The Emirates Lions hosted the Scarlets on Sunday afternoon and lost 32-19 in around 17 fixtures in the United Rugby Championship.
A cagey start by both teams, however, the Scarlets, helped by the ill-discipline from the Lions, scored the first points with a try by Blair Murray who cut the defence of the Lions in two to lead 07-00 after the conversion by Sam Costelow.
Fifteen minutes later, it was once again Blair Murray who ended a brilliant fifteen-man attack with a try next to the uprights, Sam Costelow added the extra two to extend the Scarlets' lead to 14-00.
The Lions launched wave after wave of attacks, and eventually it was Nico Steyn who forced his way over the tryline. Wolhuter converted to cut the Scarlets' lead to 14-07 and six minutes to play in the first half.
Sam Costelow converted a drop-goal with time up to extend the Scarlets' lead to 17-07.
Despite the Scarlets scoring an early try after just four minutes had been played in the second half, the Lions started like a house on fire and David Kriel scored twice in the first twenty minutes of the second half to trail 22-19.
The rest of the half was an arm wrestle with several mistakes made by both teams, however, a converted try by Johnny Williams and a converted penalty by Sam Costelow secured the Scarlets' a 32-19 win.
Scorers:
Emirates Lions: Try: Nico Steyn, David Kriel (2). Conversion: Kade Wolhuter, Lubabalo Dobela.
Scarlets: Tries: Blair Murray (2), Taine Plumtree, Johnny Williams. Conversions: Sam Costelow (2). Drop Goal: Sam Costelow. Penalty: Sam Costelow.
Teams:
Emirates Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Rynhardt Jonker, 12 Bronson Mills, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Nico Steyn, 8 Jarod Cairns, 7 Renzo du Plessis, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Ruan Venter, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Jaco Visagie (c), 1 Morgan Naude. Replacements: 16 PJ Botha, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Darrien Landsberg, 20 Sibabalo Qoma, 21 Layton Horn, 22 Lubabalo Dobela, 23 Kelly Mpeku.
Scarlets: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Alec Hepburn. Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Kemsley Mathias, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Dan Davis, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Macs Page.