TEST YOUR RUGBY KNOWLEDGE

QUESTION 1 WHICH WELSH BRITISH & IRISH LION SCORED FOUR TRIES AGAINST THE SIGMA LIONS ON THIS SUMMER’S TOUR OF THE RAINBOW NATION?

QUESTION 2 WHAT IS THE FAMOUS FORMER NAME OF THE LIONS HOME GROUND EMIRATES AIRLINE PARK?

QUESTION 3 WHICH SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE LIFTED THE COUNTRY’S PRESTIGIOUS CURRIE CUP LAST MONTH?

QUESTION 4 WHO KICKED THE WINNING PENALTY IN THIS YEAR’S SPRINGBOKS V BRITISH & IRISH LIONS TEST SERIES?

QUESTION 5 WHO BECAME THE 242ND PLAYER TO REPRESENT THE SCARLETS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE WHEN HE CAME OFF THE BENCH AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS IN THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MONTH?

QUESTION 6 WHO WON LAST SEASON’S RAINBOW CUP BY BEATING THE BULLS IN THE FINAL?

QUESTION 7 WHICH SPRINGBOK STAR HAS RECENTLY JOINED ULSTER?

QUESTION 8 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROP WHO MOVED FROM THE SCARLETS TO WASPS OVER THE SUMMER?

QUESTION 9 WHO WERE CROWNED WINNERS OF THE SUPER RUGBY TRANS-TASMAN COMPETITION BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SIDES IN 2021?

QUESTION 10 WHICH LOCAL CLUB SIDE DID WORLD CUP WINNER BEN FRANKS TURN OUT FOR IN AUGUST?

ANSWERS Josh Adams 2. Ellis Park 3. The Bulls 4. Morne Steyn 5. Tomas Lezana 6. Benetton Rugby 7. Duane Vermeulen 8. Pieter Scholtz 9. Blues 10. Yr Hendy RFC

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Scarlets to build new partnership with Brickability

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SCARLETS ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME BRICKABILITY GROUP AS A COMMERCIAL PARTNER AHEAD OF THE 2021-22 SEASON.

Established in South Wales more than a quarter of a century ago, Brickability has become a market leading supplier to the construction industry.

The Brickability logo will feature on the Scarlets’ playing shorts for the 2021-22 season.

Scarlets Executive Chairman Simon Muderack said: “It is wonderful to welcome new commercial partners to the Scarlets family and in particular, a business with the success, ambition and drive of the Brickability Group.

“They are a business that has been built on strong relationships and we look forward to developing our own partnership over the coming years and welcoming John and his team to Parc y Scarlets as we prepare for an exciting new season in the United Rugby Championship and Champions Cup.”

Brickability Group Chairman John Richards said: “As a business founded in South Wales we are delighted to be involved with Welsh rugby and in particular the Scarlets.

“Rugby in Llanelli has a very long and distinguished history and the Scarlets clearly have strong ambitions to add further to that fine history. Brickability Group plc is, in its own field, equally ambitious and we look forward to mutual successes.”

Brickability is a market leading supplier of facing bricks, blocks, rainscreen cladding systems, architectural masonry, roofing tiles and slates to the construction industry. You can read more about Brickability by visiting their website at www.brickability.co.uk

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IT WILL TAKE A WHILE.WE HAVEN’T HAD A FULLY ACCESSIBLE PARC Y SCARLETS FOR NEARLY 18 MONTHS AND WE WILL SEE QUITE A FEW CHANGES.

When to wear a mask, do we need a Covid pass and which bars are open?

Some of the more confused fans might even drive to Stradey Park by mistake as it’s been such a long time since most of us have been able to see the Scarlets play live. Those who do, will find out that the hallowed turf is now a large housing estate. There are a few hints to rugby, pone of the streets is Stryd Bennett, a nod to the Scarlets legend, Rhodfa Delme celebrates the winning captain against the All Blacks in 1972, then there’s Cwrt Bergiers built near to the spot where Roy scored that famous try in the 9-3 win. The exact spot is hard to work out but it is apparently underneath a garden shed.

A few streets away is Heol James Gravell, a tribute to Carwyn James and Ray Gravell. Why couldn’t they have had a street each? Who knows, when memories begin to fade people might think that Heol James Gravell is named after a local garage owner.

There aren’t many more clues to the Scarlet connection except maybe for nearby New Zealand Street. It is the only street in the United Kingdom named after that country.

It’s origin is a bit of a mystery although it wasn’t to commemorate the All Blacks win as it was built early in the last century.

There isn’t a Wallaby Street or a South Africa Street to hark back to other touring countries to play at Stradey. Tonight we welcome another South African side to Parc y Scarlets. Our confused supporters have now found their way there at last. After last week’s narrow defeat to Edinburgh let’s hope there will be a better performance against the Lions.

