2014–15 Scarlets season

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Scarlets
2014–15 season
Head coachNew Zealand Wayne Pivac
Chief executiveDarran Phillips
ChairmanNigel Short
Pro126th
Anglo-Welsh CupPool stage, 4th
European Champions CupPool stage, 4th
Top try scorerLeague: Liam Williams (7)
All: Harry Robinson (8)
Top points scorerLeague: Steven Shingler (127)
All: Steven Shingler (151)
Highest home attendance12,301 v Ospreys, 3 January 2015
Lowest home attendance5,051 v London Irish, 31 January 2015
Average home attendance6,632
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was the 12th in the history of the Scarlets Welsh regional rugby union side, in which they competed in the Pro12, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the Anglo-Welsh Cup. It was head coach Wayne Pivac's first season in charge of the region, after Simon Easterby left the Scarlets to become Ireland's forwards coach. In addition to Pivac, Byron Hayward joined the region as a defence coach, while Danny Wilson left for Bristol. In September 2014, Mark Davies stepped down as chief executive to take up a role with Pro Rugby Wales, and was replaced by Darran Phillips.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
16 August 2014 Bath A 26–26 Tries: McCusker, S. Williams, J. Davies, A. Davies
Conversions: S. Shingler (3)
30 August 2014 Gloucester H 29–24 Tries: Owens 17', S. Williams 33', Tagicakibau 47', Pitman 68'
Conversions: Rhys Priestland 17', 33', S. Shingler 68'
Penalty: Priestland 12' 		4,333

Pro 12[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Table position
6 September 2014 Ulster H 32–32 Tries: Robinson 1', Pitman 25', G. Davies 38', 63'
Conversions: Priestland 3', 26', 40'
Penalties: Priestland 11', 45' 		6,531 6th
13 September 2014 Leinster A 12–42 Tries: S. Williams 13', Snyman 80'
Conversion: S. Shingler 80+1' 		16,108 9th
20 September 2013 Treviso H 43–0 Tries: E. Phillips 1', G. Davies 15', 37', L. Williams 45', 51', Snyman 48', Owen 63'
Conversions: Priestland 2', 38', 49', 53' 		5,791 6th
26 September 2014 Edinburgh A 20–20 Tries: Robinson 2', L. Williams 32'
Conversions: Priestland 3', 33',
Penalties: Priestland 12', 45' 		3,678 7th
5 October 2014 Dragons H 26–13 Tries: Owen 18', Phillips 65'
Conversions: Priestland 19', 67'
Penalties: Priestland 13', 15', 55', S. Shingler 78' 		7,124 6th
10 October 2014 Munster A 6–17 Penalty: Priestland 38'
Drop goal: Priestland 1' 		13,851 6th
1 November 2014 Zebre H 28–13 Try: Hughes 60'
Conversion: S. Shingler 60'
Penalties: S. Shingler 6', 15', 28', 33', 42', 47', 78' 		5,342 6th
21 November 2014 Glasgow H 19–9 Try: Pitman 76'
Conversion: S. Shingler 77'
Penalties: S. Shingler 5', 13', 25' 		6,038 6th
29 November 2014 Connacht A 8–14 Try: Robinson 3'
Penalty: S. Shingler 1' 		5,631 7th
19 December 2014 Cardiff Blues A 9–21 Penalties: Priestland 23', 26', 50' 9,443 7th
27 December 2014 Ospreys A 15–17 Penalties: Priestland 8', S. Shingler 21', 37', 57', 65' 15,732 7th
3 January 2015 Ospreys H 22–10 Tries: L. Williams 30', Barclay 41'
Penalties: Priestland 3', 26' 39', 57' 		12,301 7th
9 January 2015 Glasgow A 7–22 Tries: L. Williams 39'
Conversion: Priestland 40' 		5,320 8th
15 February 2015 Connacht H 32–14 Tries: Tagicakibau 23', Robinson 27', J. Williams 33', J. Davies 50'
Conversions: S. Shingler 28', 34', 51'
Penalties: S. Shingler 13', 17' 		5,322 7th
21 February 2015 Munster H 25-25 Try: Parkes 60'
Conversion: S. Shingler 61'
Penalties: S. Shingler 3', 14', 23', 27', 59', 68' 		6,059 6th
27 February 2015 Ulster A 20–25 Tries: Barclay 38', Phillips 78'
Conversions: S. Shingler 38', 80+1'
Penalties: S. Shingler 13', 29' 		17,138 7th
7 March 2015 Leinster H 23–13 Tries: Barclay 30', J. Williams 52', Pitman 67'
Conversion: S. Shingler 53'
Penalties: S. Shingler 10', Priestland 76' 		6,069 7th
28 March 2015 Edinburgh H 15–26 Penalties: S. Shingler 2', 12', 19', 23', 26' 7,310 8th
11 April 2015 Zebre A 28–26 Tries: S. Williams 10', 44', J. Davies 74'
Conversions: S. Shingler 11', Priestland 45'
Penalties: S. Shingler 8', 37', Priestland 80+2' 		2,539 7th
25 April 2015 Newport Gwent Dragons A 29–10 Tries: Owens 37', S. Williams 39', L. Williams 41', Robinson 57'
Conversions: Priestland 38', 40', 42'
Penalty: Priestland 6' 		52,762 6th
10 May 2015 Cardiff Blues H 16–6 Try: Owens 67'
Conversion: Priestland 68'
Penalties: Priestland 25', 31', 39' 		10,195 6th
16 May 2015 Treviso A 17–13 Tries: L. Williams, Evans
Conversions: Priestland (2)
Penalty: Priestland 		3,895 6th

