2021–22 Scarlets season

Scarlets
2021–22 season
Head coachDwayne Peel
ChairmanSimon Muderack
United Rugby Championship10th
(Welsh Shield: 2nd)
European Rugby Champions CupPool stage, 12th
Top try scorerLeague: Johnny McNicholl (8)
All: Johnny McNicholl (9)
Top points scorerLeague: Sam Costelow (94)
All: Sam Costelow (94)
Highest home attendance7,824 v Lions, 1 October 2021
Lowest home attendance5,566 v Connacht, 19 February 2022
Average home attendance6,688
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 18th in the history of the Scarlets, a Welsh regional rugby union side based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. In this season, they competed in the inaugural United Rugby Championship[1] and the Champions Cup.[2] It was Dwayne Peel's first season as head coach of the region,[3] following the departure of his predecessor Glenn Delaney.[4]

Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
4 September 2021 Nottingham H 55–21 Tries: Baldwin 20' m, Conbeer (3) 30' c, 53' m, 75' c, Sh. Evans 38' c,
Costelow 49' c, A. Hughes (2) 60' m, 66'c, St. Evans 72' m
Conversions: D. Jones (5) 31', 39', 49', 67', 76'
9 September 2021 Leicester Tigers A 29–24 Tries: Rogers 5' m, St. Evans 52' c, S. Hughes 57' c, Conbeer 70' c
Conversions: D. Jones (3) 53', 57', 71'
Penalty: Costelow 32'

United Rugby Championship

Main article: 2021–22 United Rugby Championship

Fixtures

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Table
position
25 September 2021 Edinburgh A 22–26 Tries: St. Evans 11' m, Hardy 50' c, McNicholl 65' c
Conversions: D. Jones 51', Costelow 66'
Penalty: D. Jones 37' 		5,530 11th
1 October 2021 Lions H 36–13 Tries: R. Evans 4' c, Rogers (2) 18' c, 69' m, St. Evans 78' m
Conversions: Costelow (2) 5', 19'
Penalties: Costelow (4) 28', 38', 62', 66' 		7,824 8th
10 October 2021 Munster H 13–43 Try: McNicholl 28' c
Conversion: Costelow 29'
Penalties: Costelow (2) 16', 33' 		6,336 11th
16 October 2021 Leinster A 15–50 Tries: McNicholl 17' m, Lezana 48' c
Conversion: D. Jones 49'
Penalty: Costelow 1' 		14,055 11th
22 October 2021 Benetton H 34–28 Tries: R. Evans 16' c, Blacker (2) 18' c, 64' c M. Jones 54' c
Conversions: D. Jones (4) 17', 19', 55', 64'
Penalties: D. Jones 49', Costelow 70' 		6,074 10th
1 January 2022 Ospreys H 22–19 Tries: G. Davies 9' c, St. Evans 52' m, McNicholl 65' m, 77' m
Conversion: D. Jones 10' 		0 9th
28 January 2022 Ulster A 15–27 Tries: Lee 28' c, Mathias 61' m
Conversion: D. Jones 29'
Penalty: D. Jones 9' 		11,275 11th
19 February 2022 Connacht H 23–29 Tries: J. Williams 19' c, Penalty try 63'
Conversion: D. Jones 19'
Penalties: D. Jones 4', 35', Patchell 75' 		5,566 13th
5 March 2022 Glasgow Warriors H 35–10 Tries: St. Evans 38' c, S. Williams 41' c, G. Davies 57' c,
Kalamafoni 64' c, Conbeer 72' c
Conversions: Patchell (3) 39', 42', 58',
St. Evans 64', Sam Costelow 73' 		6,006 11th
11 March 2022 Sharks A 20–47 Tries: Shingler 46' c, St. Evans 74' c
Conversions: Costelow 46', D. Jones 74'
Penalties: Costelow (2) 8', 15' 		6,456
18 March 2022 Bulls A 12–57 Tries: Kalamafoni 31' c, Rob Evans 80' m
Conversion: Rhys Patchell 33' 		5,346
26 March 2022 Zebre A 41–24 Tries: Baldwin 21' c, Conbeer 28' c, McNicholl 33' c,
Lousi 50' m, Lezana 60' c, Tuipulotu 71' m
Conversions: Patchell (3) 22', 30', 33', Costelow 61'
Penalty: Patchell 14' 		3,456 11th
2 April 2022 Cardiff H 35–20 Tries: Costelow 21' c, McNicholl (2) 31' m, 51' c,
Kalamafoni 44' c
Conversions: Costelow (3) 21', 44', 52'
Penalties: Costelow (3) 6', 49', 73' 		7,078 10th
9 April 2022 Cardiff A 49–14 Tries: Shingler 40' c, L. Williams (2) 42' c, 72' c, Penalty try 53',
Davis 58' c, Rogers 75' c, Jo. Davies 77' c
Conversions: Costelow (4) 40+2', 44', 59', 73', O'Brien (2) 76', 78' 		9,232 9th
16 April 2022 Dragons H 27–38 Tries: Kalamafoni 25' c, L. Williams 40+1' m, J. Williams 53' c,
Hardy 59' m
Conversions: Costelow 26', O'Brien 54'
Penalty: Costelow 16' 		7,123 9th
23 April 2022 Dragons A 38–19 Tries: Lousi 11' m, O'Brien (2) 14' c, 79' c,
Elias 28' m, R. Evans 65' c, Baldwin 75'
Conversions: Patchell (4) 15', 66', 76', 80+1' 		5,567 9th
30 April 2022 Ospreys A 36–54 Tries: G. Davies 19' c, Conbeer (3) 23' c, 33' c, 74' m,
Hardy 71' c
Conversions: Costelow (3) 20', 24', 34', Patchell 71'
Penalty: Costelow 7' 		10,141 10th
21 May 2022 Stormers H 21–26 Tries: J. Williams 6' c, Conbeer 70' m
Conversion: Costelow 7'
Penalties: Costelow (3) 3', 16', 27' 		7,386 10th

