SCARLETS 26 EDINBURGH 10 – WHAT WE LEARNED...

THE COACH WAS PRETTY HAPPY DESPITE the Scarlets failing to score at point in a forgettable second half, head coach Wayne Pivac was satisfied with the night’s work.

“If you would have said to us at the start of the day we would have picked up five points and had four tries before half-time, you would have taken it every time,” he said.

“Apart from an error which allowed them a try, it was pretty much a complete first half.

“In the second half we created opportunities, but just couldn’t finish them off.” INTERNATIONALS DID THEIR BIT THERE is always a danger of players nursing a post-Six Nations hangover when they return to domestic duty, but the Scarlets’ Wales internationals delivered influential performances in their first appearances for their region since the middle of January.

Wales centre Jonathan Davies, in particular, enjoyed an eye-catching game in midfield.

In defence, he regularly snuffed out Edinburgh attacks, he also had a couple of smart off-loads, ripped a crucial ball for Patchell’s second try and caused the visitors all sorts of problems with his strong running.

Liam Williams was another to make his mark, producing one soaring high take of his own kick, while Samson Lee anchored a strong home scrum. WHAT’S HAPPENED TO EDINBURGH? BACK in January, the Scots were storming The Stoop, claiming a shock pool victory over Harlequins to seal a home quarter-final in the European Challenge Cup.

However, Duncan Hodge’s side will go into next weekend’s Murrayfield tie against surprise French Top 14 leaders La Rochelle in a miserable run of six successive league defeats.

They were all at sea defensively in the first half, allowing the Scarlets to gain firm hold of the match.

There were improvements after the break, but this was a far more comfortable evening that Pivac would have anticipated.

“We weren’t good in the first half and not much better in the second,” was the blunt assessment from Hodge afterwards. STILL ALL TO PLAY FOR WITH four rounds of action remaining, the Scarlets sit in fifth, just three points behind Ulster, who dug deep to see off the Dragons 27-17 at Rodney Parade.

The West Walians host Treviso next up which should see them rack up another five-pointer, then take on the Men of Gwent at the Principality Stadium on Judgement Day.

The Scarlets finish off with a trip to Galway to face last year’s champions Connacht before the regular season ends with a mouthwatering home derby against the Ospreys.

As for Ulster, their run-in looks tougher on paper.

They host Cardiff Blues in Belfast before locking horns with three of the title contenders - Munster in Limerick, the Ospreys in Swansea and Leinster at the Kingspan.

It now promises to go down to the wire.