2015–16 Scarlets season
2015–16 season | |||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
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Chief executive | ![]() | ||
Chairman | ![]() | ||
Pro12 | 5th | ||
European Champions Cup | Pool stage, 4th | ||
Top try scorer | League: D. T. H. van der Merwe (7) All: D. T. H. van der Merwe (8) | ||
Top points scorer | League: Aled Thomas (114) All: Aled Thomas (132) | ||
Highest home attendance | 14,562 v Ospreys (26 December 2015) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 5,504 v Zebre (29 November 2015) | ||
Average home attendance | 7,290 | ||
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The 2015–16 season was the 13th season in the history of the Scarlets, a Welsh rugby union regional side based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. In this season, they competed in the Pro 12 and the European Champions Cup. It was head coach Wayne Pivac's second season in charge of the region, and Stephen Jones' first season as backs coach after joining from Wasps. In addition to this, Ioan Cunningham was promoted to forwards coach after being part of Llanelli RFC and the Scarlets academy coaching team.
Pre-season and friendlies
Despite being a home game, the friendly against Bedford was played at Llandovery RFC's Church Bank instead of at Parc y Scarlets.
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
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15 August 2015 | Jersey | A | 40–27 | Tries: Price 27' c, J. Davies 33' m, A. Davies 38' c, Boyde 44' c, R. Williams 58' c, Nicholas 68' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 29', 39', D. Jones (3) 45', 59', 69' | 1,477 |
21 August 2015 | Newport Gwent Dragons | A | 29–20 | Tries: Owen 40' m, T. Williams 58' c, 74' c, D. Jones 72' c Conversions: S. Shingler 59', D. Jones (2) 73', 74' Penalty: S. Shingler 61' | 4,154 |
29 August 2015 | Bedford Blues | H | 13–27 | Try: T. Williams 36' c Conversion: S. Shingler 37' Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 4', 27' | 713 |
Pro 12
Fixtures
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Table position |
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5 September 2015 | Glasgow Warriors | A | 16–10 | Tries: A. Shingler 5' m, Parkes 21' m Penalties: D. Jones (2) 29', 55' | 6,562 | 4th |
12 September 2015 | Ulster | H | 22–12 | Try: Parkes 45' c Conversion: D. Jones 46' Penalties: D. Jones (4) 2', 18', 24', 62' Thomas 80' | 6,061 | 1st |
4 October 2015 | Zebre | A | 20–8 | Try: J. Davies 43' m Penalties: D. Jones (3) 26', 33', 47', S. Shingler (2) 64', 67' | 2,000 | 1st |
16 October 2015 | Leinster | H | 25–14 | Tries: J. Davies 8' m, Van der Merwe (2) 32' c, 52' c Conversions: S. Shingler (2) 34', 53' Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 3', 61' | 7,013 | 1st |
23 October 2015 | Munster | H | 25–22 | Tries: Van der Merwe 41' m, T. Williams 53' m Penalties: S. Shingler (5) 27', 40+1', 60', 77', 80+2' | 6,466 | 1st |
30 October 2015 | Newport Gwent Dragons | H | 25–15 | Tries: J. Davies (2) 9' c, 65' m, John (2) 18' m, 58' m Conversion: Thomas 10' Penalties: Thomas 48' | 6,952 | 1st |
6 November 2015 | Leinster | A | 15–19 | Tries: Parkes 3' c, Owen 24' m Conversion: D. Jones 4' Penalty: D. Jones 33' | 14,743 | 2nd |
29 November 2015 | Zebre | H | 20–12 | Tries: Parkes 8' c, A. Davies 12' c Conversions Thomas (2) 9', 13' Penalty: Thomas 22' | 5,504 | 2nd |
5 December 2015 | Treviso | A | 22–20 | Tries: Allen (2) 12' c, 52' c, Van der Merwe 27' m Conversions: Thomas 13', 53' Penalty: S. Shingler 77' | 4,500 | 1st |
26 December 2015 | Ospreys | H | 26–27 | Tries: Barclay 11' c, A. Davies 35' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 12', 36' Penalties: Thomas (4) 18', 24', 43', 52' | 14,568 | 1st |
1 January 2016 | Cardiff Blues | A | 27–29 | Tries: Owens 6' c, Van der Merwe 11' c, G. Davies 65' c Conversions: Thomas (3) 7', 12', 67' Penalties: Thomas (2) 17', 27' | 11,720 | 1st |
10 January 2016 | Connacht | H | 21–19 | Tries: S. Evans 46' c, Collins 62' m Conversion: Thomas 47' Penalties: Thomas (2) 37', 44', S. Shingler 80' | 5,888 | 1st |
30 January 2016 | Connacht | A | 17–30 | Tries: Van der Merwe 44' c, Owen 73' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 45', 74' Penalty: Thomas 43' | 5,292 | 1st |
12 February 2016 | Edinburgh | H | 22–21 | Try: Allen 6' c Conversion: S. Shingler 7' Penalties: S. Shingler 18', Thomas (4) 25', 47', 54', 77' | 5,569 | 4th |
21 February 2016 | Ulster | A | 21–20 | Tries: Collins (2) 4' m, 23' c Conversions: Thomas 24' Penalties: Thomas (3) 14', 46', 49' | 15,201 | 3rd |
28 February 2016 | Edinburgh | A | 23–24 | Tries: Parkes 15' m, J. Davies 26' m, S. Evans 35' c Conversion: Thomas 36' Penalties: Thomas (2) 7', 14' | 3,618 | 3rd |
4 March 2016 | Treviso | H | 24–15 | Tries: S. Evans (2) 14' c, 72' c, J. Davies 20' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 15', 20', D. Jones 73' Penalty: D. Jones 68' | 5,237 | 3rd |
26 March 2016 | Ospreys | A | 25–16 | Try: Van der Merwe 30' c Conversion: D. Jones 31' Penalties: D. Jones (2) 7', 37', Thomas (4) 64', 68', 76', 80+1' | 12,051 | 3rd |
2 April 2016 | Cardiff Blues | H | 22–28 | Try: Barclay 70' c Conversion: Thomas 71' Penalties: D. Jones (4) 14', 17', 29' 47', Thomas 55' | 9,546 | 3rd |
16 April 2016 | Glasgow Warriors | H | 10–46 | Try: L. Williams 30' c Conversion: S. Shingler 31' Penalty: S. Shingler 2' | 8,165 | 5th |
30 April 2016 | Newport Gwent Dragons | N | 34–20 | Tries: S. Williams 8' c, S. Shingler 13' c, S. Evans 45' c, G. Davies 75' c Conversions: S. Shingler (4) 10', 13', 46', 76' Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 24', 29' | 68,262 | 5th |
7 May 2016 | Munster | A | 15–31 | Penalties: S. Shingler (5) 9', 21', 28', 37', 64' | 5th |
Table
Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | PD | BP | Pts |
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4 | ![]() | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 488 | 307 | +181 | 13 | 69 |