Table[edit]

Pos Club Pld W D L F A PD BP Pts
5 Ireland Leinster 22 11 3 8 483 375 108 12 62
6 Wales Scarlets 22 11 3 8 452 388 64 7 57
7 Ireland Connacht 22 10 1 11 447 419 28 8 50

Anglo-Welsh Cup[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Pool
position
7 November 2014 Northampton H 7–24 Try: Evans 22'
Conversion: S. Shingler 23' 		5,564 4th
14 November 2014 Cardiff Blues A 13–19 Try: Bennett 43'
Conversion: Lewis 44'
Penalties: Lewis 3', 39' 		6,284 4th
31 January 2015 London Irish H 27-18 Tries: Robinson 54', Ad. Warren 62', K. Evans 68'
Conversions: S. Shingler 55', 63', 70'
Penalties: S. Shingler 2', 23' 		5,051 3rd
7 February 2015 Sale A 3–38 Penalty: Climo 13' 4,312 4th

Table[edit]

Club Pld W D L F A PD BP Pts
Leicester Tigers 4 4 0 0 106 46 60 2 18
Newcastle Falcons 4 2 0 2 114 91 23 3 11
Wasps 4 1 0 3 120 128 −8 5 9
Scarlets 4 1 0 3 50 99 −49 1 5

European Champions Cup[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Pool
position
19 October 2014 Toulon A 28–18 Tries: Barclay 27', K. Phillips 80+1'
Conversion: Priestland 28'
Penalties: Priestland 14', 36' 		15,300 4th
25 October 2014 Leicester Tigers H 15–3 Tries: Robinson 17', A. Davies 61'
Conversion: S. Shingler 62'
Penalty: S. Shingler 31' 		8,235 2nd
6 December 2014 Ulster A 9–24 Penalties: Priestland 4', 30', 56' 16,400 3rd
14 December 2014 Ulster H 22–13 Tries: J. Davies 78'
Conversion: Priestland 79'
Penalties: Priestland 11', 19', 28', 33', 60' 		7,230 2nd
16 January 2015 Leicester Tigers A 23–40 Tries: R. Evans 34', Robinson 60', 75'
Conversion: S. Shingler 75'
Penalties: Priestland 6', 21' 		18,913 3rd
24 January 2015 Toulon H 3–26 Penalty: S. Shingler 30' 9,267 4th

Table[edit]

Pool Three

Team Pld W D L F A PD BP Pts
France Toulon 6 5 0 1 181 89 92 2 22
England Leicester Tigers 6 3 0 3 108 126 −18 1 13
Northern Ireland Ulster 6 2 0 4 116 146 −30 4 12
Wales Scarlets 6 2 0 4 90 134 −44 0 8

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date confirmed Pos. Name From
4 December 2013[1] CE New Zealand Regan King Clermont Auvergne
6 May 2014[2] WG Wales Harry Robinson Cardiff Blues
20 May 2014[3] PR Wales/England Peter Edwards London Welsh
6 June 2014[4] N8 Wales Rory Pitman London Wasps
18 June 2014[5] N8 Tonga Chris Hala'ufia London Irish
3 July 2014[6] WG/CE Fiji Michael Tagicakibau Saracens
2 December 2014[7] CE New Zealand Hadleigh Parkes Auckland

Out[edit]

Date confirmed Pos. Name To
12 November 2013[8] CE Wales Jonathan Davies Clermont Auvergne
3 February 2014[9] FL Wales Josh Turnbull Cardiff Blues
24 March 2014[10] FH Wales Aled Thomas Gloucester
28 April 2014[11] PR Fiji Deacon Manu Hong Kong Cricket Club[note 1]
29 April 2014[12] N8/FL/LK Tonga Sione Timani Tarbes
6 May 2014[13] PR Wales Gareth Thomas Ospreys
15 May 2014[14] CE/WG Wales Nic Reynolds London Welsh
9 June 2014[15] FH/CE England Olly Barkley London Welsh
2 September 2014[16] CE Wales Gareth Maule Bristol
14 November 2014[17] N8 Tonga Chris Hala'ufia London Welsh

Note:

  1. ^ Manu retired from playing and is becoming a head coach.