But before we leave the memory of Stradey completely there are connections with tonight’s game .A few months before the Scarlets beat the All Blacks in October 1972 the team toured South Africa and played six games, winning four. The squad included the bulk of the team that would play in that famous victory. One of the absentees was the coach Carwyn James who refused to travel to South Africa because of his opposition to Apartheid. Yes, the same Carwyn commemorated in Heol James Gravell. These days, South African sides are regular Scarlets opponents.The Lions are very welcome to the Parc, particularly since the ground has been recognised as one of the best Sports stadiums in the country.

The old Stradey would have been happy with that accolade. The bit of grass under the garden shed in Cwrt Bergiers must be secretly sweating with pride. Let’s hope that tonight we at our new home will see the type of open rugby which frequently graced its predecessor.

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Scarlets Community Foundation completed a remarkable Tour de Scarlets over the summer, visiting 53 grassroots rugby clubs across the region.

Over four incredible days, Community Foundation officer Rhodri Jones, head groundsman Luke Jenkins and All Blacks great Sean Fitzpatrick cycled 350 miles calling into clubs in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion to raise funds for the local community game.

They were joined at the clubs by members of the Scarlets squad with the likes of Foundation ambassador Rhys Patchell, Josh Macleod, Daf Hughes, Iestyn Rees, Marc Jones, Luke Davies and backs coach Dai Flanagan among those making appearances along the way.

Group Chief Executive of the Welsh Rugby Union, Steve Phillips, also lent his support by greeting the riders on one of their final stops at Yr Hendy RFC. The Tour finished at Parc y Scarlets where the riders were applauded home by Scarlets staff, family and friends.

The Foundation would like to thank everyone who turned out on the ride to give their support and to those who have donated, with more than £7,000 raised.

Community Foundation officer Rhodri Jones said: “It was an amazing experience visiting every club in the region and we met some wonderful people along the way who put so much into the community game.

“A huge thanks to everyone who came out to support us, it meant a huge amount, and to those who have donated to the Foundation with every penny raised going back into grassroots rugby.”

Former All Blacks captain, now Scarlets board member, Sean Fitzpatrick said: “It was the most wonderful experience and for me it brought me back to the grassroots game.

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“Sometimes we forget about the community game; it is so, so important to rugby. The rugby club is the centre of the universe for lots of people and those people have been so good to us; I loved seeing how the volunteers all got involved to contribute to keep their club going.

“It has been a phenomenal effort by Rhodri, Luke and the support staff who played their part and I hope people keep contributing by going to the justgiving page because it will all go back to these clubs.”

If you would like to add a donation visit our justgiving page: https://justgiving.com/campaign/ tourdescarlets

Pictured are Sean Fitzpatrick, Luke Jenkins and Rhodri Jones on their travels

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Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel spoke to the media ahead of this evening’s URC clash with Emirates Lions at Parc y Scarlets. Here is what he had to say.

Dwayne, a few days on, what are your reflections on the Edinburgh loss?

DP: “There is a bit of frustration to be honest. I thought there were good elements to our game and as a group we talked yesterday about leaving Edinburgh back into that game with some unforced errors, especially in that last 20 minutes of the first half. We compounded errors, we weren’t quite as reactive as could have been, there were instances like a tap penalty on their line when we didn’t react quickly enough. In that 20-minute period they scored 19 points after we had largely controlled the first 20 minutes, but as I said, there was a lot of good stuff as well.”

You took a few knocks, do you have any updates?

DP: “We’re waiting on a scan for Tom Phillips, but it doesn’t look good in all honesty. I am disappointed for Tom because he has come back into the fold, trained really well and really put himself in the frame. He is from Llanelli, loves the club and is a really smart rugby player. It is a tough one to take for him.”

It must have been a big positive to see Scott and Jon back together?

DP: “It was a positive and not unexpected. They have trained really well. All our centres have trained exceptionally well and Johnny Williams is also coming back into the frame. It was good to see both Scotty and Jon back together and performing. It is good to see them both back and I am sure they are only going to get better. They are two very important individuals for us; they are quality players but off the field they drive a lot of standards, they are very vocal players in terms of the group and love playing for the Scarlets.”

How excited are you to be back at home and playing your first South African opposition of the URC?

DP: “We are very excited. We have scouted the Lions through the Currie Cup and we took a lot from last week’s game versus Zebre. They were very impressive in the first half and punished Zebre every opportunity they got. They were fast and powerful as you would expect. We understand the magnitude of the task. The fact the four big South African franchises are in the URC is great for the league and we are looking forward to the challenge on Friday.”