Scarlets surge into last four as Beirne enjoys luck of the Irish

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Sealing the deal: Rhys Patchell scores
PICTURES: Huw Evans

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KEN OWENS Scarlets hooker
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PIERRE BOURGARIT La Rochelle hooker
Skipper Owens was a force of nature for Scarlets and if you were picking a Lions team tomorrow would probably be your starting hooker. The bullocking Bourgarit was also exceptional and looks the heir apparent to Guilhem Guirado in the French team. Owens shades the honours in a high class tussle
SCARLETS marched into the European Cup semi-finals for the first time in 11 years as Parc Y Scarlets enjoyed a wonderfully noisy gala occ...

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