Wales wing Mark Jones claimed two tries as Llanelli eased to victory against Cardiff in their Welsh Premiership clash at Stradey Park.

Llanelli scored five tries to the visitors' two - but the main talking points were injuries to Wales' squad members Jamie Robinson, Martyn Madden and Stephen Jones.

Scoring details:

Llanelli (19) 39: Tries: M Jones 2, D Jones, Quinnell, J Davies. Con: Bowen. Pens: S Jones 4. Cardiff (16) 26: Tries: R Williams 2. Cons: Harris 2. Pens: Harris 4.

Robinson, who is being tipped to play in the Wales' centre against Italy on Saturday week in the Six Nations Championship, limped off after just three minutes with a hip problem.

Prop Madden didn't last much longer and his shoulder problem required a sling, while Wales fly-half Jones came off 15 minutes before the end with a badly bruised hand.

Following a frenetic opening, wing Jones went over in the left corner for the first try after just three minutes to give Llanelli a good start.

But despite home dominance in the scrum, Cardiff opened up a 10-5 lead with a breakaway try for Rhys Williams and a penalty by Iestyn Harris.

Martyn Madden was another injury victim

That gave Llanelli a wake-up call and the Scarlets fought back to lead 16-10 after 23 minutes, with a try for flanker Dafydd Jones and two penalties from the boot of Stephen Jones.

The match was still there to win at half-time, with Llanelli leading just 19-16, but the home side raised themselves in the second half.

After Stephen Jones had slotted a drop goal, the forwards got in on the act with No 8 Scott Quinnell and replacement prop John Davies going over for tries to increase Llanelli's lead to 34-19.

There were two tries in injury time, with Cardiff full-back Williams crossing for his second of the match, before Mark Jones had the final say with Llanelli's fifth try in the sixth minute of added time.

Llanelli: Barry Davies; Mark Jones, Matthew Watkins, Leigh Davies (capt), Garan Evans; Stephen Jones, Dwayne Peel; Iestyn Thomas, Marcus Thomas, Martyn Madden, Vernon Cooper, Chris Wyatt, Dafydd Jones, Simon Easterby, Scott Quinnell.
Reps: John Davies, Aled Gravelle, Luke Gross, Dave Hodges, Guy Easterby, Gareth Bowen, Matt Cardey.

Cardiff: Rhys Williams; Anthony Sullivan, Nick Walne, Jamie Robinson, Craig Morgan; Iestyn Harris, Ryan Powell; John Yapp, Peter Rogers, Tim Payne, Heino Senekal, Adam Jones, Dan McShane, Martyn Williams (capt), Emyr Lewis.
Reps: Aled Jones, Greg Woods, Luke Tait, James Malpas, Richard Smith, Dean Dewdney, Pieter Muller.

Referee: Nigel Owens (Pontyberem)