# 2015–16 Scarlets season

The 2015–16 season was the 13th season in the history of the Scarlets, a Welsh rugby union regional side based in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. In this season, they competed in the Pro 12 and the European Champions Cup. It was head coach Wayne Pivac's second season in charge of the region, and Stephen Jones' first season as backs coach after joining from Wasps. In addition to this, Ioan Cunningham was promoted to forwards coach after being part of Llanelli RFC and the Scarlets academy coaching team.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Despite being a home game, the friendly against Bedford was played at Llandovery RFC's Church Bank instead of at Parc y Scarlets.
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 15 August 2015 | Jersey | A | 40–27 | Tries: Price 27' c, J. Davies 33' m, A. Davies 38' c, Boyde 44' c, R. Williams 58' c, Nicholas 68' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 29', 39', D. Jones (3) 45', 59', 69' | 1,477 |
| 21 August 2015 | Newport Gwent Dragons | A | 29–20 | Tries: Owen 40' m, T. Williams 58' c, 74' c, D. Jones 72' c Conversions: S. Shingler 59', D. Jones (2) 73', 74' Penalty: S. Shingler 61' | 4,154 |
| 29 August 2015 | Bedford Blues | H | 13–27 | Try: T. Williams 36' c Conversion: S. Shingler 37' Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 4', 27' | 713 |

## Pro 12
### Fixtures

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Table position |
| 5 September 2015 | Glasgow Warriors | A | 16–10 | Tries: A. Shingler 5' m, Parkes 21' m Penalties: D. Jones (2) 29', 55' | 6,562 | 4th |
| 12 September 2015 | Ulster | H | 22–12 | Try: Parkes 45' c Conversion: D. Jones 46' Penalties: D. Jones (4) 2', 18', 24', 62' Thomas 80' | 6,061 | 1st |
| 4 October 2015 | Zebre | A | 20–8 | Try: J. Davies 43' m Penalties: D. Jones (3) 26', 33', 47', S. Shingler (2) 64', 67' | 2,000 | 1st |
| 16 October 2015 | Leinster | H | 25–14 | Tries: J. Davies 8' m, Van der Merwe (2) 32' c, 52' c Conversions: S. Shingler (2) 34', 53' Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 3', 61' | 7,013 | 1st |
| 23 October 2015 | Munster | H | 25–22 | Tries: Van der Merwe 41' m, T. Williams 53' m Penalties: S. Shingler (5) 27', 40+1', 60', 77', 80+2' | 6,466 | 1st |
| 30 October 2015 | Newport Gwent Dragons | H | 25–15 | Tries: J. Davies (2) 9' c, 65' m, John (2) 18' m, 58' m Conversion: Thomas 10' Penalties: Thomas 48' | 6,952 | 1st |
| 6 November 2015 | Leinster | A | 15–19 | Tries: Parkes 3' c, Owen 24' m Conversion: D. Jones 4' Penalty: D. Jones 33' | 14,743 | 2nd |
| 29 November 2015 | Zebre | H | 20–12 | Tries: Parkes 8' c, A. Davies 12' c Conversions Thomas (2) 9', 13' Penalty: Thomas 22' | 5,504 | 2nd |
| 5 December 2015 | Treviso | A | 22–20 | Tries: Allen (2) 12' c, 52' c, Van der Merwe 27' m Conversions: Thomas 13', 53' Penalty: S. Shingler 77' | 4,500 | 1st |
| 26 December 2015 | Ospreys | H | 26–27 | Tries: Barclay 11' c, A. Davies 35' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 12', 36' Penalties: Thomas (4) 18', 24', 43', 52' | 14,568 | 1st |
| 1 January 2016 | Cardiff Blues | A | 27–29 | Tries: Owens 6' c, Van der Merwe 11' c, G. Davies 65' c Conversions: Thomas (3) 7', 12', 67' Penalties: Thomas (2) 17', 27' | 11,720 | 1st |
| 10 January 2016 | Connacht | H | 21–19 | Tries: S. Evans 46' c, Collins 62' m Conversion: Thomas 47' Penalties: Thomas (2) 37', 44', S. Shingler 80' | 5,888 | 1st |
| 30 January 2016 | Connacht | A | 17–30 | Tries: Van der Merwe 44' c, Owen 73' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 45', 74' Penalty: Thomas 43' | 5,292 | 1st |
| 12 February 2016 | Edinburgh | H | 22–21 | Try: Allen 6' c Conversion: S. Shingler 7' Penalties: S. Shingler 18', Thomas (4) 25', 47', 54', 77' | 5,569 | 4th |
| 21 February 2016 | Ulster | A | 21–20 | Tries: Collins (2) 4' m, 23' c Conversions: Thomas 24' Penalties: Thomas (3) 14', 46', 49' | 15,201 | 3rd |
| 28 February 2016 | Edinburgh | A | 23–24 | Tries: Parkes 15' m, J. Davies 26' m, S. Evans 35' c Conversion: Thomas 36' Penalties: Thomas (2) 7', 14' | 3,618 | 3rd |
| 4 March 2016 | Treviso | H | 24–15 | Tries: S. Evans (2) 14' c, 72' c, J. Davies 20' c Conversions: Thomas (2) 15', 20', D. Jones 73' Penalty: D. Jones 68' | 5,237 | 3rd |
| 26 March 2016 | Ospreys | A | 25–16 | Try: Van der Merwe 30' c Conversion: D. Jones 31' Penalties: D. Jones (2) 7', 37', Thomas (4) 64', 68', 76', 80+1' | 12,051 | 3rd |
| 2 April 2016 | Cardiff Blues | H | 22–28 | Try: Barclay 70' c Conversion: Thomas 71' Penalties: D. Jones (4) 14', 17', 29' 47', Thomas 55' | 9,546 | 3rd |
| 16 April 2016 | Glasgow Warriors | H | 10–46 | Try: L. Williams 30' c Conversion: S. Shingler 31' Penalty: S. Shingler 2' | 8,165 | 5th |
| 30 April 2016 | Newport Gwent Dragons | N | 34–20 | Tries: S. Williams 8' c, S. Shingler 13' c, S. Evans 45' c, G. Davies 75' c Conversions: S. Shingler (4) 10', 13', 46', 76' Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 24', 29' | 68,262 | 5th |
| 7 May 2016 | Munster | A | 15–31 | Penalties: S. Shingler (5) 9', 21', 28', 37', 64' | | 5th |