5 | ![]() | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 477 | 458 | +19 | 7 | 63 |
6 | ![]() | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 459 | 417 | +42 | 11 | 63 |
European Champions Cup
Fixtures
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Pool position |
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14 November 2015 | Northampton Saints | A | 11–15 | Try: G. Davies 51' m Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 15', 38' | 14,512 | 2nd |
21 November 2015 | Racing 92 | H | 12–29 | Tries: A. Thomas 57' m, Rawlins 66' c Conversion: A. Thomas 66' | 8,512 | 3rd |
12 December 2015 | Glasgow Warriors | A | 6–43 | Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 11', 46' | 6,576 | 4th |
19 December 2015 | Glasgow Warriors | H | 6–9 | Penalties: A. Thomas (2) 54', 67' | 5,767 | 4th |
17 January 2016 | Racing 92 | A | 14–64 | Tries: Van der Merwe 41' c, G. Davies 50' c Conversions: S. Shingler 42', 51' | 6,931 | 4th |
23 January 2016 | Northampton Saints | H | 10–22 | Try: R. Jones 79' c Conversion: Thomas 80' Penalty: Thomas 27' | 6,823 | 4th |
Table
Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | PD | BP | Pts |
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![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 70 | +104 | 4 | 22 |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 18 | +1 | 2 | 14 |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 182 | −123 | 2 | 2 |
Statistics
(+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance)
Pos. | Name | Pro 12 | European Champions Cup | Total | Discipline | ||||||||||||||||
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Apps | Try | Con | Pen | Drop | Pts | Apps | Try | Con | Pen | Drop | Pts | Apps | Try | Con | Pen | Drop | Pts | ![]() | ![]() | ||
FB/WG | ![]() | 14+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
FB/WG | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
FB | ![]() | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WG/FB | ![]() | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
WG | ![]() | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WG | ![]() | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
WG | ![]() | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CE/WG | ![]() | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
CE/FB | ![]() | 15+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
CE | ![]() | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CE/FB | ![]() | 10+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
CE | ![]() | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CE | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
FH | ![]() | 6+3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
FH/FB | ![]() | 13+9 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 114 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 16+10 | 1 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 132 | 1 | 0 |
FH | ![]() | 7+6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11+8 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
FH | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SH | ![]() | 12+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
SH | ![]() | 5+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SH | ![]() | 5+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
SH | ![]() | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N8 | ![]() | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N8 | ![]() | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N8 | ![]() | 10+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
FL/N8 | ![]() | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
FL | ![]() | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
FL | ![]() | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
FL | ![]() | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FL | ![]() | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LK/FL | ![]() | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
LK | ![]() | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
LK | ![]() | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
LK | ![]() | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
LK | ![]() | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
LK | ![]() | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LK | ![]() | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HK | ![]() | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
HK | ![]() | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HK | ![]() | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HK | ![]() | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
PR | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stats accurate as of match played 7 May 2016
Transfers
In
Date confirmed | Pos. | Name | From |
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19 February 2015[1] | WG | ![]() | ![]() |
9 March 2015[2] | FH | ![]() | ![]() |
25 March 2015[3] | PR | ![]() | ![]() |
31 March 2015[4] | LK | ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
20 April 2015[5] | PR | ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
29 April 2015[6] | N8 | ![]() | ![]() |
4 May 2015[7] | N8 | ![]() | ![]() |
20 July 2015[8] | FB/WG | ![]() | ![]() |
11 October 2015[9] | LK | ![]() | ![]() |
26 October 2015[10] | CE/FB | ![]() | ![]() |
3 February 2016[11] | LK | ![]() | ![]() |
Out
Date confirmed | Pos. | Name | To |
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6 January 2015[12] | FH | ![]() | ![]() |
19 April 2015[13] | HK | ![]() | ![]() |
9 May 2015[14] | LK | ![]() | ![]() |
WG | ![]() | ![]() | |
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PR | ![]() | ![]() | |
FL | ![]() | ![]() | |
12 May 2015[15] | PR | ![]() | ![]() |
18 May 2015[16] | CE | ![]() | ![]() |
14 July 2015[17] | FL | ![]() | ![]() |
2 September 2015[18] | LK | ![]() | Retired |
23 September 2015[19] | FL/N8 | ![]() | ![]() |
29 March 2016[20] | N8 | ![]() | Released |
References
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