Saturday, 7 February 2009

Scarlets 40-24 Barbarians. 31 Jan. 2009

The Scarlets became the first Welsh region to play the Barbarians and both teams entertained the full ground to some open rugby. The home side took an early 21 points lead. Morgan Stoddart was once again showcasing his silky running skills scoring a smart solo effort from his own half. In my opinion Halfpenny is a better overall fullback. Stoddart dropped off a tackle in the second half to allow fullback Ben Blair to score a try. As the Six Nations was just round the corner the Barbarians fielded one of their weakest sides in recent years. Their stand out player was Ben Blair.


My man of the match: Jonathan Davies. The Scarlets centre was all over the place and had a fine game in attack and defence.

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