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Warriors' master plan awaits Scarlets

The summer import from the Waratahs left a number of Scarlets defenders in his wake to cross for a trio of tries in the 43-6 victory on December 12. He could come up against former Glasgow favourite DTH van der Merwe, who has returned to fitness to feature in the Parc y Scarlets leg of the double-header.

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A win for the Warriors would put them right back in the quarter-final picture after a first round defeat to Northampton Saints. Racing 92 lead the way in Pool Three, after victories over the Scarlets and Northampton, with the Saints two points behind in a tight race for the quarter-finals, and Lamont wants Naiyaravoro to blaze a trail into the last eight.

"We just need to do the same as last week – get the ball to 'V' again and let him run riot. That worked pretty well last time. We knew he was capable of that, but it is still quite impressive when you see it happen, with a wake of players lying in pieces behind him.

"He's only 23 and he's not played a lot of union games overall, with a lot of his appearances in Australia from the bench, so it takes time to get up to speed with a new team – and I think we saw it click at the weekend.

"The more we play with him the easier it is to get him the ball, trail him, pick our way through the devastation, and hopefully get an offload on a cheeky support line at the end. When there is nothing on, having a guy like that can create something by just bursting the line," he said.

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