Both are unlikely and would require us to win all 4 remaining games

Yeah we chucked away the advantage that our early home fixtures gave us, sadly. 

  One game at a time . Roll on Cork!

True but we are the best team.

Well Wasp that was some inspirational predicting. Have you thought about joining the Baz Lewis predictions team. 

Our performances have started to become a warning to all teams in the URC - we are dangerous. Rowntree's observation before yesterday's game was that we were one of if not the best team in the URC for transitioning. Takes me back to the glory days of the title. 

We have players who excel in that situation - Louisi is always on the look out for his chance, Dan Davis, Shaun Evans, Sam Wainwright & the returning Josh McLoud are always looking to jackal with Fifita such a willing & effective runner ready to combine with his backs with outrageously good hands. The financial future may be bleak but not the young talent blossoming in our squad. 

I’ve written off this season for any hope of the playoffs/ silverware . Nice to see the squad are putting a bit of pride back in the shirt, as of late. 

Possibly but many haven't got a clue if they have a job...perhaps a lot of demotivated players.

Cheers GPR - I can almost taste it already.

If we keep just  scoring at the rate of 42 points a game …

Or, are you saying one thing when you really mean the opposite? 

The secret now is to keep our core squad and continue  to grow our game. 

Get through ,what is obviously  going to be a difficult  period, and probably  a " goodbye" to several players , who have served  us well over many years.It will be sad, and emotional  ,but that's life !

The icing on the cake is surely to beat Brive and see where we go with that! 

Onwards and upwards! 

What me !!!

Brive lost again today, at home to Bordeaux. They're firmly rooted at the bottom of the Top 14, facing relegation.

No let them send the best we will beat them anyway we are on roll and I need to convince girlfriend Dublin would be great place for her birthday weekend 

Same way, down the pan 

Yep. I am just going to enjoy the final few games. We won so few games early doors, the gap is too big. Our run is tougher. Just get some confidence going, practice our patterns of play, steel our defense and focus on Europe. We actually have a good chance in that if we play to our max. Ymlaen my beautiful Scarlets.

I think Dragons beating Benetton would have been preferred.

It would have been, but I’ll take +2 on Cardiff and +1 on the Ospreys.

Can we overhaul them for the Welsh Shield? 

It will be close.

Cardiff (34) Zebre (A) Connacht (A) Ospreys (JD) 

Ospreys (30) Dragons (H) Edinburgh (A) Cardiff (JD) 

Scarlets (29) Sharks (H) Glasgow (A) Dragons (JD) 

Thats the logical suggestion but the way the team are performing I certainly would not bet against us securing 15 points from our 3 games. Then it will get interesting. 

P.S. Hope your Portuguese rumblings have subsided. 

I mean it's not unthinkable & I would love to win the Welsh shield. 

All better now thanks!!

Do-able?

I wasn't far off on the R15 outcomes!

Cardiff didn't get their LBP though, so the Welsh shield is still up for grabs yay!

In every game and why they stand at 0/15. Cardiff are winning that.

I would be astonished if we get anything from the Glasgow game. Hope Im wrong as we are going up but they will be a challenge. Its also galling that Cardiff are likely to win the HC place yet arent in our class at the moment and surely wont be a force next year if all their leavers are true. Our fault for having such a poor first half of the season

I fear no one let's just go out to win and win well.

Aren't in our class at the moment? They've won more games than us....

I sense a belief growing amongst the squad which eminates from our South Sea Islanders & is carried on by the enthusiasm of young players sensing their chance. Look at the growing levels of performance from Mathias, Shaun Evans, Wainwright, Dan Davis, Eddie James & Joe Roberts. I am not saying we are the finished article as we were when we came on that 2nd half of the season run in our title year but this is the special. Nobody & I say that with the greatest respect will be fancying a trip to PYS for a knock out game. 

It’s made a difference having a fit open side. I think we’ll push Cardiff close. Make Judgement day interesting. 

