Scarlets take part in the European Rugby Challenge Cup pool draw for the first time on Wednesday, after losing the Guinness PRO14’s Heineken Champions Cup play-off 21-10 to Ospreys last month. Here, we take a closer look at the Welsh region. What is their European record like? Although Scarlets have never been involved in the Challenge Cup pool draw before, they have played in the tournament previously – in 2009/10 and 2011/12 – when they finished second in their European Cup pool and so qualified for the quarter-finals for the second-tier competition. However, on both occasions they finished up on the losing side, going down 38-12 at RC Toulon the first time and 15-11 at Brive on the second. Otherwise, Scarlets have been regulars in the European Cup, where their best performance has been the semi-finals, which they have reached four times – in 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2006/07 and 2017/18. Who are their coaches? Brad Mooar has taken over from fellow New Zealander Wayne Pivac as Scarlets' head coach, after Pivac was announced as Warren Gatland’s successor as Wales head coach after the 2019 World Cup. Mooar, a qualified solicitor, was assistant coach at Crusaders for four years and helped the New Zealand outfit to the Super Rugby title last year. The former Southern Kings assistant coach will head up a five-strong senior coaching team at Parc y Scarlets, which also includes Ioan Cunningham (forwards), Glenn Delaney (defence), Dai Flanagan (backs) and Richard Whiffin (assistant attack). https://twitter.com/ERChallengeCup/status/1132299757781704706 Who are their new signings? Player movement at Parc y Scarlets for the 2019/20 season has been limited so far, with only two main signings and five departures. The signings are second-row forward Sam Lousi, who joins from the Hurricanes New Zealand Super League franchise, and Wales under-20 scrum-half Dane Blacker, who arrives from Cardiff Blues. Who are their other top players? Scarlets boast a squad full of Welsh internationals, with 14 (eight forwards and six backs) named in Warren Gatland’s training squad for this year’s World Cup. Props Rob Evans and Samson Lee, hooker Ken Owens, lock Jake Ball and flanker Aaron Shingler are regular starters in the Wales pack, while goal-kicking full-back Leigh Halfpenny, centres Jonathan Davies and Hadleigh Parkes, scrum-half Gareth Davies and wing Steff Evans are fixtures in Gatland’s back line.