{"id":416931,"date":"2011-05-04T07:56:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T07:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/young-wary-of-scarlets-creativity\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T07:56:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T07:56:03","slug":"young-wary-of-scarlets-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/young-wary-of-scarlets-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Young wary of Scarlets creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"90\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Venue:<\/em> Parc y Scarlets<\/li>\n<li><em>Date:<\/em> Fri, 6 May<\/li>\n<li><em>Kick-off:<\/em> 1905 BST<\/li>\n<li><em>Coverage:<\/em> Scrum V Live &#8211; BBC Two Wales and Red Button, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sport website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52473000\/jpg\/_52473808_cdf_cardiff_blues_training27-1.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Cardiff Blues coach Dai Young\" \/> Young says plotting a way to shackle the Scarlets backs is the key to success<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff Blues coach Dai Young says he fears the &#8220;innovative&#8221; Scarlets backs as he prepares for the make-or-break Magners League match in Llanelli.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues face missing out on the play-offs if they fail to beat the Scarlets, who could sneak into the top four.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they&#8217;ve probably played the best rugby out of the four Welsh regions,&#8221; said Young.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are very attack-minded and very innovative in a lot of the stuff they&#8217;ve done as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Blues currently occupy fourth place in the table with one game to go, while the Scarlets are three points further back in sixth place.<\/p>\n<p>A victory for Young&#8217;s side will guarantee them a place in the play-offs, but defeat would open the door for the fifth-placed Ospreys to leapfrog them if they can beat Aironi.<\/p>\n<p>The Scarlets also still have an outside chance of joining the play-off party, knowing that a victory over the Blues and a defeat for the Ospreys would lift them into fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>An opportunity to seal their place in the play-offs slipped through the Blues&#8217; fingers last Friday when they lost 28-15 at the Dragons, and Young says their task will be no easier at Parc y Scarlets.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/52470000\/jpg\/_52470933_jamie_roberts_grab.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff Blues centre Jamie Roberts\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Blues must avoid Scarlets slip &#8211; Roberts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Scarlets are quite comfortable to attack from deep so I&#8217;m a big fan of the rugby they play down there this season,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We know they are certainly going to challenge our defence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our kicking game has to be spot on &#8211; you can&#8217;t give them ball to run back at you. And we&#8217;ll certainly have to make sure our defence is solid and taking no dummies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are very elusive players and look to play the game. We&#8217;ve got dominate the game, we&#8217;ve got to control possession and control the field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not kicking the leather off the ball, but that&#8217;s playing in the right areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite having a backline blessed with internationals and creative talent, the Blues have struggled to find their attacking rhythm all season.<\/p>\n<p>They have managed just 35 tries in 21 league games &#8211; only the bottom four clubs have scored fewer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s been out weakness all season,&#8221; admitted Young, who saw his side lose 10-16 to the Scarlets in October.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got the second-best defence in the league, so that&#8217;s something we&#8217;ve worked hard on. But something that&#8217;s frustrated us all season is our ability with the ball in hand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have got quality players but for one reason or another it hasn&#8217;t quite clicked for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/13274165.stm\" title=\"Young wary of Scarlets creativity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young wary of Scarlets creativity<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Venue: Parc y Scarlets Date: Fri, 6 May Kick-off: 1905 BST Coverage: Scrum V Live &#8211; BBC Two Wales and Red Button, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sport website Young says plotting a way to shackle the Scarlets backs is the key to success Cardiff Blues coach Dai Young says he fears the &#8220;innovative&#8221; Scarlets backs as he prepares for the make-or-break Magners League match in Llanelli. The Blues face missing out on the play-offs if they fail to beat the Scarlets, who could sneak into the top four<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-416931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Young wary of Scarlets creativity - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/young-wary-of-scarlets-creativity\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Young wary of Scarlets creativity - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Venue: Parc y Scarlets Date: Fri, 6 May Kick-off: 1905 BST Coverage: Scrum V Live - BBC Two Wales and Red Button, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sport website Young says plotting a way to shackle the Scarlets backs is the key to success Cardiff Blues coach Dai Young says he fears the &quot;innovative&quot; Scarlets backs as he prepares for the make-or-break Magners League match in Llanelli. 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