### Table

| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | PD | BP | Pts |
| 4 | Ulster | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 488 | 307 | +181 | 13 | 69 |
| 5 | Scarlets | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 477 | 458 | +19 | 7 | 63 |
| 6 | Munster | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 459 | 417 | +42 | 11 | 63 |

## European Champions Cup
### Fixtures

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Pool position |
| 14 November 2015 | Northampton Saints | A | 11–15 | Try: G. Davies 51' m Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 15', 38' | 14,512 | 2nd |
| 21 November 2015 | Racing 92 | H | 12–29 | Tries: A. Thomas 57' m, Rawlins 66' c Conversion: A. Thomas 66' | 8,512 | 3rd |
| 12 December 2015 | Glasgow Warriors | A | 6–43 | Penalties: S. Shingler (2) 11', 46' | 6,576 | 4th |
| 19 December 2015 | Glasgow Warriors | H | 6–9 | Penalties: A. Thomas (2) 54', 67' | 5,767 | 4th |
| 17 January 2016 | Racing 92 | A | 14–64 | Tries: Van der Merwe 41' c, G. Davies 50' c Conversions: S. Shingler 42', 51' | 6,931 | 4th |
| 23 January 2016 | Northampton Saints | H | 10–22 | Try: R. Jones 79' c Conversion: Thomas 80' Penalty: Thomas 27' | 6,823 | 4th |

### Table

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | PD | BP | Pts |
| Racing 92 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 70 | +104 | 4 | 22 |
| Northampton Saints | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Glasgow Warriors | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 18 | +1 | 2 | 14 |
| Scarlets | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 182 | −123 | 2 | 2 |

