Gareth’s fatal error costs his Scarlets in late drama

By ALEX BYWATER

Determined: Racing No. 8 Antonie Claassen can’t stop Scarlets’ scrum-half Gareth Davies going over
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IT WAS heartbreak hotel for the Scarlets as they conceded a last-gasp penalty try to go down to defeat by the narrowest of margins to French giants Racing 92.
Leading 13-7 with just minutes remaining, Wayne Pivac’s side saw scrumhalf Gareth Davies yellow carded for sacking a French driving line-out. It proved to be a fatal mistake.
Referee Matthew Carley ran un...

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