Llanelli

I've lost a few times in the final as well [chuckles] to, to TNS back in the day.

But it's something that we're really looking forward to, and we've got a home draw against Llanelli who, you know, are doing really well in the league.

You know, we're g- we're gonna have to possibly rejig the group a little bit with, you know, a couple of, um, injuries picked up again today.

So we're gonna have to look at things in training this week, and then hopefully we can give ourselves a good account and, and, and go into the games confident.

Good.

And you're all set for, is it, Llanelli tomorrow, isn't it, on Saturday?

Yeah, big one against Llanelli tomorrow.

I know they're struggling at the minute, but we won't underestimate them.

But yeah, they'll be a good test for us.

They're having a shockers at the moment.

Well, yeah, Newport City, after...

Kind of after the first three games, they beat Llanelli 4-1 and they beat Pondadawi 4-0.

Um, but before we let you listeners of Suspens and Sidesteps go, we've got the 23 to go through for the game against Benetton.

A reminder that game is at half past 5:00 in Llanelli in Parc y Scarlets, so get down there and support the boys if you can.

So let's go through the 23.

Well, first things first, front row largely the same.

But yeah, I was, after seeing how good they were against us when we played them away, I was very surprised to see their league position.

But yeah, we know that If we play like we can, and I suppose that's the most important thing for us is focusing on ourselves and play like we did at the second half against Llanelli and like we did at Porthmadog, we can get results.

But yeah, for us, the main thing is focusing on ourselves and our own performance and the outcome will take care of itself.

Yeah, that was a cracking win at Llanelli, wasn't it? 5-2, which is always a tough place to go and win.

Yeah again we we love a roller coaster we were 2-0 up looking really comfortable and then we gave away a poor goal and that got their tails up and they they got back to 2-2 at halftime and we just had to have a bit of a bit of a reset we said well hang on if we can score two goals in the first half and and look comfortable we can do that again in the second half and i mean to be fair to the lads they reacted really well and they went out and performed really well in the second half and scored three goals and i have to say working with this this group of players that it's an absolute privilege they're they're so receptive to the information that you give them they just want to improve and they've got a real growth mindset around what they want to achieve and what they want to do And when you give them the right information, they really do take it on board and they go out and apply it.

So, yeah, it's a real privilege and it's a real pleasure coaching these guys.

You don't ...

You know, it's not like the regions in Wales where you mightn't have an affinity for the Scarlets even though you're in their region because they're Llanelli to you and you don't live anywhere near Llanelli.

So, you know, Ronan Kelleher grew up a, a ...

I'm just taking an example.

Name and where you're from, please.

I'm Jackie, and I'm from Llanelli.

No.

No, you're not.

No, you're fucking not.

No, you're not.

No, Llanelli.

No, you're not.

Josh, um, from Lan- La- Lan- Lana- Lanai?

Llanelli.

S- One more time.

Llanelli.

Where's that?

South Wales.

Okay.

Right bang in the middle.