## Statistics

(+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance)
| Pos. | Name | Pro 12 | Pro 12 | Pro 12 | Pro 12 | Pro 12 | Pro 12 | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | European Champions Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Try | Con | Pen | Drop | Pts | Apps | Try | Con | Pen | Drop | Pts | Apps | Try | Con | Pen | Drop | Pts | | |
| FB/WG | Steff Evans | 14+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| FB/WG | Liam Williams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FB | Jordan Williams | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WG/FB | Tom Williams | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| WG | Michael Tagicakibau | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WG | D. T. H. van der Merwe | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| WG | Harry Robinson | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CE/WG | Hadleigh Parkes | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| CE/FB | Gareth Owen | 15+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| CE | Regan King | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CE/FB | Michael Collins | 10+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| CE | Steffan Hughes | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CE | Scott Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FH | Daniel Jones | 6+3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| FH/FB | Aled Thomas | 13+9 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 114 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 16+10 | 1 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 132 | 1 | 0 |
| FH | Steven Shingler | 7+6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11+8 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| FH | Josh Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SH | Aled Davies | 12+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| SH | Rhodri Williams | 5+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SH | Gareth Davies | 5+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| SH | Connor Lloyd | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N8 | Rory Pitman | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N8 | Jack Condy | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N8 | Morgan Allen | 10+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FL/N8 | John Barclay | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| FL | James Davies | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| FL | Aaron Shingler | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FL | Tom Phillips | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FL | Will Boyde | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LK/FL | Lewis Rawlins | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| LK | Tom Price | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LK | George Earle | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LK | Jake Ball | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LK | Maselino Paulino | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| LK | Jack Jones | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LK | David Bulbring | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HK | Emyr Phillips | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| HK | Kirby Myhill | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HK | Ryan Elias | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HK | Ken Owens | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| PR | Peter Edwards | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PR | Phil John | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| PR | Rob Evans | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PR | Will Taylor | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PR | Samson Lee | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PR | Dylan Evans | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PR | Rhodri Jones | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| PR | Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stats accurate as of match played 7 May 2016

## Transfers
### In

| Date confirmed | Pos. | Name | From |
| 19 February 2015 | WG | D. T. H. van der Merwe | Glasgow Warriors |
| 9 March 2015 | FH | Aled Thomas | Gloucester |
| 25 March 2015 | PR | Will Taylor | Wasps |
| 31 March 2015 | LK | / Tom Price | Leicester Tigers |
| 20 April 2015 | PR | / Dylan Evans | Wanderers/Melbourne Rebels |
| 29 April 2015 | N8 | Jack Condy | Cross Keys |
| 4 May 2015 | N8 | Morgan Allen | Ospreys |
| 20 July 2015 | FB/WG | Tom Williams | Cardiff Blues (loan) |
| 11 October 2015 | LK | Maselino Paulino | Waikato |
| 26 October 2015 | CE/FB | Michael Collins | Otago |
| 3 February 2016 | LK | David Bulbring | Eastern Province Kings |

### Out

| Date confirmed | Pos. | Name | To |
| 6 January 2015 | FH | Rhys Priestland | Bath |
| 19 April 2015 | HK | Darran Harris | Rotherham |
| 9 May 2015 | LK | Johan Snyman | Brive |
| 9 May 2015 | WG | Kristian Phillips | Ospreys |
| 9 May 2015 | WG | Frazier Climo | Ayr RFC |
| 9 May 2015 | WG | Kyle Evans | Moseley |
| 9 May 2015 | PR | Jacobie Adriaanse | Montpellier |
| 9 May 2015 | FL | Sion Bennett | Northampton Saints |
| 12 May 2015 | PR | Javan Sebastian | Glasgow Warriors |
| 18 May 2015 | CE | Adam Warren | Newport Gwent Dragons |
| 14 July 2015 | FL | Craig Price | Neath RFC |
| 2 September 2015 | LK | Richard Kelly | Retired |
| 23 September 2015 | FL/N8 | Rob McCusker | London Irish |
| 29 March 2016 | N8 | Rory Pitman | Released |