“It’s been a frustrating season, we’ve struggled in a lot of areas,” he admitted.

“As players our standards have dropped and our win ratio has been very poor. We’ve got the most losing points in the Magners League but that’s no good to anyone as we need to be winning those games. We’ve got to make sure we are in the game in the last quarter and go on to win.”

With the Welsh contingent unavailable due to a training week in Ireland, acting coach Paul Moriarty has name a fresh-faced side with teenage full-back Daniel Evans making an appearance alongside sevens specialist Johnathan Edwards.

“This is a great chance for the younger guys,” explained Moriarty. “Daniel Evans and Jonny Edwards have not had a look in for while. This is a great opportunity for the younger guys to come in and take the lead rather than wait for Simon [Easterby], Deacon [Manu] or Vern [Cooper] to take the lead. This game may not count for anything but we need some to go into the summer with something positive behind us.”

Scarlets:
Daniel Evans
Dafydd James
Matthew Watkins
Gavin Evans
Nathan Brew
Rhys Priestland
Liam Davies
Phil John
Mahonri Schwalger
Deacon Manu
Vernon Cooper
Scott MacLeod
Simon Easterby (capt)
Johnathan Edwards
James Bater

Subs: Iestyn Thomas, Ken Owens, Lou Reed, Nathan Thomas, Gavin Cattle, Ceiron Thomas, Darren Daniel