2015–16 Scarlets season

April 2022 Scarlets 2015–16 NZL Wayne Pivac Head coach WAL Nigel Short Chairman WAL Darran Phillips Chief executive Pro12 5th European Champions Cup Pool stage, 4th D. T. H. van der Merwe (7) D. T. H. van der Merwe (8) Aled Thomas (114) Aled Thomas (132) 14,562 v Ospreys (26 December 2015) 5,504 v Zebre (29 November 2015) 7,290 2014–15 2016–17 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. DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance15 August 2015JerseyA40–27Tries: Price 27' c, J. Davies 33' m, A. Davies 38' c, Boyde 44' c, R. Williams 58' c, Nicholas 68' cConversions: Thomas (2) 29', 39', D. Jones (3) 45', 59', 69'1,47721 August 2015Newport Gwent DragonsA29–20Tries: Owen 40' m, T. Williams 58' c, 74' c, D. Jones 72' cConversions: S. Shingler 59', D. Jones (2) 73', 74'Penalty: S. Shingler 61'4,15429 August 2015Bedford BluesH13–27Try: T. Williams 36' cConversion: S. Shingler 37'Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 4', 27'713 Pro 12 Fixtures DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendanceTableposition5 September 2015Glasgow WarriorsA16–10Tries: A. Shingler 5' m, Parkes 21' mPenalties: D. Jones (2) 29', 55'6,5624th12 September 2015UlsterH22–12Try: Parkes 45' cConversion: D. Jones 46'Penalties: D. Jones (4) 2', 18', 24', 62'Thomas 80'6,0611st4 October 2015ZebreA20–8Try: J. Davies 43' mPenalties: D. Jones (3) 26', 33', 47', S. Shingler (2) 64', 67'2,0001st16 October 2015LeinsterH25–14Tries: J. Davies 8' m, Van der Merwe (2) 32' c, 52' cConversions: S. Shingler (2) 34', 53'Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 3', 61' 7,0131st23 October 2015MunsterH25–22Tries: Van der Merwe 41' m, T. Williams 53' mPenalties: S. Shingler (5) 27', 40+1', 60', 77', 80+2'6,4661st30 October 2015Newport Gwent DragonsH25–15Tries: J. Davies (2) 9' c, 65' m, John (2) 18' m, 58' mConversion: Thomas 10'Penalties: Thomas 48'6,9521st6 November 2015LeinsterA15–19Tries: Parkes 3' c, Owen 24' mConversion: D. Jones 4'Penalty: D. Jones 33'14,7432nd29 November 2015ZebreH20–12Tries: Parkes 8' c, A. Davies 12' cConversions Thomas (2) 9', 13'Penalty: Thomas 22'5,5042nd5 December 2015TrevisoA22–20Tries: Allen (2) 12' c, 52' c, Van der Merwe 27' mConversions: Thomas 13', 53'Penalty: S. Shingler 77'4,5001st26 December 2015OspreysH26–27Tries: Barclay 11' c, A. Davies 35' cConversions: Thomas (2) 12', 36'Penalties: Thomas (4) 18', 24', 43', 52'14,5681st1 January 2016Cardiff BluesA27–29Tries: Owens 6' c, Van der Merwe 11' c, G. Davies 65' cConversions: Thomas (3) 7', 12', 67'Penalties: Thomas (2) 17', 27'11,7201st10 January 2016ConnachtH21–19Tries: S. Evans 46' c, Collins 62' mConversion: Thomas 47'Penalties: Thomas (2) 37', 44', S. Shingler 80'5,8881st30 January 2016ConnachtA17–30Tries: Van der Merwe 44' c, Owen 73' cConversions: Thomas (2) 45', 74'Penalty: Thomas 43'5,2921st12 February 2016EdinburghH22–21Try: Allen 6' cConversion: S. Shingler 7'Penalties: S. Shingler 18', Thomas (4) 25', 47', 54', 77'5,5694th21 February 2016UlsterA21–20Tries: Collins (2) 4' m, 23' cConversions: Thomas 24'Penalties: Thomas (3) 14', 46', 49'15,2013rd28 February 2016EdinburghA23–24Tries: Parkes 15' m, J. Davies 26' m, S. Evans 35' cConversion: Thomas 36'Penalties: Thomas (2) 7', 14'3,6183rd4 March 2016TrevisoH24–15Tries: S. Evans (2) 14' c, 72' c, J. Davies 20' cConversions: Thomas (2) 15', 20', D. Jones 73'Penalty: D. Jones 68'5,2373rd26 March 2016OspreysA25–16Try: Van der Merwe 30' c Conversion: D. Jones 31' Penalties: D. Jones (2) 7', 37', Thomas (4) 64', 68', 76', 80+1'12,0513rd2 April 2016Cardiff BluesH22–28Try: Barclay 70' c Conversion: Thomas 71' Penalties: D. Jones (4) 14', 17', 29' 47', Thomas 55'9,5463rd16 April 2016Glasgow WarriorsH10–46Try: L. Williams 30' c Conversion: S. Shingler 31' Penalty: S. Shingler 2'8,1655th30 April 2016Newport Gwent DragonsN34–20Tries: 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', 29'68,2625th7 May 2016MunsterA15–31Penalties: S. Shingler (5) 9', 21', 28', 37', 64'5th