Scarlets director of rugby Simon Easterby believes his side have the ability to put on a show and send departing skipper Jonathan Davies off in style with a Welsh derby victory over Cardiff Blues at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday in their final RaboDirect Pro12 game of the season.

But they won’t have everything their own way against the Blues, who come into the game on the back of four successive victories and will be determined to spoil the party for Davies, who departs for Clermont Auvergne this summer.

Flanker Josh Turnbull also plays his last game for Scarlets before joining Cardiff ahead of next season. And Aled Thomas, Deacon Manu, Nic Reynolds, Danny Wilson and Brad Harrington join the pair in leaving the club.

“Jonathan has taken on added responsibility and his performances have put him into the top end of the game, in Europe in particular,” Easterby told Wales Online.

“He has now become a leader and senior player through a lot of hard work. He will be missed, there is no doubt about that. He is someone who might have wanted to go and try something different, but he is also someone who will be positive about his experiences here.

“He would see this as somewhere he would want to come back to. He leaves on good terms and there is no reason why at some point he wouldn’t want to come back and finish his career here.

“It is a bit of a well-trodden path now. We have put a lot of time and energy into Jon and he has into his professionalism.

“Jon and Josh have both come through the system here and been a really big part of what we have done over the last few years. They have both contributed massively to the Scarlets and will be missed.

“They have been mainstays of this side and hopefully they will put in a performance that we are used to seeing over the last couple of seasons and we can finish on a real positive.”

Scarlets have already secured sixth spot in the RaboDirect PRO12 and European Champions Cup rugby next season.

Their only defeat in their last four RaboDirect PRO12 games was 17-13 against the Blues at the Millennium Stadium on Judgement Day, while the Blues are on their best run in three seasons.

However, their only win at another Welsh side in the last four campaigns came against Newport Gwent Dragons in September 2012. If the Scarlets claim victory, it will mean an unbeaten home record at Parc y Scarlets in 2014.

Steven Shingler moves from full-back to centre for the home side with Liam Williams returning at No.15 after a two-week ban.

Rhodri Williams starts at scrum-half while Johan Snyman replaces the injured George Earle in the second row with Aaron Shingler taking over from John Barclay in the back row.

For the Blues wingers Alex Cuthbert and Harry Robinson will make their 50th appearances for the club before joining the opposition next season.

Centre Isaia Tuifua comes into the starting XV while Simon Humberstone replaces the injured Gareth Davies at No.10.

Robin Copeland will also make his final appearance for the Blues at No.8, with Lewis Jones starting ahead of Lloyd Williams at scrum-half.

Blues back row Macauley Cook is aware it will be a super-charged atmosphere at Parc y Scarlets with so many players on both sides heading off to pastures new.

But he believes that Cardiff can claim the points if they show the same attitude as in their last game, an away victory at Connacht.

"A lot of players are obviously moving on this year, a lot of my friends who I have played with over the years, so it will be a sad, sad and I wish them all the best," he told the Cardiff Blues website.

"In terms of our performance, we need to be more clinical, that is what we are looking to do now. The same sort of attitude as the Connacht game, keep the ball better and finish points when they come our way.

"Over the last few weeks we have believed in ourselves, known our roles and stuck to it. We knew deep down that it would click and that seems to have happened in the last few weeks. It's through a lot of hard work on the training pitch and it's a great place to be at the moment.

"When you're winning a game; that is what rugby is all about. We have worked hard and it has started to pay off. We need to keep the ball rolling now and keep up these results.

"We just gone back to basics the last few weeks and run through our basic structures. Everyone is singing off the same hymn sheet, everyone knows their roles and it's great at the moment as you know the next guy is going to be exactly where he is supposed to be.

"We have one more game to go hopefully we win that, get five on the bounce and that will give us a lot of confidence going into next year."

At Parc y Scarlets, 6.30pm. Live on S4C
Referee: Ian Davies (WRU, 17th competition game)
Assistant Referees: TBC
Citing Commissioner: Aurwel Morgan (WRU)
TMO: TBC