Tables

Overall

Pos Team Pld W D L F A PD BP Pts
9 Wales Ospreys 18 10 0 8 422 474 −52 6 46
10 Wales Scarlets 18 8 0 10 494 534 −40 13 45
11 Ireland Connacht 18 9 0 9 399 502 −103 5 41

Welsh Shield

Pos Team Pld W D L F A PD BP Pts
1 Wales Ospreys 18 10 0 8 422 474 –52 6 46
2 Wales Scarlets 18 8 0 10 494 534 –40 13 45
3 Wales Cardiff 18 7 0 11 369 577 –208 4 32
4 Wales Dragons 18 2 1 15 305 547 –242 9 19

European Rugby Champions Cup

Main article: 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup

Fixtures

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Table
position
11 December 2021 Bristol A 0–28 [a]
19 December 2021 Bordeaux-Bègles H 0–0[b]
16 January 2022 Bordeaux-Bègles A 10–45 Tries: L. Williams 52' m, G. Davies 61' m 5,000
22 January 2022 Bristol H 21–52 Tries: Elias 22' c, McNicholl 59' m
Conversion: Patchell 23'
Penalties: Patchell 6', 28', 43' 		7,500 12th
  1. ^ Due to the Scarlets squad having to isolate following trip to South Africa, Scarlets had to forfeit the match on safety grounds. This meant that Bristol were awarded 5 match points and a 28–0 victory.[5]
  2. ^ Initially postponed (with the intent to reschedule) due to travel restrictions between UK and France,[6] but later cancelled with a 0–0 draw verdict and 2 match points to each team.[7]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A PD BP Pts
10 England Wasps 4 1 1 2 51 102 −51 0 6
11 France Castres 4 0 0 4 77 91 −14 5 5
12 Wales Scarlets 4 0 1 3 31 125 −94 0 2

Statistics

(+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance, positions listed are the ones they have started a game in during the season)

