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Priestland to make decision on future

Scarlets and Wales flyhalf Rhys Priestland says he has decided on his future and will make an announcement about it next week.

The 27-year-old has been linked with a possible move to English Premiership side Bath as he will be out of contract at the end of the season and has held talks with Scarlets about a new deal.

"Everything's sorted and I think I need to come out this week and put everything to bed," said Priestland.

Priestland was speaking after being named man of the match in Scarlets' 22-10 Pro12 win over Ospreys on Saturday.

"To be honest, I've enjoyed my rugby for the last few months. People have jumped on this bandwagon of me playing well in the last two or three weeks.

"But I think the performances have been pretty good pretty consistently," he told Sky Sports.

Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac has previously said the region are eager to keep international players such as Priestland.

Asked about the flyhalf's contractual situation, Pivac wants Priestland to take his time as he mulls over his future.

"What we don't want him to do is rush into that decision. We want him to just be 100 percent committed to the decision that he does make, and we'll support him either way.

"The sooner we can make announcements, the better it is for everyone. We can all move on.

"He's been around a while and he's done great service to the club and great service to Wales. So we want to make sure, whatever he does, he's 100 percent committed," said Pivac.

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