What Wales' Clubs Have To Play For In Urc Run-in

Dragons and Scarlets are not successful nan operation for nan play-offs, but they are successful a duel.

It has been an encouraging run for nan Rodney Parade nine aft they had a shocking clip successful 2024-25, winning conscionable 1 convention crippled erstwhile finishing bottommost for nan first time.

The Dragons' triumph file is still disappointing, pinch conscionable 2 bonus-point successes against Connacht and Scarlets, but they person drawn 3 fixtures that could person been won pinch precocious kicks.

Filo Tiatia's men could moreover person been contenders for nan apical 8 and will beryllium keen to decorativeness a run of advancement strongly.

They person an eight-point lead complete bottommost nine Zebre while Benetton, Edinburgh and Sharks are each wrong striking region going into this weekend.

However, a clear target must beryllium to debar being Wales' worst broadside for nan first clip since 2020, pinch Scarlets presently 4 points back.

Dragons person been nan lowest Welsh broadside successful 17 of 22 seasons while Scarlets person only vanished bottommost once, successful 2010.

Nigel Davies was caput coach connected that juncture and he returned to Llanelli successful January supra Dwayne Peel arsenic interim head of rugby.

Scarlets are trying to benignant retired their building for adjacent play but cannot timepiece disconnected successful nan URC and person 3 derbies to play.

They will expect to spell supra nan Dragons, astatine slightest temporarily, pinch a location triumph against Zebre connected Friday evening.

Tiatia's broadside person a reliable double-header successful South Africa against Stormers and Lions truthful could beryllium chasing erstwhile they return to nan URC aft trying to daze Stade Francais successful nan past 16 of nan Challenge Cup.

There mightiness beryllium a Llanelli shootout to debar nan Welsh Wooden Spoon successful nan last information connected 16 May erstwhile Dragons sojourn Parc y Scarlets.

Dragons besides person nan target of ending their convention struggles connected nan road, pinch a travel to Zebre surely 1 to target.

They person not enjoyed an distant occurrence successful nan URC since beating Scarlets successful April 2022, while their past convention triumph extracurricular Wales was astatine Connacht successful October 2021.

Dragons' remaining URC fixtures: Stormers (away), Lions (away), Bulls (home), Zebre (away), Edinburgh (home), Scarlets (away).

Scarlets' remaining URC fixtures: Zebre (home), Leinster (away), Cardiff (home), Bulls (home), Ospreys (away), Dragons (home).