Scarlets 30 Toulon 27The Scarlets secured a European Champions Cup quarter-final place as Pool Five winners after toppling Toulon 30-27 in west Wales. Toulon will be away in the last-eight, while the Scarlets’ hopes of a home tie depend on the outcome of Sunday’s closing group fixtures. Jones then kicked a penalty to open up a five-point lead, yet it proved short-lived as Toulon hit back through a classic opportunist score from Ashton. Jones’ touchline conversion, followed by him and Belleau exchanging penalties, meant the Scarlets led 20-18 after just 27 minutes as the points extravaganza continued. A first-half of unrelenting pace ended when Belleau completed his penalty hat-trick, and the Scarlets trooped off 27-21 ahead in pursuit of reaching the Champions Cup last-eight.

Source: Evening echo January 20, 2018 19:52 UTC