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.

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.

WALES coach Warren Gatland looks set to change a winning team when his Twickenham heroes continue their quest for the RBS 6 Nations title against Scotland in Cardiff next Saturday.

Munster 22 Llanelli 13

Wales have suffered a double injury blow ahead of next Saturday’s clash against world champions South Africa at the Millennium Stadium.

THE Welsh Rugby Union acted swiftly and decisively to sack head coach Gareth Jenkins less than 24 hours after Wales crashed out of the World Cup after defeat to Fiji.

Wales 72 Japan 18

GARETH JENKINS admitted Wales were taught a lesson in finishing by France as they signed off ahead of the World Cup with a 34-7 defeat at the Millennium Stadium.

ARGENTINA prop Rodrigo Roncero played down the importance of his side’s 27-20 defeat to Wales on Saturday.

JAMES HOOK grabbed all 19 points as the Ospreys maintained their Magners League title hopes and all but ended those of the Scarlets.

HEINEKEN CUP hero Andy Goode has revealed a secret of treble-chasing Leicester’s success – fighting in training.

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.

JAMES HOOK put in a man-of-the-match performance as Wales completed a 27-18 victory over England at the Millennium Stadium and then admitted: “I could only have dreamt it would go that well.”

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 were looking to upset the form book in their RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with France tonight.

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

Wales 9 Ireland 12

Perfect conditions greeted RBS 6 Nations favourites Ireland as they launched they title challenge with a tricky opener at the Millennium Stadium.

Llanelli Scarlets 20 London Irish 16

Ulster 11 Llanelli 35

ULSTER continue their search for the form that will take them to the knock-out stages of Europe after going down to a tense 21-15 defeat at Llanelli last night.

ULSTER’S stand-in captain and resident hard man Justin Harrison wants the same performance from his players against Llanelli at Stradey Park tonight that they produced in humiliating Toulouse last week.

LLANELLI survived a rousing second-half fightback from London Irish to open their Heineken Cup campaign with a maximum five-point haul at the Madejski Stadium.

Glasgow Warriors 17 Llanelli Scarlets 10

Llanelli Scarlets 18 Munster 6

Leinster 30 Scarlets 22

Leinster 30 Llanelli Scarlets 22

Wales have dropped flanker Colin Charvis for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship clash against title favourites France in Cardiff.

England 47 Wales 13

Scarlets 32 Cardiff 13

Llanelli back row Alix Popham has been named as Wales’ replacement for Ryan Jones in tomorrow's clash with Canada in Toronto.

Wales captain Colin Charvis spoke of his concern for team-mate Alix Popham after he was stretchered off the field during Wales’ 53-18 loss to the South Africa at Loftus Versfeld.

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