Editing Scarlets (section)

====Project Reset====
{{main|Project Reset (Welsh Rugby Union reform)}}
In 2018, the Welsh Rugby Union sought to reform club rugby in Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Simon |date=11 July 2018 |title=Project Reset uncovered: confidential new Welsh rugby deal changes everything |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/project-reset-uncovered-confidential-new-14896396 |access-date=2 April 2023 |website=WalesOnline }}</ref> Salaries had increased as they worked to entice Welsh players abroad to return, and they aimed to streamline costs with a banding system. The Professional Rugby Board (PRB) was created between the WRU and clubs to attempt to identify a sustainable path forward. The PRB evaluated numerous options including mergers and relocations of clubs, and by early 2019 felt the preferable option was to merge the Scarlets with west Wales rivals the [[Ospreys (rugby union)|Ospreys]]; the Swansea club having made a made an approach to the Scarlets in late 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Scarlets-Ospreys merger talks to be held |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47443612 |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> This was not the first time a west Wales super club had been mooted; during the 2003 formation of regional rugby, a combination of the Llanelli, Swansea, and Neath forming a unified club was initially proposed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 February 2003 |title=WRU drops provincial bombshell |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/celtic/2547339.stm |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> The new combined club would play league matches at Parc y Scarlets, with European fixtures at the Ospreys' [[Liberty Stadium]]. Shortly after the proposal was revealed, Scarlets ownership indicated the merger was "off the table", with Ospreys chairman Mike James resigning, and the club formation ultimately remaining unchanged.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Scarlets-Ospreys merger 'off the table' |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47461662 |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>