Aled Davies says Scarlets showing their tougher edge this season

The Scarlets have rarely made life easy for themselves this season so it feels fitting that their quest to reach the Guinness PRO12 play-offs should come down to a final-day showdown at Thomond Park.

Few were mentioning Wayne Pivac’s men as potential title winners when the season kicked off back in September, yet it took until just last month for them to be shifted from the top four.

Along the way there have been international absentees, lengthy lists of injuries, a debilitating norovirus and bloody training ground clashes, yet the men from west Wales have bravely hung in there.