Table PosClub PldWDLFAPDBPPts4IRE rugby union Ulster221408488307+18113695WAL Scarlets221408477458+197636IRE rugby union Munster221309459417+421163 European Champions Cup Fixtures DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendancePoolposition14 November 2015Northampton SaintsA11–15Try: G. Davies 51' mPenalties: S. Shingler (2) 15', 38'14,5122nd21 November 2015Racing 92H12–29Tries: A. Thomas 57' m, Rawlins 66' cConversion: A. Thomas 66'8,5123rd12 December 2015Glasgow WarriorsA6–43Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 11', 46'6,5764th19 December 2015Glasgow WarriorsH6–9Penalties: A. Thomas (2) 54', 67'5,7674th17 January 2016Racing 92A14–64Tries: Van der Merwe 41' c, G. Davies 50' cConversions: S. Shingler 42', 51'6,9314th23 January 2016Northampton SaintsH10–22Try: R. Jones 79' cConversion: Thomas 80'Penalty: Thomas 27'6,8234th Table TeamPldWDLFAPDBPPtsFRA Racing 92641117470+104422ENG Northampton Saints641194931119SCO Glasgow Warriors630311418+1214WAL Scarlets600659182−12322 Statistics (+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance) Pos.NamePro 12European Champions CupTotalDisciplineAppsTryConPenDropPtsAppsTryConPenDropPtsAppsTryConPenDropPts13px13pxFB/WGWAL Steff Evans14+15000253+10000017+250002510FB/WGWAL Liam Williams41000500000041000500FBWAL Jordan Williams1+1000000000001+10000000WG/FBWAL Tom Williams4+3100051+1000005+41000510WGFIJ Michael Tagicakibau4+1000003000007+10000000WGCAN D. T. H. van der Merwe147000355100051980004010WGWAL Harry Robinson1+1000001000002+10000000CE/WGNZL Hadleigh Parkes225000254000002650002500CE/FBWAL Gareth Owen15+320001040000019+420001000CENZL Regan King15+2000003+10000018+30000010CE/FBNZL Michael Collins10+23000152+20000012+430001500CEWAL Steffan Hughes1+2000000+2000001+40000000CEWAL Scott Williams11000500000011000500FHWAL Daniel Jones6+304170591+1000007+4041705900FH/FBWAL Aled Thomas13+90182601143+112301816+1012029013210FHWAL Steven Shingler7+61821084402401611+811025010000FHWAL Josh Lewis0000000+1000000+10000000SHWAL Aled Davies12+8100050+40000012+121000500SHWAL Rhodri Williams5+8000000+2000005+100000000SHWAL Gareth Davies5+3200010620001011+340002000SHWAL Connor Lloyd0+1000000000000+10000000N8WAL Rory Pitman0+5000001000001+50000000N8WAL Jack Condy0+8000001+1000001+90000000N8WAL Morgan Allen10+330001540000014+330001500FL/N8SCO John Barclay1710005200000191000520FLWAL James Davies155000252000001740002510FLWAL Aaron Shingler1510005400000191000500FLWAL Tom Phillips0+2000001+1000001+30000000FLWAL Will Boyde3+2000001000004+20000000LK/FLWAL Lewis Rawlins12000002+31000514+31000510LKENG Tom Price8+4000003+20000011+60000010LKRSA George Earle5+7000001+1000006+80000020LKWAL Jake Ball1100000300000140000020LKSAM Maselino Paulino4+6000005+1000009+70000030LKWAL Jack Jones0+1000000000000+10000000LKRSA David Bulbring90000000000090000000HKWAL Emyr Phillips7+2000003+10000010+30000010HKWAL Kirby Myhill5+7000000+2000005+90000000HKWAL Ryan Elias1+6000000000001+60000000HKWAL Ken Owens10+11000530000013+11000500PRWAL Peter Edwards12+40000020000014+40000020PRWAL Phil John8+62000104+10000012+720001010PRWAL Rob Evans13+20000020000015+20000010PRWAL Will Taylor0+5000000000000+50000000PRWAL Samson Lee9+1000003+20000012+30000000PRAUS Dylan Evans1+10000000+3000001+130000000PRWAL Rhodri Jones1+9000001+3100052+101000500PRWAL Wyn Jones0000000+2000000+20000000 Stats accurate as of match played 7 May 2016 Transfers In Date confirmedPos.NameFrom19 February 2015Scarlets sign wing Van der Merwe https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/31535236 BBC Sport 19 February 2015 31 March 2015 WGCAN D. T. H. van der MerweSCO Glasgow Warriors9 March 2015Gloucester fly-half Aled Thomas to rejoin Scarlets https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/31794448 BBC Sport 9 March 2015 31 March 2015 FHWAL Aled ThomasENG Gloucester25 March 2015Scarlets sign prop Will Taylor from Wasps https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/32047449 BBC Sport 25 March 2015 31 March 2015 PRWAL Will