Jarrod Evans

Ben Thomas is injured as well.

Some of the other names, as well as Max Page, we got Mason Grady Elliot Dee, Freddie Thomas, Bryn Bradley, Joe Roberts, Jarrod Evans, kind of recent selections have been a mission.

I mean, generally, I don't think there's huge glaring omissions there, somebody that you're going to go up and scream and say, "This is disgusting," because all of them have a case, but there are others who are selected ahead of them who have also got the case as well.

Yeah, I think of, of the guys you mentioned there, the, the obvious one that most people would be sort of a bit perplexed about is Tommy Reffell, but he has a knee injury, which I think is going to be four to five weeks.

You, I think Blues could've been smashed by 80 odd points by half time, but they, they put some dog back into it and sort of stood up a bit even though they didn't quite get the scores.

I think also with Jarrod Evans, he seemed a bit more structured, uh, when he come into it, but it's a hard place to go.

The one thing I was wondering on your view of, Harley, and it may be better coming onto it later for next week, was the team selection.

That was a, a big team to go out there given you've got a big cup game next week as well.

Number 21, John Mulder.

Number 22, Jarrod Evans.

And number 23, Steffan Emmanuel.

So yeah, 15 changes, uh, well, sorry, Cullen changed the entire 15 is what I should say.

But then Taine Basham went over from close range just before the break, and it was Cardiff slightly ahead, thanks to Shidy kicking both conversions, where Anscombe missing one of his.

Joe Hawkins with a, a penalty after replacing Anscombe nudged the Scarlets in front, but then an Evan Lloyd really smart finish off the back of a maul, uh, not long before time, plus a Jarrod Evans conversion gave Cardiff the victory.

We had a, a bunch of three wood thoughts in the emotional w- tidal wave that came at full time.

Uh, Hugh said, "East is best." Rhys went with, "Normal service resumed." Richard, "Surprisingly easy win." Gareth, "Basham bashed them." Uh, Matt praised the top two inches.

Fordy, I mean d- is it four points gained or i- is there a, a point lost there? Could we have got a try bonus point potentially if we'd gone for it towards the end?

Yeah.

It was a bit of a curious decision, Jarrod Evans going for the posts near the end there, 'cause you think with the position that he was in, you go for the corner, you kind of seal the game there and get the try bonus point.

Um, with how the maul was going, I think there was probably a good chance of getting a try there.