The West Wales region have only lost once in their last four matches and sit just three points behind sixth placed Connacht. Barclay’s back-row colleague James Davies delivered a man-of-the-match display in the 23-13 triumph, and Barclay was relieved to come up with the goods against the league champions.
He said: “We didn’t hide away from the fact that it was a huge game. We’ve got to get into the top six. A club like this needs to be playing in the top flight. We talked it up and the pleasing thing was we really delivered. Points wise we’ve had 12 from the last four games so effectively we’re three from four. It’s really pleasing.”
Scarlets face Edinburgh next at Parc Y Scarlets, where they are yet to be slain. Connacht face a testing trip to Munster before welcoming Ulster to the Sportsground. And Barclay reckons their top-six tilt will be strengthened by the Scalrets’ in-form young-guns.
He said: “Our defence was great, a few guys have come through like James Davies and Lewis Rawlins – these guys are really stepping up.
“It’s great for this year and next year with these guys coming through. I play the way I play; James Davies is playing well so we feed off each other. We’ve also got Aaron Shingler and Rob McCusker – we’ve got quite a bit of depth here.”