All we have got to hope for is that JW and a few others don’t get injured or called up for tackle bag holding by Gatland.

Definitely on an upward curve. I honestly don't think we're good enough for HC rugby next season. We just don't have the pack or carriers, especially without Sione, to compete. Our backs can too easily be starved of ball.

Best we can hope for this season realistically is to beat an uninterested Brive at home and set up a nice home QF which will generate some positivity and cash! 

Having said that, I'd still to finish as top Welsh side!

I'm all in - been checking availability of Dublin hotels.

Me too! They're blydi expensive!

Due to our terrible start. We are playing much better then them now or did i just imagine that?

It was a blip. 

  One game at a time bois . To score more points  than any other team    ever in the Munster  province history , for a League  game is a fantastic  achievement!!! Some great  tries there !!!

A blip for them or us 

I have put all my chickens in that basket and counted my eggs too. 

The market is deliberately kept under supplied to allow for sky-high rates to be charged.

What they are selling them again....

We don't have blips my friend....hiccups. 

A sad indictment of Welsh rugby when that shower are top Welsh side 

The table doesn't lie I am afraid.

Our main focus has to be the challenge cup now, ending the season with a positive buzz. We could have 3 home games in a row now, culminating in a home QF against Bristol Bears which would have to be a 10k crowd.

Do you mean SF against Bristol?

No, it would be a QF against Bristol. Win that, and we'd be have the home SF May Day Bank Holiday weekend.

Thanks 

Bit unfair. The table doesn't lie plus they're still in with a shout with Europe. I'll put it down to being a faithful one eyed scarlet tho. 😂

I'm looking forward to the remaining three games in Europe. 

Totally one eyed but the capital club are a disgrace they have poor crowds, little private investment yet are in the richest part of Wales. Since the regions started they have produced a lot less internationals than we or the Ospreys but they will always be safe because they are the capital club. 

Attendances are on average slightly better than us. 

 

The hard thing to accept is that ospreys have brought at least x5 more Welsh players through

They should be ten times with the population and money in region 

I hope that we can keep Blackett. Edinburgh gone it seems, hope Lee stays. Hopefully he can see that there's something building here, and that say in 2-3 seasons time he'll have made a significant addition to his cv.

Will be hard to retain him but I think all possibile has to be done 

I think we'd all like him to stay. Unfortunately The Rugby Paper has mentioned him possibly going to Newcastle. Given his name has been mentioned with 2 different clubs, I'm assuming that he's looking elsewhere.

Because I'm bored..

Munster might be joining us in the Challenge Cup next season. Two tough away matches in South Africa to finish off and they’ll need to pick up points. 

On the fake pitch its anyones game. Hopefully mask our weak scrum and allow for running rugby (which we are good at!)

Will that be enough with a full 5 points then needed JD v Dragons? 

We probably need Connacht to beat Cardiff and Edinburgh to beat Ospreys? 

Then we all be looking at around the 40 points mark for Welsh Shield? 

You've raised an interesting point there. Glasgow are pretty secure as far as Champions Cup next season. They finished second in their pool in the Challenge Cup so may fancy a run to the SF in that tournament, where they may have to come to us.

I can't see the O's getting anything at Edinburgh, nor the Blues anything in Connacht. So if we manage 4pts at Glasgow, we'd be 2 ahead of the O's, and 2 behind Cardiff. 

Can Cardiff beat the O's on JD ? Recent matches say no they won't beat the O's. So a straight 4 pts for us on JD will see us top the Welsh Shield by a point above the O's. 

Interesting times. Keep the momentum going next week, and the week after, and who knows. We may yet top the Welsh Shield. It would be remarkable if we did manage it.

If we had 15 players on the pitch we would have beaten that operated lot over the bridge, the turnaround has been biblical, I remember Gareth Jenkins somehow getting the squad to peak towards the end of the season, when all the permutations start working out, perhaps Peel is Moses.