Scarlets keen to make amends

For a region with such a proud European history last season was a terrible humiliation for the Scarlets to bear.

Even in the midst of a campaign where they were genuine challengers for the Guinness PRO12 play-off places, suffering six defeats out of six in the Champions Cup was not a state of affairs their fanbase were prepared to accept.

In fairness to head coach Wayne Pivac and his men, there were no shortage of injury problems to deal with in the wake of the Rugby World Cup and they were hardly in the most accommodating of pools as Racing 92, Northampton and Glasgow wiped the floor with them.