Scarlets 25 Munster 22: Anthony Foley may find himself scratching his head over this one for some time to come after Munster gave up a 10-point lead to lose a game they did not trail in until the final second.

Scarlets 23, Leinster 13: Matt O’Connor is adamant this defeat in west Wales has not done major damage to Leinster’s Guinness Pro12 title aspirations.

Scarlets boosted their European Champions Cup qualification ambitions by seeing off Leinster 23-13 in a rousing Guinness Pro12 clash at Parc y Scarlets.

Guinness Pro12

Scarlets sealed a crucial bonus point win as they attempt to seal an all-important top six place in the Guinness Pro12 table.

Connacht took the spoils in a bruising Guinness PRO12 mid-table tussle at the Sportsground, as they defeated the Scarlets for the first time since September 2011.

GUINNESS PRO12:

Clermont Auvergne are not a side to meet from September to March, but their late season form and inability to close the deal means coach Vern Cotter will depart the club in the summer to mixed reviews, by Bernard Jackman.

Clermont 16 Munster 10

As May beckons Munster and Leinster prepare for a French test. At the end of contrasting seasons, and facing a different calibre of opponent, the Red Army travel in hope, the blues wait in expectation.

Clermont Auvergne 46 Exeter 3

Joe Schmidt has all but accepted the shift of power from Ireland to France after back-to-back Heineken Cup defeats by Clermont Auvergne.

Heady days for Leinster. Less than 24 hours after their Heineken Cup semi-final heroics in France the European champions announced that 18 players had inked new deals with the province.

Bridesmaid. It’s a word that seems to provoke equal amounts of fear and loathing from members of the opposite sex, much to the incomprehension of men everywhere.

THIS was meant to be the game that topped the bill this weekend: a revitalised Ulster side against one of the French powerhouses with both sides gunning for the win required to take them through to the next round and leave the other scratching for a slot in the Amlin Challenge.

Leicester 23 Clermont Auvergne 19

TO borrow from the brewery giant’s oft-quoted advertising slogan, if the Heineken Cup refreshes places that others can’t reach, then the French could do with a couple of brews at the moment.

Scarlets 38 Cardiff Blues 23

ULSTER temporarily moved second in the Magners League with a gritty but unconvincing victory over the Scarlets at Ravenhill.

Leinster 26 Scarlets 15

CONNACHT received a much needed boost with this victory on Saturday night, their first Magners League win since mid-September.

Connacht 17 Scarlets 13

Scarlets 21 Newport Gwent Dragons 15

Scarlets 35 Benetton Treviso 27

LEINSTER stopped the Scarlets from going to the top of the Magners League as they staged an amazing fight-back in the final 10 minutes.

FROM hunters to the hunted, Munster’s young giant-killers know precisely the mindset Llanelli’s Scarlets will bring to their top of the table Magners League clash at Musgrave Park tomorrow (5.35 pm).

Munster coach Tony McGahan has made two changes to the side that defeated Australia during the week ahead of Sunday’s Magners League clash with the Scarlets at Musgrave Park (kick-off 5.35pm).

THE Scarlets ended Cardiff Blues’ unbeaten home six-match run in a gritty, stop-start Welsh Magners League derby at Cardiff City Stadium last night.

Leicester 46 Scarlets 10

Scarlets 18 Ospreys 21

Scarlets 35 Connacht 33

CONNACHT head coach Eric Elwood is expecting the Scarlets to be smarting tomorrow after an opening-day Magners League loss against Benetton Treviso last weekend.

CONNACHT are set to be with-out Ray Ofisa for their mam-moth Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final against Toulon on Friday.

Scarlets 58 Connacht 10

Connacht coach Michael Bradley will give Ireland U20s Tiernan O’Halloran and Eoin Griffin a chance to show what they can do in the Magner’s League against The Scarlets in Wales on Sunday.

Toulon 38 Scarlets 12

The Scarlets welcome back Welsh internationals Ken Owens and Jonathan Davies for their Magner’s League clash with Munster at Musgrave Park on Thursday evening.

Wales internationals Ken Owens and Jonathan Davies will start for The Scarlets at home to Ulster in the Magners League at Parc y Scarlets tomorrow evening.

Leinster 27 Scarlets 14

SHANE JENNINGS will captain a Leinster side that is boosted by the inclusion of the four other Ireland internationals in the pack for tonight’s Magners League encounter with the Scarlets at the RDS (6.30pm).

Wales internationals Martin Roberts, Jonathan Davies and Ken Owens have been released for their key Magners League match against Leinster at the RDS on Saturday.

LIFEIMI MAFI relegated to make way for a centre alignment of Jean de Villiers and Keith Earls while David Wallace switches to number eight… those are the major talking points in the Munster team to play the Llanelli Scarlets at Musgrave Park tomorrow.

FINGERS are still firmly crossed that the current cold spell will not prevent Sunday’s Magners League game between Munster and Llanelli Scarlets at Musgrave Park from taking place.