Hard-earned victory for the visitors by a single point against spirited Welsh opposition
made hard work of it, but in the end they maintained their strong start to the season to register an important away win over Welsh outfit Scarlets in Llanelli last evening.
Although Finlay Bealham was held up over the line, within minutes they grabbed their first try when profiting from a Scarlets’ mistake. The home side, in attempting to clear their lines, lost possession and the quick-thinking Piers O’Connor touched down to open the visitors’ home account. The momentum, however, switched after Bundee Aki was yellow carded for a high tackle, and the Scarlets capitalised with their opening try to Gareth Davies. From a penalty to touch, they put the ball through the hands, and eventually the scrumhalf found a defensive gap to claw the score back to seven – Sam Costelow adding the conversion after 22 minutes.
The momentum continued to swing in the home side’s favour, but Connacht’s defensive work proved vital, keeping the home side out minutes before the break. And from deep inside their own half, Connacht then produced a try before the break. Winning a defensive lineout, it was then Aki who supplied the perfect pass to Conor Oliver who delivered a barnstorming run down field. In support was Paul Boyle who offloaded to Murphy to grab his third try of the season.
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