhg Beirne, Lewis

:14:14.:14:16.

Rawlins, those two have stepped up in the absence of Jake Ball and

:14:17.:14:22.

those two, well, it's a wonder Lewis Rawlins isn't on the Wales tour and

:14:23.:14:28.

Tadhg Beirne. You mentioned the rock stars and the

:14:29.:14:32.

game will always be the same, they'll always get the headlines

:14:33.:14:35.

because those are the pretty boys that score the tries. In the Engine

:14:36.:14:41.

House, the amount of work they've done, the amount of tackles they

:14:42.:14:45.

have had, they have got to get up off their feet and make another

:14:46.:14:49.

tackle which they do, they do the line-out. They've been phenomenal,

:14:50.:14:53.

they really, really have been. The two second rows. They deserve all

:14:54.:14:57.

the credit. Winning line-outs, carrying, they are not the biggest,

:14:58.:15:02.

but they use their footwork and they're quick. Shingler there doing

:15:03.:15:09.

the hard graft. Extra two or three metres looks nothing but makes such

:15:10.:15:12.

a difference. Again, making the tackles and it's just the work rate

:15:13.:15:15.

and the energy they've brought to the team. When you are playing in a

:15:16.:15:19.

side and your second rows are doing that sort of dirty, hard work, it

:15:20.:15:23.

makes it so much easier for the rest of the team and they've been

:15:24.:15:27.

outstanding over the last few weeks. When your second rows are

:15:28.:15:31.

functioning and the numbers are high like that, your team functions well,

:15:32.:15:36.

it's a well known fact and the coaches have given them confidence.

:15:37.:15:43.

Shingler and Boyde for example have functioned well off the back of

:15:44.:15:49.

that. It's fitting they get their rewards. How Shingler was not on the

:15:50.:15:57.

original tour I will never know. We have got to give a word to

:15:58.:16:00.

Manchester as well. It's been a tough season for them emotionally.

:16:01.:16:06.

It was a sad way for them to finish and you feel for them because it's

:16:07.:16:11.

been tough but they came up against a much better team with so much

:16:12.:16:14.

momentum and confidence. We'd love to see the Scarlets play Saracens

:16:15.:16:18.

now, wouldn't we, but they're not far off it. A couple more signings

:16:19.:16:23.

over the summer. It's a shame they are losing Liam Williams but they're

:16:24.:16:26.

a quality team. And quality individuals. One of the guys who've

:16:27.:16:31.

shone all through the season is Steff Evans and he's with Phil. What

:16:32.:16:37.

a difference eight days make. What was the different today and how

:16:38.:16:41.

different do you feel to last week? I lasted all the game this week. A

:16:42.:16:47.

bit of bagging going on there. Gareth Davies that was? I showed up

:16:48.:16:53.

this week and we knew that we had to play for each other. It's been like

:16:54.:16:58.

that all season. We said before the game, 80 minutes away from the best

:16:59.:17:02.

feeling ever in our careers and do for each other what we have been

:17:03.:17:06.

doing for each other all year. You had so much support from what

:17:07.:17:09.

happened last week, the Scarlets fans, how much of a support was that

:17:10.:17:12.

for you in the first few days before the hearing? It was frustrating, the

:17:13.:17:17.

first two days before my hearing and I had all the support of the boys

:17:18.:17:23.

and the fans and the coaches. Especially Wayne, he told me to

:17:24.:17:27.

forget about it for the first two days and, when it came down to it,

:17:28.:17:31.

he was a great support. For me to play in the final, it's the best

:17:32.:17:34.

thing that's happened to me. When you turned up on the first match in

:17:35.:17:38.

September, did you ever think it would end up like this, not just for

:17:39.:17:41.

the team but for yourself, to get a Wales tour? We started off slowly

:17:42.:17:47.

but look where we are. We kept building and building and we have

:17:48.:17:50.

just had to play for each other all season and that's what it's come

:17:51.:17:55.

down to. You can't stop smiling yourself. It's the way the Scarlets

:17:56.:18:00.

have played isn't it with a smile? It's the same in training, we are

:18:01.:18:04.

happy to be there, we take to it the field and we are happy to play for

:18:05.:18:09.

each other and we give it 100%. A word for your mum and dad in Dubai?

:18:10.:18:14.

