Connacht beat Scarlets 23-24 in URC third round
‘I’m not sure we would have won that game this time last year’: Wilkins happy with Connacht’s hard-fought win over ScarletsThey made hard work of it, but to register an important away win over the Welsh outfit Scarlets in Llanelli on Saturday evening was a rare feat.
‘I’m not sure we would have won that game this time last year’: Wilkins happy with Connacht’s hard-fought win over ScarletsListen | 24:05 “I think that’s the stage where you begin to think it’s obviously too close for comfort on the scoreboard, have we got it in us to show another gear and find a way? And I think in fairness to the team, the fact that they did that demonstrates the progress because I’m not sure we would have won that game this time last year.”
It was a hard-earned victory for the visitors who had taken an early stranglehold on the game, and although spurning two opportunities to score an opening try, they had all the momentum. Momentum, however, switched after Bundee Aki was yellow carded for a high tackle, and Scarlets capitalised when Gareth Davies’ found a defensive gap to claw the score back to seven – Sam Costelow adding the conversion after 22 minutes.
Having forced a Connacht knock-on just metres shy of the try line, Scarlets wrested possession, and three successive penalties put them 23-21 in front with the clock ticking.
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