Galway in the snow...

Team:

Connacht: G Duffy; M Mostyn, D Riordan, M Deane, A Wynne; A Dunne, C O'Loughlin; B Wilkinson, A Flavin, R Morris; D Gannon, A Farley (c); M McCarthy, J O'Connor, C Rigney.
Replacements: J Fogarty, R Loughney, M Swift, R Ofisa, C McPhillips, T Donnelly, D Yapp.

Scarlets: Morgan Stoddart; Dafydd James, Matthew Watkins, Regan King, Mark Jones; Rhys Priestland, Liam Davies; Phil John, Matthew Rees, Bruce Douglas, Adam Eustace, Scott Macleod, Simon Easterby (capt), James Bater, Nathan Thomas.
Replacements (from): Deacon Manu, James Hayter, Dafydd Jones, Jonathan Edwards, Gavin Cattle, Ceiron Thomas, Nathan Brew, Garan Evans, Daniel George.

Referee: Andy Macpherson (SRU).

This will be a tester for the Scalrets in a cold Galway tonight. I'd imagine its the last place the team would want to be after the defeat on New Years Day. Still, there's hope with Matthew Rees and Matthew Watkins both back from injury giving much needed experience in a tough away match. Watkins (Outside) joins King (Inside) in the centre to re-form a prolific attacking partnership. The Scarlets will be hoping that their much criticised defence holds up.

This is a must win game for the Scarlets if they have any ambition to win the league. Hopefully this will help motivate the players and coaches to give them the edge. Connacht, unbeaten in their last few home games will again be looking to make it tough.

After my predictions for the Dragons match i'm holding judgement on this one. It seems almost impossible to predict any Scarlets results given the fluctuations in performance levels. Hopefully though, this will be one of the higher end performances and give the Scarlets a much needed boost.