You should have been here! Go get the Welsh cap. Summer tour awaits

:18:15.:18:20.

for Steff Evans and his colleagues. Munster currently receiving their

:18:21.:18:23.

runners-up medals and it won't be too long now before the Scarlets

:18:24.:18:28.

take to the podium and get their hands on the trophy. We can rejoin

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Jonathan and Gareth. That is the loneliest walk up to get

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a losers' medal. It's so disappointing for Munster. They

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wanted to do it for themselves and for the memory, of course, of Axel

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Foley as well. But there has to be a loser and there has to be a winner.

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Sometimes you think you might have lost it narrowly. Is it's one of

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those things, they were comprehensively beaten, they were

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not in the game. They'll really enjoy this moment. No-one Gay them a

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chance. No-one thought they were going to win. Here they are, look,

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the front five go up and they deserve a hell of a lot of credit.

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Proud Welshman on stage to greet them in Gerald Davies. Tadhg Beirne.

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The Leinster man in-between them has enjoyed every moment of this.

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I think they've surprised themselves. Once they clicked and

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played the brand of rugby that we have seen, they had belief, didn't

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they? The two centres have been brilliant as well. After the Six

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Nations, there were questions, but they've been brilliant. They

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thoroughly deserve this prize. Well, seven wins in a row, one defeat in

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the last 13 games of the season have turned things around for what is a

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very, very special squad. They've done Llanelli proud and Wales proud

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and they've won many, many fans with a brand of rugby that they've

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played. But it's not just been pretty rugby, it's been successful

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rugby as well. At last, Wales have their hands on the Pro-12 rugby

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trophy again. It's been 13 years in waiting for the Scarlets themselves

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and Ken Owens before he goes off to join the Lions, he joins his

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team-mates. What a moment for the Scarlets. Worthy, worthy Guinness

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Pro-12 champions in 2017. They have been superb and they have been

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standard-bearers. Now, having set the standard, let's hope they can

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continue in that mould and let's hope others can achieve the same

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standard and make Welsh rugby a great force again at regional level.

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Let's hope the next step is not just a Pro-12 victory but Europe to come.

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For now, they'll savour the moment and they deserve all the

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celebrations and all the plaudits because the Scarlets have produced

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some outstanding rugby to win that trophy. Well done, Scarlets, winners

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in Dublin, second time over. They've beaten Munster 46-22 and Scarlets

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are Guinness Pro-12 champions of Wales 2017. The joy etched on their

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faces. You can see exactly how much it means to them, sheer

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unadulterated joy. Delight for the players, thoroughly deserved. It's

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the way they've played, it's the style of rugby we have witnessed

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throughout the season. They've not just come and made victories,

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they've put smiles on people's faces and that's the way to win a trophy.

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Absolutely. They should stick to this style of play. They deserve a

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lot of credit. The forward players have been good defensively. It's

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obviously shown how much they are enjoying playing. I think it's

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transferring down to the younger players. You reflect on the season

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and look down to the Six Nations and think Dan Jones, Boyde, Williams,

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you know, don't forget people like these who enhance your season. It

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was great to see the players share with the other squad members. Aled

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Thomas another one. Guys like Jonathan Davies, Grand Slam

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tournaments, yes, but when you win things with your club, it's a bit

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more special. They're the boys you deal with day in day out and it's so

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nice, it's a different sort of feeling when it's your club compared

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to internationally, but you can see how much it means to them, how tight

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they are as a group. I can guarantee you over the last three or four

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weeks, even when they have days off, they are looking forward to turning

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up to training, enjoying the banter and what have you. Brilliant for

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them. A brilliant way to finish the season. Rob Evans knows where the

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camera is. Do you think there's anyone more delighted than he is?

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He's been a big factor. To be fair to him, he's a modern prop. We

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admire the All Blacks but he's improving and he's a massive

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character in that group so it all goes well, and hopefully they can

:24:05.:24:08.

back it up next season. Back to Phil Steel, who's with you now?

:24:09.:24:16.

