By Alex Bywater For Mailonline
Published: 23:19 GMT, 12 January 2019 | Updated: 23:19 GMT, 12 January 2019
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Leicester continued what is statistically their worst ever season with another woeful performance as they were thrashed by a Scarlets side who scored first-half tries from Rob Evans and Ken Owens.
Wales head coach Warren Gatland would have been a happy man as he watched on from the Llanelli stands, but for the neutral it was sad to see a Tigers side look so ordinary on the big European stage.
These are worrying times at Welford Road. While it must be acknowledged Leicester fielded a weakened outfit here, their performance was still unacceptable.
Ken Owens who was man of the match smashed through a poor Kyle Eastmond tackle attempt
Scarlets: McNicholl; Asquith, Fonotia (Nicholas 58), Parkes, S Evans; Jones (Hughes 66), G Davies (Hardy 61); R Evans (R Jones 51), Elias (M Jones), Lee (Gardiner 60), Helps (Price 61), Bulbring, Kennedy, D Davies, Owens (capt) Replacement not used: Macleod
Leicester: Worth, Holmes, Owen (Aspland-Robinson 65), Eastmond (J Ford 40), Olowofela; Toomua (capt), White (Youngs 76); Bateman (Gigena 58), Kerr (McMillan 47), Heyes (Feao 61), Wells (Fitzgerald 59), Kitchener, Williams, Evans, Mapapalangi (O'Connor 70)
Scarlets tries: R Evans (2), Owens, McNicholl, S Evans
Convs: Jones (4)
Leicester tries: Evans, Fitzgerald
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Attendance: 8,087 Star man: Ken Owens (Scarlets)
They simply didn't turn up.
Geordan Murphy admitted Leicester weren't up for the fight as his two-time European champion side were hammered in Llanelli. The Tigers continued what is statistically their worst ever season with another horror show which allowed the Scarlets to secure a comfortable bonus-point win. Head coach Murphy said: 'The Scarlets
