Steff Evans hoping for place in final

Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac is hoping “common sense will prevail” to allow Steff Evans to face Munster in Saturday’s Guinness PRO12 final at the Aviva Stadium.

Evans was shown a red card for a dangerous tackle on Leinster centre Garry Ringrose just before half-time in last weekend’s semi-final triumph in Dublin and will miss the return to the Irish capital unless the Scarlets can mount a good enough defence at his disciplinary hearing tomorrow morning.

With skipper and British & Irish Lions hooker Ken Owens and lock Jake Ball both ruled out of the final against Munster due to ankle and shoulder injuries, respectively, Pivac is hoping he won’t lose another key player, as his side aims for a first piece of silverware since 2004.