Toulon successfully manged to overcome a second half burst from Scarlets to win their European Champions Cup opener with a 21-20 margin at Stade Felix Mayol on Sunday.
Lock Tadhg Beirne's chances of claiming an Ireland Test spot has received a huge boost as he is set to join Pro 14 club Munster ahead of the 2018/19 season.
Leigh Halfpenny made an impressive debut for Scarlets as the defending champions ran an eight try riot to trounce Southern Kings by 57-10 in the Pro 14 season opener.
Following on from our look at U20 players in the Premiership capable of breaking out this season, we now turn our attentions to the recently expanded Guinness PRO14.
Scarlets winger Steffan Evans has been cleared to play in the Pro 12 final for his side against Munster despite his red-card incident against Leinster in the semi-final in Dublin.
Scarlets came up with a clinical three try performance as they managed to overcome a red card to Steffan Evans to win the Pro 12 semi-final by 15-27 in Dublin on Friday.