Nigel Davies: 'We are looking at that game as an international'

The Scarlets are readying themselves for a “huge international challenge” in the wake of their 36-17 bonus point victory over Zebre Parma.

They racked up six tries against the Italian visitors with South African flanker Jarrod Taylor crossing the whitewash twice.

Now they turn their attention to next Friday’s clash with star-studded defending champions Leinster at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

“We are looking at that game as an international,” said interim director of rugby Nigel Davies.

“The boys deserve a lot of credit for what they are doing and deserve to enjoy this win, but we have told them we are going to play an international rugby game, so we need to get into that mindset.

“It is a huge challenge for us, but we have a capable bunch of players who can go there and put a big performance in and who knows?”

Reflecting on the victory over Zebre, former Wales centre Davies said: “I am really pleased for the boys.

“We were clinical, we were clear in terms of what we wanted to do and we delivered a performance out there.

“The first half was very pleasing. We planned not to give them any ins, our set piece was excellent, our scrum and line-out gave us a good platform to play off and we managed the game very well.”

The BKT URC Player of the Match award went to the Scarlets’ strong-scrummaging Aussie tighthead prop Archer Holz.

He said: “We are really happy. To get a result at home really means a lot. We love playing here, we have got really good fans and to turn up for them was really good.”

On his own performance, he said: “I just try to do my job. That’s being physical at collision and set piece.

“As a pack, I thought we worked really well which makes my life a hell of a lot easier.”