McPhail played for around an hour as he catches up on fitness after missing pre season. There was a full 90 mins for triallist Rodrigo Inigo del Hoya while former Bluebird Jason Bowen started for Llanelli.
Other City old boys Steve Jenkins and Andy Legg were unused subs for the hosts.
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Llanelli: A Morris (C Richards 46), C Thomas, L Grist (R Bartley 60), C Venables (C Holloway 46), L Surman (J Secker 63), A Evans, J Bowen (C Llewellyn 60), C Moses (J Follows 60), C Bond, A Corbisiero, C Williams (A Orme 60). Subs not used: R Griffiths, S Jenkins, A Legg, T Davies.
Cardiff City Development XI: E Parrish, J Meades (D Oshilaja 46), A Evans, R Inigo, B Nugent, I Farah, S McPhail (T Wharton 63), A Smith (J Darko 70), A Wildig (capt), L Prosser, N Jarvis. Subs not used: R Ottley (gk), A Davies.