A Win Is a Win -- But Now for the Real Tests As Irish Lie in Wait ; Heineken Cup Scarlets Happy with Victory at Last in Europe As Lyons Leads From the Front to Help See Off Brive

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THIS may not rank as one of the greatest Scarlets triumphs in the 15 years of European competition, but it could quite easily go down as one of the most important.

In the build-up to Saturday's Pool 6 opener Scarlets legend Phil Bennett had hailed the game as one of the most pivotal in the history of Llanelli rugby.

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A Win Is a Win -- But Now for the Real Tests As Irish Lie in Wait ; Heineken Cup Scarlets Happy with Victory at Last in Europe As Lyons Leads From the Front to Help See Off Brive

Lose and the Scarlets were staring down a long, dark tunnel; win and the chinks of light are drawing nearer.

You only have to turn the clock back 12 months to Harlequins at Stradey last season for a sobering reminder of how a home loss in the first game of the tournament can send your campaign careering off the rails.

Defeat to the weakest of the French sides in Europe's t...

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