Dead-shot Priestland fires timely reminder to Gatland

By ROGER PANTING

RHYS Priestland returned to Parc-y- Scarlets to blast a huge dent in Scarlets’ chances of progressing to the quarter-finals following last week’s defeat to Toulon.
The Carmarthen-born Bath fly-half, who scored over 1,100 points in 157 games during his nine seasons at Scarlets, booted six penalties from seven attempts to send the PRO12 champions tumbling to a shattering defeat.
Adding to his exemplary goal-kicking, Priestland, with the aid of his halfback partner Kahn Fotuali’i, kept a stranglehold on Scarlets throughout by pinning them in their own half ...

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