Statistics[edit]

(+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance)

Pos. Name Pro 12 Anglo-Welsh Cup European Champions Cup Total Discipline
Apps Try Con Pen Drop Pts Apps Try Con Pen Drop Pts Apps Try Con Pen Drop Pts Apps Try Con Pen Drop Pts
FB Wales Liam Williams 12 7 0 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 0 0 0 35 3 1
FB/CE Wales Gareth Owen 7+2 2 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 8+3 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
FB/WG Wales Steff Evans 7 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
WG Wales Harry Robinson 19 5 0 0 0 25 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 3 0 0 0 15 25 9 0 0 0 45 0 0
WG/CE Fiji Michael Tagicakibau 12+2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16+2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
WG/FB/FH Wales Jordan Williams 6+3 2 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 9+5 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
WG Wales Kristian Phillips 5+2 2 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0 5 10+3 3 0 0 0 15 1 0
WG/CE/FH New Zealand Frazier Climo 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
WG Wales Aaron Warren 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WG Wales Josh Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WG Wales Kyle Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
WG Wales Lee Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WG Wales Richard Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CE New Zealand Regan King 12+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CE Wales Scott Williams 15 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 0 0 0 20 1 0
CE/WG Wales Adam Warren 2+6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+6 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
CE Wales Steffan Hughes 0+3 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
CE Wales Iolo Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CE/WG New Zealand Hadleigh Parkes 12+1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 14+2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
FH Wales Rhys Priestland 14+4 0 19 23 1 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 12 0 40 20+4 0 21 38 1 150 0 0
FH Wales Steven Shingler 9+13 0 11 35 0 127 2 0 4 2 0 14 1+5 0 2 2 0 10 12+18 0 17 39 0 151 1 0
FH Wales Josh Lewis 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 1 2 0 8 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 0 1 2 0 8 0 0
FH Wales Dan Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH Wales Gareth Davies 4+8 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+8 4 0 0 0 20 0 1
SH Wales Rhodri Williams 1+10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 4+14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH Wales Aled Davies 17+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5+1 1 0 0 0 5 22+4 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
SH Wales Rhodri Davies 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH Wales Kieran Hardy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH Wales Justin James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N8 Wales Rory Pitman 6+10 3 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0 12+12 3 0 0 0 15 1 0
N8/LK Australia Jack Payne 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N8/FL Wales Craig Price 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL Scotland John Barclay 21 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 24 4 0 0 0 20 3 0
FL Wales Rob McCusker 6+7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12+7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL Wales Aaron Shingler 17+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 23+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FL Wales James Davies 13+3 2 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 1 0 0 0 5 16+6 3 0 0 0 15 1 0
FL Wales Sion Bennett 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 2+2 1 0 0 0 5 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 2+4 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
FL Wales Will Boyde 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL/LK Wales Phil Day 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL Wales Josh Middleton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK South Africa Johan Snyman 15 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
LK Wales Jake Ball 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
LK Wales Richard Kelly 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK South Africa George Earle 8+8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0 13+10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
LK/FL Wales Lewis Rawlins 10+3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 12+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Wales Shaun Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Wales Roy Osborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Wales Ellis Lloyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Ken Owens 10 2 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 10 1 0
HK Wales Emyr Phillips 5+5 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9+5 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
HK Wales Darran Harris 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Kirby Myhill 5+3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 6+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Ryan Elias 2+7 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5+8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Torin Myhill 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Rhodri Jones 4+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 4+7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Phil John 10+7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 12+10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PR Wales Rob Evans 12+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 5 18+5 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
PR Wales Peter Edwards 12+5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Samson Lee 5+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR South Africa Jacobie Adriaanse 1+10 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Wyn Jones 0+7 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 1+11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Ben Leung 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Rhys Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Javan Sebastian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stats accurate as of match played 16 May 2015

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Centre magician Regan King returns to rugby in West Wales". Scarlets. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Scarlets confirm signing of young Blues winger". Scarlets. 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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  4. ^ "Scarlets strengthen pack with young number 8". Scarlets. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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  9. ^ "Wales back-row Josh Turnbull joins Cardiff Blues from Scarlets". BBC Sport. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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