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The Scarlets camp has been struck down by illness ahead of their crucial Guinness Pro12 match against Glasgow on Saturday (3.15pm)

Scarlets supremo Wayne Pivac has admitted 20 members of the playing squad are suffering with a stomach complaint.

Thursday’s training session was cancelled, but Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac is hopeful the majority of the stricken will recover for kick-off.

“We’re hoping a lot of those come tomorrow (Friday) morning will be feeling a lot better,” said Pivac.

“We’ve rearranged our day tomorrow just to compensate for that and we’ll have a bit of a walk-through in the afternoon and that’ll probably be it and then another walk-through on game day. It’s not ideal.

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“It’s a first for me, but these things happen and nothing surprises you as a coach when you’ve been around a while,

“So you know, you’ve always got to have a Plan B and a Plan C I guess and that’s why we have the larger squads.”

The Scarlets have been in the top four all season, but face a stern challenge from defending champions Glasgow, who have won seven in a row and overtook in third place last weekend. The top four qualify for the end of season play-offs.