Much has been said about the non-playing Scarlet members who're

:24:17.:24:21.

here. Peter Edwards, sum it up? Fantastic win, boys. Champions! Ole,

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ole, ole. Enough said I think, a long night ahead for Peet and the

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boys. Might be an early night if his condition is anything to go by

:24:36.:24:40.

already. Have you been on the Guinness already? This afternoon,

:24:41.:24:46.

long lunch. The scorer of the first try of the day, he is leaving, but

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any regrets? I don't think so. It's special that he goes after this. You

:24:52.:24:55.

have got to give him credit for what he's done for the Scarlets and where

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he's come from. He's moving on to the European champions. He's going

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on a Lions tour, which is fantastic. There'll be a tinge of

:25:04.:25:10.

disappointment for him. It's very fitting and it was almost meant to

:25:11.:25:17.

be and they've done it in style. Fairytale for Liam Williams. He said

:25:18.:25:22.

when he signs for anyone else when his Saracens contract comes to an

:25:23.:25:29.

end, he might be back. John Barclay standing in admirably for Ken Owens

:25:30.:25:32.

the last two weeks and it's guys like John Barclay as well, I've been

:25:33.:25:38.

seeing some tweets, is he on Warren Gatland's stand-by list for the

:25:39.:25:41.

Lions because a few years ago he wasn't even in the Scotland team.

:25:42.:25:47.

He's recovered his -- rediscovered his mojo. McNicholl, we haven't

:25:48.:25:54.

mentioned him but he had such an influence. You can name every

:25:55.:25:58.

player, can't you, and I mentioned in commentary, the guys like Wyn

:25:59.:26:03.

Jones, Will Boyde, Ryan Elias, even Steff Evans to a large degree, the

:26:04.:26:07.

start of the season not many will have heard of him but they're now

:26:08.:26:11.

quality top, top players and knocking on the door of

:26:12.:26:14.

international level. You hope it's not the end of something and the

:26:15.:26:17.

start of something because there is so much potential within that squad.

:26:18.:26:21.

On that point, when Connacht won this title last year, there was

:26:22.:26:25.

almost a sort of element amongst those watching that they couldn't

:26:26.:26:30.

back it up. It was a one-off, a cup year and everything came together

:26:31.:26:33.

for them. You feel this is the foundation for the Scarlets, they

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can kick on from the confidence? Absolutely. You shouldn't fear the

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Irish sides, they are dominant yes, difficult to beat away from home,

:26:40.:26:43.

but it shows Connacht and now the Scarlets that you can do it. You

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back yourselves, the game plan has been very revolutionary almost.

:26:49.:26:54.

They've played, stuck to their game, shows what you can do if you believe

:26:55.:26:58.

in yourself and coaching staff and give youngsters a chance, as the

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Scarlets have done. A lot of credit goes for that. It's a message to all

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the Welsh regions. Look what can be achieved, take courage and

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convictions and try and do it. Don't forget you can watch this all again

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tomorrow night on the scrum-half Pro-12 Final Special, we'll relive

:27:18.:27:21.

all the thrills and spills, watched in front of a record crowd this of

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nearly 45,000, many of them Scarlets fans and many made a treacherous

:27:29.:27:31.

trip across the Irish Sea in the rain that we had today and a lot of

:27:32.:27:35.

them have been booking flights, planes, everything, it's been worth

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it. Absolutely worth it, you know, those who made the trip out last

:27:40.:27:49.

week. They were looking at flights straightaway after last week. They

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were absolutely outstanding the fans today. The players have given them

:27:54.:27:59.

something to cheer about. Not only for being winners but the way

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they've won. Jonathan Davies is looking dapper as ever in his

:28:07.:28:10.

three-piece suit. We have talked about the team spirit and the fact

:28:11.:28:14.

the squad can kick on to bigger and better things? They've got to build

:28:15.:28:21.

on this before manslaughter and for me, the -- performance and the way

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they're playing is sensational. Confident, space awareness,

:28:27.:28:28.

handlings of the forward, keeping a death. When the turnover happens.

:28:29.:28:34.

Everyone spots it quickly and reacts. I just felt that, you know,

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no-one expected them to win it, but to win it playing this way was

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absolutely sensational. It is absolutely sensational, that sums it

:28:48.:28:50.

up. Huge congratulations to the Scarlets from all of us here. It's

:28:51.:28:54.

been an epic day here in Dublin, a fantastic game of rugby and, as we

:28:55.:28:58.

mentioned, absolutely put Munster to the sword. The Scarlets are the 2017

:28:59.:29:03.

Pro-12 champions. There goes Steff Evans with a run to

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the line. John Davies. Back to Steff Evans. To me to you, to you to me...

:29:33.:29:39.

Straight through. Davies. Skips over. Determined. Absolutely

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incredible. It's a 50th try for him. Scarlets are going to have the last

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word. Worthy winners and worthy champions.

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We need to trap the beast which killed him.

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Tear him apart! I want him found! Now!

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