Even by the standards of these parts this was a wild, rain-lashed evening but Bath successfully rode the intense Friday night storm. Home defeats are grievous blows and six penalties from their former fly-half Rhys Priestland was enough to deliver Bath a sodden but quietly satisfying outcome. “We couldn’t argue on the day, they were the better side,” admitted the Scarlets’ head coach, Wayne Pivac. In Priestland they also have a canny operator who knows the Scarlets inside out and was not about to let Patchell have an easy ride. Try S Evans.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2017 21:22 UTC