The 2006–07 season was the fourth season in the history of the

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team. They competed in the

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, in which they finished in fourth place, as well as the

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and

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. They won just one of their three Anglo-Welsh Cup matches and were knocked out in the pool stage, but despite being drawn in the same pool as

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for a third year in a row, they won all six of their pool matches and qualified for the quarter-finals as the second seed, giving them a home tie against

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. A 24–15 win at

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set up a semi-final away to

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, but although they led 17–16 early in the second half, they ended up losing 33–17.

Celtic League

Matches

Table

Anglo-Welsh Cup

Pool stage

Heineken Cup

Pool stage

Knockout stage

Notes

References

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Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby c ...