The 2019–20 season was the 16th season in the history of the

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 ...

, a Welsh regional

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side based in

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. They competed in the

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and after failing to qualify for the Champions Cup the previous season for the first time in their history, participated in the

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. It was the team's first and only season under head coach

Brad Mooar Brad Mooar (born 28-Aug-1974) is a New Zealand professional rugby union coach. He was previously assistant coach at Southern Kings and Crusaders (rugby union), Crusaders and was head coach at the Scarlets in Wales. Nowadays is assistant coach i ...

, who was assisted by defence coach

Glenn Delaney Glenn Delaney (born 16 November 1973) is a New Zealand professional rugby union football coach. He was recently the head coach of the Pro14 side Scarlets. He had previously been assistant coach to Brad Mooar at the Scarlets Previously he had been h ...

and assistant attack coach Richard Whiffin, following

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's departure to leathe Wales national team. On December 24, 2019, it was announced that Mooar would leave the Scarlets at the end of the season to join the New Zealand All Blacks' coaching team. On 12 March 2020, the season was indefinitely suspended due to the

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. The regular season resumed on 22 August 2020, with the number of rounds reduced from 21 to 15; any postponed games were deemed 0-0 draws, with both teams awarded two points. Rounds 14 and 15 consisted of derbie matches for each Welsh region, with the top two teams in each conference advancing to the semi-final stage. Delaney took charge as head coach after Mooar's departure, leading the team in the games played in August and September 2020.

Pre-season and friendlies

Pro14

Fixtures

Table

Conference B

Rugby Challenge Cup

Pool stage

Fixtures

Table

Knockout stage

Statistics

(+ in the Apps column denotes substitute appearance, positions listed are the ones they have started a game in during the season) ''Stats correct as of 19 September 2020''

Transfers

In

Out

Notes

References

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