Scarlets boosted by international returns for PRO12 clash

The side has been boosted by the return of international players Jake Ball, Aled Davies and Aled Thomas as well as DTH van der Merwe who missed out on last weekend's Scottish encounter.

Openside flankers James Davies and John Barclay are reunited in the backrow with Barclay at number 8 and Maselino Paulino in on the blindside.

Currently in third place in the Guinness PRO12 table Scarlets will be looking for a victory on Friday night to cement their place in the top four ahead of the last five games of the regular season.

Speaking ahead of Friday night's clash against Benetton Treviso Head Coach Wayne Pivac said: "When we went in to this block we had a set number of wins we were after and we're on target. A win on the weekend would allow this group to look back and say they've been in the top four for the majority of the season, they've done a great job for us.

"We're a big 80 minutes away from a reasonable position in the table with the last five games ahead of us.

"Treviso have improved a lot in recent weeks and have done so without their internationals. They have suffered a lot of close losses; we know that from our game out there where we got out of jail.

"We certainly won't be taking them lightly at all, they'll be buoyant and they're playing for a spot in Europe as we are."

Scarlets team to take on Benetton Treviso at Parc y Scarlets, Friday 4th March kick-off 7.05pm;

15 Michael Collins, 14 Steff Evans, 13 Regan King, 12 Hadleigh Parkes ©, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Aled Thomas, 9 Aled Davies, 1 Dylan Evans, 2 Kirby Myhill 3 Peter Edwards, 4 Jake Ball, 5 David Bulbring, 6 Maselino Paulino, 7 James Davies, 8 John Barclay

Replacements: Ryan Elias, Phil John, Rhodri Jones, Tom Price, Will Boyde, Connor Lloyd, Dan Jones, Gareth Owen

Unavailable for selection: Scott Williams (knee), Josh Macleod (foot), Emyr Phillips (knee), Jack Condy (shoulder), Ben Leung (knee), Lewis Rawlins (neck), Tom Williams (shoulder), Steve Shingler (knee), Aaron Shingler (concussion), Morgan Allen (foot), George Earle (shoulder), Rory Pitman (pec), Rhodri Williams (concussion)

International duty: Gareth Davies, Rob Evans, Samson Lee, Ken Owens (all Wales), Jordan Williams (Wales 7s), Tom Phillips (Wales U20)