Pivac thrilled by Scarlets style

Scarlets boss Wayne Pivac was thrilled to see his side clinch the PRO12 title playing their distinctive style of rugby after hammering Munster.

Overall the Welsh region scored six tries at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, in an emphatic 46-22 win to lift their first PRO12 title.

Pivac and assistant coach Stephen Jones, the former Wales fly-half, have rightly won plenty of praise after stunning first Leinster in the semi-finals and now Munster.

“It was very, very pleasing. It’s something that the boys want to do. They want to play the style of rugby that we’re playing. It’s been successful for us," Pivac told the Press Association.

“Probably the thing that was a little annoying was when the rain came down so heavily this morning. We were hoping that it would stop before kick-off time, and it did.

"Very pleased with the boys, the way they nailed those skills under pressure in those conditions. Just a fantastic result.”

Explaining where it had gone right for the Scarlets this season, Pivac highlighted the emphasis on improving even the most basic of skills and improving the side's defence.

“We work on a lot of basic skills. We’ve got some players that have got a lot of X-factor, but it’s giving them the ball going forward. We’ve been able to do that,” Pivac added.

“We’re talking about our attack now, scoring tries, but also our defence has been fantastic.

"Again today, we let a couple of soft ones in at the end, but generally speaking our defence was pretty rock solid. I think we’re not only a strong attacking team now, but we’re also a very strong defensive team.”

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