Scarlets deny Toulon bonus point

Champions Cup: Toulon were made to battle hard by Scarlets before starting their Champions Cup defence with a 28-18 victory at Stade Felix Mayol.

Tries from Matt Giteau, Maxime Mermoz and Steffon Armitage – whose hopes of a move to Bath fell through this week – gave Toulon a 12th successive win in Europe but they were denied a bonus point by a stubborn Scarlets display.

Two yellow cards for Rory Pitman and Emyr Phillips cost the visitors the chance of a losing bonus point but Toulon failed to punish the Welsh region with a poor display by their high standards.

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