We must raise our game, says Easterby

LLANELLI SCARLETS have marched imperiously on Europe this season – but captain Simon Easterby believes they will need to “raise the bar” in today’s semi-final showdown against Leicester at the Walkers Stadium.

The Scarlets are one win away from reaching their first Heineken Cup final, a feat no Welsh team have achieved since Cardiff finished as runners-up in the inaugural competition 11 years ago.

Martin Corry and his treble-chasing Tigers stand between Llanelli and a place at Twickenham on May 20, having warmed up by lifting the EDF Energy Cup last weekend.