Misfiring Scarlets pay heavy price

Ulster A.24 Scarlets 18
■By TOM JOHNSON
POOR goal kicking cost the Scarlets heavily in a tight cup opener as they missed three conversions and two penalties to throw away a chance of victory.
Those nine points could have made all the difference in a game in which they took the lead against the run of play with a 10th minute try from wing Tom Prydie and then went into a 10-point lead with a try in the corner from No.8 Jack Condy five minutes later.
Rhys Jones added a penalty at the end of the first quarter to extend the lead to 13-0, yet by the break the home side had no...

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