IN THE course of routing Munster in Dublin at the end of last season, the Scarlets cast Wales in a poor light with the high-octane imagination of their game. Their ringmaster, the underrated Rhys Patchell, is being spoken of in the same breath as Beauden Barrett.
Scarlets’ head coach Wayne Pivac made the comparison in midweek, pointing out that his man is a ‘better goalkicker’ than the Kiwi whose failure in front of goal allowed the Lions to get away with a drawn series. In the PRO12 final Patchell gave the best attacking performance I saw from any Welsh stand-off all seas...