Scarlets
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| Union | Welsh Rugby Union |
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| Nickname(s) | Bois Sospan Turks |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Location | Llanelli, Wales |
| Ground(s) | Parc y Scarlets (Capacity: 14,870) |
| Chairman | Nigel Short |
| CEO | Darran Phillips |
| President | Phil Bennett |
| Coach(es) | Wayne Pivac |
| Captain(s) | Ken Owens |
| Most caps | Vernon Cooper (369) |
| Top scorer | Stephen Jones (2,850) |
| Most tries | Wayne Proctor (173) |
| League(s) | Pro12 |
| 2015-16 | 5th |
| Official website | |
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The Scarlets (Welsh: Y Sgarlets) are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Llanelli, south-west Wales the team play at the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the Pro12, as well as competing in the Anglo-Welsh Cup and the European Rugby Champions Cup (which replaced the Heineken Cup from the 2014–15 season). The club was originally named the Llanelli Scarlets but was renamed at the start of the 2008–09 rugby season, following the lead of the Ospreys in 2005.
The Llanelli Scarlets were founded in 2003, as one of the five (now four) regional teams created by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). The Scarlets are affiliated with a number of semi-professional and amateur clubs throughout the area, including Welsh Premier Division sides Llanelli RFC, Carmarthen Quins RFC and Llandovery RFC. Through the 2007–08 season, they played most of their games at Stradey Park in Llanelli, but they have also played matches at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. The club's new stadium, Parc y Scarlets (English: Scarlets Park), was constructed in nearby Pemberton, and opened in November 2008.
In 2003, the WRU elected to reduce the top tier of Welsh professional rugby from nine clubs into five regions during the introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales, attempting to mirror the successful formats in Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
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