Pivac determined to exorcise demons of Euro defeat to Leinster

Once bitten... Wayne Pivac has suffered at the hands of Leinster one time too many in a major knockout game at the Aviva Stadium and the Scarlets boss is determined to avoid a repeat in tomorrow’s Guinness PRO14 final.

The league’s defending champions return to Dublin a little over a month after being blown away by Leo Cullen’s side in a one-sided Champions Cup semi-final.

Scarlets lost 38-16 at the Aviva on April 21 and head coach Pivac, who had enjoyed his finest hour in the same stadium 11 months earlier when the Welsh region swept Munster away in the PRO12 final, bitterly regrets that his side had been on the wrong end of similar treatment without landing a punch of their own.