Scarlets Are Prepared For The South African “Bullies”

 

The Scarlets meet the in-form Sharks at the Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on Friday evening @ 19h10. The Scarlets arrived in Durban on Monday and is said to be excited to face the Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Bulls in South Africa.

The Scarlets have won four from nine URC games and are on 22 URC log points, one point behind eleventh placed Vodacom Bulls.

The Scarlets had a great second-half comeback against Glasgow to claim a 35-10 win on 02 March 2022 in their last URC fixture before travelling to South Africa. The win over Glasgow ended Glasgow's five-game winning run.

Scarlets head coach Dwayne Peel is relishing the opportunity to take on a side stacked with Springbok internationals.

“We have an opportunity to go up against a class side in a world-renowned stadium, it is great for our boys,” said head coach Dwayne Peel.

“We have got some young guys travelling, the likes of Joe Roberts, so for people like him to go up against world-renowned stars is great. I am looking forward to it."

"Look, the task and magnitude of the games is huge, there are some big units in both the Sharks and Bulls sides. We have prepped well and are looking forward to it and also looking forward to spending some time together on tour.”