Spirited Connacht Lose Stradey Park Record

Connacht lost their record of never having been beaten at Stradey Park despite a battling performance against Heineken Cup semi-finalists Llanelli on Friday night.

MAGNERS LEAGUE: Friday, May 11

LLANELLI SCARLETS (0) 19 CONNACHT (3) 10, Stradey Park (Att: 5,204)

Scorers: Llanelli: Tries: Ceiron Thomas 2, Gavin Evans; Cons: Ceiron Thomas 2
Connacht: Try: John Muldoon; Con: Mark McHugh; Pen: Mark McHugh

TIME LINE: 19 minutes – Connacht penalty: Mark McHugh – 0-3; Half-time – Llanelli 0 Connacht 3; 42 mins – Llanelli try: Ceiron Thomas – 5-3; conversion: Ceiron Thomas – 7-3; 48 mins – Llanelli try: Ceiron Thomas – 12-3; conversion: missed by Ceiron Thomas – 12-3; 70 mins – Llanelli penalty: missed by Ceiron Thomas – 12-3; 74 mins – Llanelli try: Gavin Evans – 17-3; conversion: Ceiron Thomas – 19-3; 78 mins – Llanelli yellow card: Craig Dunlea; 79 mins – Connacht try: John Muldoon – 19-8; conversion: Mark McHugh – 19-10; Full-time – Llanelli 19 Connacht 10

Llanelli: Barry Davies; Garan Evans, Regan King, Gavin Evans, Matthew Watkins; Ceiron Thomas, Liam Davies; Phil John, Ken Owens, John Davies, Adam Jones, Scott Macleod, Dafydd Jones, James Bater (capt), Nathan Thomas.

Replacements used: Inoke Afeaki for A Jones (half-time), Jonathan Mills for D Jones (54 mins), Daniel George for Owens (59), Daniel Evans for B Davies (61), Craig Dunlea for John (63), Clive Stuart-Smith for L Davies (71). Not used: Paul Mackey.

Connacht: Daniel Riordan; John Hearty, Gavin Duffy, Mark McHugh, Conor McPhillips; Peter Durcan, Chris Keane; Brett Wilkinson, John Fogarty (capt), Ray Hogan, Michael Swift, Andrew Farley, David Gannon, John Muldoon, Colm Rigney.

Replacements used: Ronan Loughney for Hogan (46 mins), Ted Robinson for Duffy (48), David McGowan for Swift (54), Aidan Wynne for Durcan (61), Darren Yapp for Hearty (63), Adrian Flavin for Fogarty (66), Andrew Browne for Riordan (74).

Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)
Touch Judges: James Jones, Greg Morgan (both Wales)