Scarlets 19 Leinster 42

Scarlets 17 Treviso 41

Wales forward Rob McCusker insists the Scarlets can dump reigning champions Leinster out of Europe.

Ulster 47 Scarlets 17

The Ospreys completed a RaboDirect Pro12 double over rivals Scarlets with a comprehensive victory at the Liberty Stadium in a clash which saw the visitors have two players sent off late on.

Wales 12 Argentina 26

THERE was an inevitability, according to Leinster manager Guy Easterby, about how the European champions came out of the Heineken Cup pool draw this summer alongside Scarlets, whose new head coach is Simon Easterby.

Connacht have been forced to make a host of changes, including a new backrow, for today’s visit of the Scarlets to the Galway Sportsground.

Scarlets 45 Leinster 20

GAVIN HENSON could be in line for a first RBS 6 Nations appearance since 2009 after being included in head coach Warren Gatland’s 35-man training squad.

Gavin Henson could be in line for a first RBS 6 Nations appearance since 2009 after being included in head coach Warren Gatland's 35-man training squad.

NIGEL OWENS is once again embroiled in a social networking debate, after Ospreys boss Scott Johnson claimed it was “lunacy” that the international referee was allowed use Twitter.

Munster 19 Scarlets 13

Scarlets 10 Leinster 15

Wales flanker Dan Lydiate is battling around the clock to recover from injury and put himself back in World Cup contention.

Wales are set to reassess their injury situation after next Monday’s World Cup Pool D clash against Namibia in New Plymouth.

Munster 35 Scarlets 12

Connacht 13 Scarlets 11

Wales coach Warren Gatland has made two enforced changes for Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations finale against France in Paris.

Ronan O’Gara has been hailed as “a legend of the game” as he prepares to join an exclusive club in Test match rugby.

Jonathan Thomas has been passed fit to take his place on the Wales bench for tomorrow’s RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland in Cardiff.

Wales captain Matthew Rees has no doubts his team will need to prove they are far more than 20-minute wonders in tomorrow’s RBS 6 Nations appointment with Ireland.

Dan Lydiate admits there is no hiding place from the damaging number of penalties Wales have conceded in this season’s RBS 6 Nations Championship.

James Hook will make his second start at fly-half in this season’s RBS 6 Nations Championship when Wales face Ireland on Saturday.

JONATHAN SEXTON returns to the number 10 jersey at the RDS tonight for Leinster’s Magners League clash against fellow play-off contenders the Scarlets (7.35pm).

Connacht 17 Scarlets 13

SHANE WILLIAMS has declared himself fit and raring to go for his probable swansong year as an international rugby player. Ospreys star Williams is poised to win his 76th cap when Wales launch their RBS 6 Nations campaign against England in Cardiff on February 4.

SHAUN EDWARDS has vowed that Wales will “have a crack” at Australia in next Saturday’s autumn Test series opener at the Millennium Stadium.

Wales Captain Ryan Jones has urged his World Cup hopefuls to lay down a marker when they face the might of Australia, South Africa and New Zealand during their autumn Test campaign.

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.

Keven Mealamu is under no illusions that the Tri-Nations series will present far greater challenges for New Zealand than they have encountered against either Ireland or Wales so far this month.

Gavin Thomas’ exile from international rugby will end on Saturday after he was named in Wales’ starting line-up for the first Test against New Zealand in Dunedin.

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

Ospreys 27 Scarlets 19

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

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.

Scarlets 31 London Irish 22

SIMON EASTERBY has been ruled out of the remainder of the Scarlets’ Heineken Cup campaign.

Coach Nigel Davies has opted to bring in Rhys Priestland at full back for the Heineken Cup trip to Leinster tomorrow.