Magners League Preview Scarlets v Cardiff Blues, Llanelli Fri 06 at 18:05 GMT, 19:05 local

May 06, 2011

Cardiff Blues have never beaten Scarlets in Llanelli in the Magners League.

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Scarlets' only win in their last seven games in all competitions was 25-8 at home to Ulster in the Magners League on 5 March. Scarlets have a won one, lost two record against fellow Welsh regions at Parc y Scarlets this season.

Cardiff Blues have won their last three matches in all competitions, and even more impressively have also won their last five away encounters.

The two teams have already met twice this season with the Blues victorious on both occasions: 19-15 at Cardiff City Stadium in the Magners League and 38-23 at Parc y Scarlets in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

The teams:

Scarlets: 15 Morgan Stoddart, 14 George North, 13 Regan King, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Tavis Knoyle, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Johnathan Edwards, 6 Rob McCusker, 5 Dominic Day, 4 Lou Reed, 3 Rhys Thomas, 2 Matthew Rees (c), 1 Iestyn Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Emyr Phillips, 17 Phil John, 18 Peter Edwards, 19 David Lyons, 20 Richie Pugh, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Rhys Priestland, Lee Williams.

Cardiff Blues:15 Dan Fish, 14 Jamie Roberts, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Chris Czekaj, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Xavier Rush, 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Sam Warburton, 5 Paul Tito (c), 4 Michael Paterson, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Williams, 17 Tom Davies, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Deiniol Jones, 20 Ma'ama Molitika, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Harry Robinson.

Date: Friday, May 6
Venue: Parc y Scarlets
Kick-off: 19:05 BST
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
Live on S4/C and Setanta Sports