Summary

  • Scarlets hang on for first win of the season as they beat Welsh rivals Cardiff in the United Rugby Championship

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  • Cardiff won 24-15 at Scarlets last month

  • Cardiff suffer successive home defeats after losing to Glasgow last week

  • Scarlets have now won six of the last eight meetings with Cardiff

  • Cardiff's Harri Millard scores game's opening try before Gareth Davies replies

  • Harri Millard's second try puts Cardiff ahead just before half-time

  • Gareth Davies restores Scarlets' lead with second try after the break

  • Johnny Williams try extends Scarlets' advantage

  • Cardiff respond with penalty try as Tom Rogers and Josh Macleod are sin-binned, but Scarlets hold on

Live Reporting

Matt Lloyd

  1. No try

    Cardiff 19-25 Scarlets

    No he didn't. Blair Murray just does enough to get the Cardiff wing out at the corner flag.

    Scarlets still ahead by six points.

  2. Try review

    Did Gabriel Hamer-Webb just pull off a stunning finish?

  3. Your call

    Cardiff 19-25 Scarlets

    What do you think?

    That offence is now a triple punishment with a try, a conversion and a yellow card.

    Too harsh?

  4. Cardiff 19-25 Scarlets

    Scarlets were reduced to 13 men against Cardiff a fortnight ago... and it's happened again!

    However this time they have a lead to hold on to.

    The clock is their enemy right now.

  5. Cardiff 19-25 Scarlets

    Ian Gough
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    Cardiff were way over the line, a melee of bodies and I'm not exactly sure what happened.

    This really opens the game up with Scarlets down to 13. It's boots and saddles, where stories are made, with a six-point lead and down to 13 men.

  6. Sin-bin: Josh Macleod (Scarlets)

    Cardiff 19-25 Scarlets

    Scarlets lose their skipper for the next 10 minutes for that penalty try.

    Can they hang on with 13 players?

    Can Cardiff pull off another comeback?

  7. try

    Penalty try: Cardiff 19-25 Scarlets

    Penalty try

    Scarlets concede a penalty tryHuw Evans Picture Agency

    And it's worked within seconds!

    Driving lineout and Scarlets are penalised for pulling it down as Cardiff trudged their way to the line.

  8. Replacements: Cardiff

    Cardiff 12-25 Scarlets

    James Botham, Mackenzie Martin and Aled Davies are all on for Cardiff as Matt Sherratt looks to his bench to dig his team out of this hole.

  9. Sin-bin: Tom Rogers (Scarlets)

    Cardiff 12-25 Scarlets

    The Scarlets wing gets his marching orders after deliberately blocking a potential scoring pass by Alun Lawrence.

    The Cardiff forward was through and looking for the support.

    Rogers didn't even stop to look to see if he was getting a card.

  10. Cardiff 12-25 Scarlets

    Ian Gough
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    Taine Plumtree had his rulebook in his hand when he ran around the side there and the referee was on point.

    It's a big moment. There's big moments when you get wins away from home and Scarlets are starting to get these big turnovers which are piling the pressure on Cardiff.

  11. Cardiff 12-25 Scarlets

    That try all started with that huge turnover by Taine Plumtree.

    I'm not convinced he's an eight but he is surely due a Wales start this autumn.

  12. Cardiff 12-25 Scarlets

    Ian Gough
    Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

    That was lovely slight of hand. A no-look flat pass from Eddie James on the gainline.

    Johnny Williams still had a lot to do with two men to beat.

    That pass certainly was...very flat.

  13. try

    Converted try: Cardiff 12-25 Scarlets

    Johnny Williams try, Ioan Lloyd con

    Johnny Williams scores a tryHuw Evans Picture Agency

    Scarlets centres Eddie James and Johnny Williams combine to score.

    It is so simple. James just draws in defenders and then produces the off-load to Williams, who rounds Millard to score between the posts.

    Scarlets open up daylight on the scoreboard.

  14. Cardiff 12-18 Scarlets

    Taine Plumtree is so switched on there.

    The referee tells Ellis Bevan to use the ball at the back of a scrum so Plumtree pounces on the scrum-half and nicks possession.

    Smart play!

  15. Replacements: Scarlets

    Cardiff 12-18 Scarlets

    Front row changes for Scarlets as Ryan Elias and Alec Hepburn come on.

  16. Cardiff 12-18 Scarlets

    Ha... the TMO comes to Lloyd's assistance and tells referee Craig Evans that the Scarlets fly-half DID keep his feet in play.

    So Scarlets are offered a scrum at the spot of the catch.

    Red face for the touch judge!

  17. Cardiff 12-18 Scarlets

    Wow, that is a monster of a clearance by Cam Winnett.

    Ioan Lloyd thought he had kept it in but gives the touch judge a searching look as the flag goes up.

    Cardiff move 60 metres up field.

  18. Missed penalty

    Cardiff 12-18 Scarlets

    And replacement Litterick has given away a penalty just seconds after coming on.

    Lucky for him that Lloyd misses the posts after Macleod is forced to stop the ball wobbling on the tee.

  19. Replacement: Cardiff

    Cardiff 12-18 Scarlets

    Rhys Litterick replaces Kieron Assiratti in the Cardiff front-row.

  20. Cardiff 12-18 Scarlets

    Dan Evans
    Former Wales, Ospreys, Scarlets and Dragons fullback on Radio Cymru

    Scarlets' defence was superb there, Johnny Williams blitzing out and getting the player man and ball, Josh Macleod with a great turnover and Tom Rogers winning the ball.