Rugby evening headlines as Jamie Roberts sin-binned in defeat and Aussie star left a quadriplegic after horror incident

Here are your rugby evening headlines for Friday, 22 April.

Jamie Roberts was sin-binned after just 12 minutes as his Waratahs side conceded seven tries in a 51-27 Super Rugby Pacific loss to the Chiefs.

The Wales centre was shown a yellow card for a deliberate knock-on shortly after Waratahs prop Angus Bell had been sent off for an alleged dangerous tackle just two minutes into the match - leaving the Australian side down to 13 men early on.

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For the Chiefs, winger Jonah Lowe bagged four tries among their haul as they raced into an early lead.

And while the Tahs did threaten to pull it back - reducing a first-half deficit of 19 points to just three at one point - the New Zealanders would have enough to record an emphatic victory.

Bryn Gatland, son of former Wales coach Warren, kicked 13 points for the Chiefs.

Scarlets hooker Ryan Elias insists the west Walians belong in the URC play-offs as they look to finish their season strongly.

Elias, who started during the Scarlets' 2017 PRO12 triumph and has made the Welsh jersey his own this season, said that getting back to the play-offs was vitally important to Dwayne Peel's side, as was finishing as the highest-placed Welsh side.

"It's huge. That's where we want to be. That's where we feel we deserve to be as a squad. We were probably slow-starting this season but we've strung a few good games together recently. We slipped up last weekend so we need to get the win this weekend to put us in good stead to reach the play-offs.

"It's huge being the highest Welsh side, with the European qualifications off the back of it. That's huge for the club. As players, we want to be playing the