The 2020–21 season is the 17th 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 rugby union side based in
Llanelli
; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...
,
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire (; or informally ') is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. ...
. In this season, they competed in the
Pro14
The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in ...
and the
Champions Cup.
In December 2020, it was announced that the 2020–21 Pro14 season would conclude on 27 March 2021 after 16 rounds, and will be followed by the
Pro14 Rainbow Cup
The Pro14 Rainbow Cup (also known as the Guinness Brewery, Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a professional rugby union end-of-season cup competition played in 2021 that consisted of two separate tournaments: the Rainbow C ...
, a competition featuring the four former South African
Super Rugby
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sides, the
Bulls
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*The plural of bull, an adult male bovine
* Bulls, New Zealand, a small town in the Rangitikei District
Sports
*Bucking bull, used in the sport of bull riding
*Bulls (rugby union), a South African rugby union franchise operated ...
,
Lions
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,
Sharks
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and
Stormers
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. The Rainbow Cup would consist of two dual tournaments; one for the northern hemisphere teams and one for the four South African teams. The winners of both tournaments would face off in a final to crown the overall winner.
In April 2021,
Dwayne Peel
Dwayne John Peel (born 31 August 1981) is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. He was the most capped scrum-half for the Wales national rugby union team with 76 caps, until his record was surpassed by Mike Phillips on 16 March 2013.
Yo ...
was announced as the head coach for the
2021–22 season, with
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 ...
moving to a Director of Rugby role. After a poor run of matches, Delaney was relieved of his duties as head coach and departed the club before assuming the role, with
Dai Flanagan stepping in as caretaker head coach on the 8th of May 2021.
At the end of the season,
Gareth Davies,
Wyn Jones,
Ken Owens
Kenneth James Owens (born 3 January 1987) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played as a hooker for the Scarlets and Wales. He made his debut for the Scarlets in 2006, taking over from Matthew Rees as their first-choice hooker upon Re ...
and
Liam Williams were called up to the
British & Irish Lions
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squad for the
2021 tour to South Africa.
Friendlies
Pro14
Fixtures
Table
Conference B
Pro14 Rainbow Cup
Fixtures
Table
European Champions Cup
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, and al ...
, only the first two pool games were played during this season with the remaining pool games being cancelled. A revised knockout stage commenced with a round of 16 consisting of the top eight teams from each pool.
Fixtures
Table
Pool A
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 match played 13 June 2021''
Transfers
In
Out
Notes
References
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Scarlets seasons
2020–21 Pro14 by team