Pos. Name United Rugby Championship European Champions Cup Total Discipline
Apps Try Con Pen Drop Pts Apps Try Con Pen Drop Pts Apps Try Con Pen Drop Pts
FB Wales Leigh Halfpenny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FB/WG Wales Tomi Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FB/WG Wales Liam Williams 4 3 0 0 0 15 2 1 0 0 0 5 6 4 0 0 0 20 1 0
WG Wales Ryan Conbeer 11 6 0 0 0 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 0 0 30 0 0
WG Wales Steff Evans 10+2 5 1 0 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 11+2 5 1 0 0 27 2 0
WG/FB Wales Johnny McNicholl 8 8 0 0 0 40 2 1 0 0 0 5 10 9 0 0 0 45 1 0
WG/FB Wales Tom Rogers 9+2 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 9+2 3 0 0 0 15 0 0
CE/WG Wales Corey Baldwin 5 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 10 2 0
CE Wales Jonathan Davies 9+1 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 11+1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
CE Wales Steffan Hughes 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CE Wales Tyler Morgan 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CE/FB Wales Ioan Nicholas 5+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 5+4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CE Wales Joe Roberts 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CE Wales Johnny Williams 10+3 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10+3 3 0 0 0 15 0 0
CE Wales Scott Williams 11 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
FH Wales Sam Costelow 9+5 1 19 17 0 94 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 10+6 1 19 17 0 94 0 0
FH Wales Dan Jones 5+5 0 9 5 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 5+5 0 9 5 0 33 0 0
FH/FB Wales Angus O'Brien 2+3 2 4 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 2 4 1 0 21 0 0
FH Wales Rhys Patchell 4+4 0 12 2 0 30 1+1 0 1 3 0 11 5+5 0 13 5 0 41 0 0
SH Wales Dane Blacker 5+6 2 0 0 0 10 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 6+7 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
SH Wales Gareth Davies 10 3 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 4 0 0 0 20 0 0
SH Wales Luke Davies 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH Wales Kieran Hardy 3+9 3 0 0 0 15 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 3+10 3 0 0 0 15 0 0
SH Wales Archie Hughes 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N8/FL Tonga Sione Kalamafoni 15+1 4 0 0 0 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 17+1 4 0 0 0 20 0 1
N8 Wales Carwyn Tuipulotu 1+6 1 0 0 0 5 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 2+7 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
FL Wales Dan Davis 6 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
FL/HK Wales Shaun Evans 7+7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8+7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL Argentina Tomas Lezana 7+2 2 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 8+2 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
FL Wales Josh Macleod 4+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL Wales Tom Phillips 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL Wales Iestyn Rees 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FL/LK Wales Aaron Shingler 9+6 2 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 10+6 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
FL/N8 Scotland Blade Thomson 11+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Wales Lloyd Ashley 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Wales Josh Helps 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Wales Morgan Jones 3+8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5+8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Tonga Sam Lousi 13 2 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
LK Wales Jac Price 12+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 12+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK England Tom Price 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LK Wales Lewis Rawlins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Dom Booth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Ryan Elias 6+3 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 5 8+3 2 0 0 0 10 1 0
HK Wales Dafydd Hughes 5+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Marc Jones 1+5 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 1+7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Lewis Morgan 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HK Wales Ken Owens 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Rob Evans 5+6 4 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5+6 4 0 0 0 20 0 0
PR Wales WillGriff John 2+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Wyn Jones 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Samson Lee 7+2 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 9+2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0
PR Wales Kemsley Mathias 2+3 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+3 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
PR Wales Harri O'Connor 1+7 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Phil Price 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0+7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PR Scotland Javan Sebastian 8+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 8+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PR Wales Steffan Thomas 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Stats correct as of match played 21 May 2022

Transfers

In

Date confirmed Pos. Name From Ref.
2 February 2021 PR Wales WillGriff John England Sale Sharks [8]
11 May 2021 FL Argentina Tomas Lezana Australia Western Force [9]
6 July 2021 CE Wales Scott Williams Wales Ospreys [10]
13 July 2021 LK England Tom Price England Exeter Chiefs [11]
3 August 2021 CE Wales Corey Baldwin England Exeter Chiefs [12]
5 October 2021 LK Wales Lloyd Ashley Wales Ospreys (loan) [13]

Out

Date confirmed Pos. Name To Ref.
29 December 2020 LK Wales Jake Ball Japan NEC Green Rockets [14][15]
1 February 2021 PR South Africa Werner Kruger Retired [16]
6 March 2021 FL Wales Jac Morgan Wales Ospreys [17]
3 April 2021 N8 South Africa Uzair Cassiem France Bayonne [18]
8 April 2021 CE Wales Osian Knott Wales Ospreys [19]
29 April 2021 WG Wales Harri Doel England Worcester Warriors [20]
17 May 2021 CE Australia Paul Asquith Unattached [21]
PR Australia Dylan Evans
FL Wales Tom Phillips
FL Wales Joe Miles Wales Pontypridd
PR South Africa Pieter Scholtz England Wasps [22]
SH England Will Homer England Richmond [23]
FL Australia Ed Kennedy Australia Brumbies [24]
30 July 2021 LK New Zealand Danny Drake England Doncaster Knights [25]
1 November 2021 WG Wales Tom Prydie England Bath [26]
7 February 2022 PR Wales Alex Jeffries England Saracens (loan) [27]
1 April 2022 FL Wales James Davies Retired [28]

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