Cardiff and Llanelli performed host to derbies on 26 December and the motion can be in Newport and Bridgend on New Yr’s Day.

The Arms Park was packed earlier than Christmas to see Scarlets edge out the hosts, and this time a packed home noticed the Blue and Blacks sneak victory.

A sold-out determine of 12,125 tickets issued was introduced by Cardiff, with Dragons head coach Filo Tiatia lauding the environment.

“The group was superb, for Cardiff and the Dragons,” stated Tiatia, an Ospreys legend from his enjoying days. “It turned a singing contest on the finish.

“It was pleasing to see the place the sport is at with native derbies and followers popping out to assist their groups.

“That is what we wish for derbies – that they’re aggressive, grounds are bought out and the sport is rising. It is throughout the tribalism of the areas.”

There have been greater than 12,000 at Parc y Scarlets as properly, with victorious Ospreys head coach Jones hoping there are extra events like this because the WRU appears to chop a males’s skilled facet.

“You can inform it was a west Wales derby and lengthy could they proceed,” stated Jones.

“These events are huge. Simply on the finish of the sport, to see your gamers and coaches going over to satisfy their households over within the terrace over the far facet.

“With so a lot of them and followers turning up once they could possibly be doing all kinds at the moment of the yr, however they select to come back down and assist their staff.

“It’s superb. We talked concerning the emotional facet of the sport within the derby and the way you need to use the emotion.

“I believed the boys used the emotion extremely properly and the Scarlets did the identical. I believed their care for his or her shirt was equally good.”