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Scarlets Refocus on Stormers After Travel Chaos Forces Connacht Postponement

Dwayne Peel expects a fully prepared side boosted by the returns of Sam Costelow plus Marnus van der Merwe after the Connacht postponement.

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'Rip into them': Stormers get huge warning after Scarlets' travel nightmare

Overview

  • Scarlets host the Stormers on Friday in Llanelli, facing opponents who opened with home wins over Leinster and the Ospreys.
  • Storm Amy forced the team’s Bristol flight to divert from Dublin to Manchester, leaving the squad on a runway for nearly nine hours and postponing the Connacht match.
  • The squad returned home around 6:30–7:00am on Saturday, recovered over the weekend, and trained on Monday, with the coach confident the disruption will not affect performance.
  • Wales fly-half Sam Costelow is available after a head injury and Springbok hooker Marnus van der Merwe has rejoined the squad.
  • A new date for the trip to Connacht has not been confirmed, and other fixtures were also postponed for safety, including Edinburgh vs Ulster and Cardiff vs Ebbw Vale.