TaylorENG Wasps31 March 2015Lock Price to join Scarlets from Tigers http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/6843.php Scarlets 31 March 2015 31 March 2015 LKENG/WAL Tom PriceENGLeicester Tigers20 April 2015Scarlets add strength in depth to front row http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/6880.php Scarlets 20 April 2015 30 April 2015 PRAUS/WAL Dylan EvansAUS Wanderers/Melbourne Rebels29 April 2015Condy commits to Scarlets http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/6903.php Scarlets 29 April 2015 30 April 2015 N8WAL Jack CondyWAL Cross Keys4 May 2015Allen flies the nest and heads west http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/6913.php Scarlets 4 May 2015 4 May 2015 N8WAL Morgan AllenWAL Ospreys20 July 2015Blues' Williams Heads West http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/7370.php Scarlets 20 July 2015 20 July 2015 FB/WGWAL Tom WilliamsWAL Cardiff Blues (loan)11 October 2015Samoan International Bolsters Scarlets Pack http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/10798.php#.VhpVX3pVikp Scarlets 11 October 2015 11 October 2015 LKSAM Maselino PaulinoNZL Waikato 26 October 2015Scarlets Welcome Welsh Qualified Kiwi http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/10828.php#.Vi4c1fnhDIV Scarlets 26 October 2015 26 October 2015 CE/FBNZL Michael CollinsNZL Otago 3 February 2016South African Lock Bulbring Joins Scarlets http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/11143.php#.VrIDPvmLShc Scarlets 3 February 2016 3 February 2016 LKRSA David BulbringRSA Eastern Province Kings Out Date confirmedPos.NameTo6 January 2015Rhys Priestland: Bath sign Wales fly-half from Scarlets https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/30694432 BBC Sport 6 January 2015 31 March 2015 FHWAL Rhys PriestlandENG Bath19 April 2015Scarlets hooker Darran Harris to join Rotherham http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Scarlets-hooker-Darran-Harris-join-Rotherham/story-26356442-detail/story.html South Wales Evening Post 19 April 2015 HKWAL Darran HarrisENG Rotherham9 May 2015Thank you and farewell http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/6928.php Scarlets 9 May 2015 LKRSA Johan SnymanFRA BriveWGWAL Kristian PhillipsWAL OspreysNZL Frazier ClimoSCO Ayr RFCWAL Kyle EvansENG MoseleyPRRSA Jacobie AdriaanseFRA MontpellierFLWAL Sion BennettENG Northampton Saints12 May 2015Squad update http://www.carmarthenquinsrfc.co.uk/News/Article/39981 Carmarthen Quins 12 May 2015 18 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150519202146/http://www.carmarthenquinsrfc.co.uk/News/Article/39981 19 May 2015 dead PRWAL Javan SebastianSCO Glasgow Warriors18 May 2015Scarlets centre Adam Warren to join Dragons http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Scarlets-centre-Adam-Warren-join-Dragons/story-26519425-detail/story.html South Wales Evening Post 18 May 2015 CEWAL Adam WarrenWAL Newport Gwent Dragons14 July 2015Three Forward Recruits at the Gnoll http://www.neathrugby.wales/rugby-news/three-forward-recruits-at-the-gnoll/ Neath RFC 15 August 2015 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes FLWAL Craig PriceWAL Neath RFC2 September 2015Scarlets lock Richard Kelly forced to retire through injury http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/10706.php#.VebZd_ZVikp Scarlets 2 September 2015LKWAL Richard KellyRetired23 September 2015Former Scarlets captain McCusker to join London Irish http://www.scarlets.co.uk/eng/news/10761.php#.VgJ9Q_lVikq Scarlets 23 September 2015FL/N8WAL Rob McCuskerENG London Irish29 March 2016Scarlets boss Wayne Pivac confirms talks with Crusaders wing Johnny McNicholl http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/scarlets-boss-wayne-pivac-confirms-11174810 Wales Online 12 April 2016N8WAL Rory PitmanReleased References 2015-16 Category:2015–16 Pro12 by team Category:2015–16 in Welsh rugby union Category:2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup by team