Scarlets 19-7 Brive: Vaea Fifita shines as Dwayne Peel's side set up Clermont quarter-final clash

Tries from Vaea Fifita and Aaron Shingler sent the Scarlets into the Challenge Cup quarter-finals with victory over Brive at Parc y Scarlets.

Despite largely being on top throughout the 80 minutes, things did threaten to get tense late on - with just one score separating them until two minutes from time.

However, Shingler's score before the death ensured the Scarlets will now host Clermont in Llanelli next week - with the French side having beaten Bristol to book their place in the last eight.

Dwayne Peel's side dominated the first-half, but were unable to make the most of that in the wet conditions in Llanelli.

For a fair chunk of the first-half, Brive were down at least a man.

The first yellow came after 10 minutes, moments after the Scarlets had seen a try chalked off. After a 50:22 from Gareth Davies, prop Javan Sebastian showed speed of thought to take a quick lineout that put Steff Evans over the whitewash - only for the referee to pull it back, insisting a proper lineout was taken.

From that lineout, the Scarlets worked space out wide for Ryan Conbeer. The winger chipped ahead, but was taken out by full-back Nic Krone before he could even begin to chase.

Referee Anthony Woodthorpe wasted no time in reaching for a yellow card. He'd be reaching back into his pocket midway through the first-half after Brive captain Said Hireche pulled back Steff Evans illegally when the wing was chasing a kick near the French side's tryline.

Despite those two cards, all the Scarlets had to show for their first-half efforts were three penalties from Costelow - who carried on where he left off left week after his flawless 22-point haul against the Sharks.

Disappointingly for Peel, the young fly-half was forced off injured after half an