There has been a timely word of encouragement for the Southern Kings after their heavy 57-10 defeat against Scarlets on their PRO14 debut.They leaked 42 unanswered second-half points after holding their own against the champions in the opening half of a fast-paced showdown in Llanelli.Despite his team’s big win, Scarlets head coach Wayne Pivac said that the Kings had been a handful in the first half when his team could only build a 15-10 lead.That first-half display by the Kings included a try by speedster Yaw Penxe after a clever kick from flyhalf Kurt Coleman."You can see the Kings have a lot of talent. They ran strongly into contact and were a handful," Pivac said."We stood off them a bit in the first half and paid the price. We addressed that at half-time and in the second half, we were also far more patient with the ball," he said."We tried to force too much in the first half, looking for the miracle ball and trying to score from nothing. Our pass accuracy was much better in th...
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