Nathan Brew and Gavin Evans will form a new centre combination for Llanelli Scarlets against Munster in the penultimate Magners League game of the season at Stradey Park on Saturday.

LLANELLI Scarlets will field a new centre combination when they face Munster in the penultimate Magners League game of the season on Saturday.

Cardiff Blues 35 Llanelli Scarlets 26

Llanelli Scarlets 10 Leinster 24

LLANELLI Scarlets leapfrogged the Cardiff Blues into second place in the Magners League with a bonus-point victory following a hard-fought derby clash at Stradey Park last night.

Llanelli Scarlets 35 Cardiff Blues 17

SITTING in the bowels of the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes, Gareth Thomas’ voice cracked with raw emotion as he surveyed the smouldering wreckage of Wales’ World Cup campaign.

Llanelli Scarlets 30 Glasgow Warriors 7

CARDIFF BLUES winger Jamie Roberts will make his Wales debut in Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with Scotland after head coach Warren Gatland made three changes to the side that beat England last weekend.

Uncapped Cardiff Blues winger Jamie Roberts is the main beneficiary of Warren Gatland’s iron-rod regime after the Wales coach made three changes to the side that beat England last weekend.

WASPS head coach Shaun Edwards has been appointed Wales’ defence coach on a part-time basis until January 2010.

Wasps 40 Llanelli Scarlets 7

EUROPEAN champions Wasps will be without Josh Lewsey for their Heineken Cup match against Llanelli tomorrow in Munster’s Pool Five.

Connacht 20 Llanelli 18

THREE wins in a row and a one-point lead at the top of Pool Five of the Heineken Cup with four matches played.

Munster 22 Llanelli 13

JERRY FLANNERY isn’t one to run away from a challenge, but he felt like doing so at Stradey Park after 50 minutes of last week’s Heineken Cup clash with the Scarlets.

Anthony Foley will make a dramatic return to the Munster side for Saturday's round three Heineken Cup clash with Llanelli Scarlets at Stradey Park

Simon Easterby enters the Heineken Cup sharing a common bond with many of his Llanelli team-mates which spans international boundaries.

Wales 34 Fiji 38

Wales 34 Fiji 38

Wales captain Gareth Thomas will win his 100th cap in Saturday’s World Cup eliminator against Fiji after making a rapid return from injury.

Wales expect captain Gareth Thomas to be fit for the World Cup quarter-finals after a scan indicated his rib cartilage injury is not as bad as first feared.

Wales coach Gareth Jenkins today recalled Stephen Jones to start at fly-half in Saturday’s pivotal World Cup clash with Australia and passionately insisted: “He is the right man for the job”.

Wales head coach Gareth Jenkins has recalled experienced trio Stephen Jones, Gareth Thomas and Colin Charvis for Saturday’s pivotal World Cup clash with Australia in Cardiff.

WALES suffered a major injury blow yesterday when it was confirmed that number eight Ryan Jones had been ruled out of the World Cup.

Wales suffered a major injury blow this morning when it was confirmed number eight Ryan Jones had been ruled out of the World Cup.

IT WAS as if we were transported back in time.

Llanelli Scarlets 24 Munster 15

LLANELLI’S European Cup crusade has resonances with Munster’s, although it irks the west Wales region to be bracketed as the ‘nearly men’ of the competition — as Munster once were before their coronation last May.

WITH a cloud still hanging over the participation of the French clubs in next season’s Heineken Cup, the possibility remains that this year’s competition could be the last truly representative one for some time.

Wales international fly-half Stephen Jones has been passed fit to play for Llanelli Scarlets against Munster in the Heineken Cup quarter-final at Stradey Park on Friday evening.

ULSTER captain Justin Harrison wants his side to make history in Stradey Park this evening.

England face a France side gunning for the Grand Slam, after they followed up away victories over Italy and Ireland with a come-from-behind 32-21 win over Wales at the Stade de France on Saturday.

France 32 Wales 21

Wales head coach Gareth Jenkins has defended his decision not to select in-form loose forward Colin Charvis for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with France.

Wales left the Millennium Stadium harbouring twin frustrations after they slipped to a 19-9 defeat to RBS 6 Nations title favourites Ireland.

Wales are privately angered by the decision of the European Rugby Cup disciplinary panel to suspend Gareth Thomas for a month – and are ready to take that frustration out on Ireland tomorrow.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has warned his pack they must survive Wales’ softening-up process if they are to make a successful start to the RBS 6 Nations.

Wales head coach Gareth Jenkins believes axed centre Gavin Henson is struggling to cope with the pressures of his celebrity status.

Gareth Thomas has been named in the Wales side to play Ireland this weekend, pending the outcome of today’s disciplinary hearing.

Wales winger Mark Jones admits the selection of his Llanelli Scarlets captain Simon Easterby will make Ireland a fearsome prospect in Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations opener.

Wingers Mark Jones and Shane Williams must prove their fitness to Wales head coach Gareth Jenkins by this afternoon if they are to be considered for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland.

Llanelli 20 London Irish 16