Category: Rugby Union

October 12, 2021

Irish Rugby Football Union All-Ireland League Division 1 1998-2009

Irish Rugby Football Union Logo [Reference: 14]

AIL Division 1 1998-99

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Garryowen (SF)	11	8	0	3	236	140	16
Cork Constitution (SF)	11	8	0	3	265	170	16
Buccaneers (SF)	11	8	0	3	196	202	16
St. Mary’s (SF)	11	7	0	4	215	177	14
Landsdowne	11	7	0	4	189	177	14
Shannon	11	6	0	5	221	164	12
Young Munster	11	4	1	6	134	135	9
Terenure	11	4	1	6	174	193	9
Ballymena	11	4	0	7	190	223	8
Clontarf	11	4	0	7	198	246	8
Blackrock (R)	11	4	0	7	183	232	8
Galwegians (R)	11	1	0	10	110	263	2

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1998-99 [Reference: 2]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
24.04.1999	Garryowen	19	St. Mary’s	17
25.04.1999	Cork Constitution	32	Buccaneers	20
	*Final*
02.05.1999	Cork Constitution	14	Garryowen	11

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 1998-99 [Reference: 3-4]

AIL Division 1 1999-2000

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
St. Mary’s (SF)	11	8	0	3	285	121	37
Terenure (SF)	11	8	0	3	235	229	36
Landsdowne (SF)	11	7	1	2	155	149	34
Ballymena (SF)	11	7	0	4	267	284	33
Garryowen	11	6	0	5	145	199	31
Cork Constitution	11	6	0	5	259	259	28
Young Munster	11	6	0	5	175	243	25
Shannon	11	4	0	7	222	229	23
Buccaneers	11	5	0	6	205	195	22
Dungannon	11	4	0	7	238	252	20
De La Salle Palmerston (R)	11	2	1	8	149	235	14
Clontarf (R)	11	2	0	9	195	324	4

AIL Division 1 Final Table 1999-2000 [Reference: 5]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
	Terenure	L	Landsdown	W
14.05.2000	St. Mary’s	32	Ballymena	22
	Final
21.05.2000	Landsdowne	22	St. Mary’s	25

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 1999-2000 [Reference: 6-7]

AIL Division 1 2000-01

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Dungannon	7	6	0	1	244	137	0	1	25
Cork Constiution	6	5	0	1	170	109	0	1	21
St. Mary’s College	6	5	0	1	139	106	0	1	21
Garryowen	6	4	0	2	158	139	0	1	17
Young Munster	5	4	0	1	124	79	0	0	16
Ballymena	7	3	0	4	171	187	0	1	13
Blackrock College RFC	6	3	0	3	145	167	0	1	13
De La Salle Palmerston	6	3	0	3	125	149	0	1	13
Belfast Harlequins	7	2	0	5	163	186	0	3	11
Galwegians	5	2	0	3	130	114	0	2	10
Buccaneers	5	2	0	3	82	92	0	2	10
Landsdowne	6	2	0	4	121	134	0	1	9
Clontarf	6	2	0	4	178	200	0	1	9
Shannon	6	2	0	4	134	157	0	1	9
Terenure College	7	2	0	5	116	209	0	0	8
Old Crescent	5	1	0	4	103	138	0	2	6

AIL Division 1 2000-01 [Reference: 8]

Note: Season cancelled due to outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease.

AIL Division 1 2001-02

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Cork Constitution (SF)	14	11	2	1	302	173	0	0	48
Shannon (SF)	14	10	1	3	347	200	0	2	44
St. Mary’s College	14	8	1	5	266	265	0	3	37
Garryowen (SF)	13	8	1	4	304	218	0	2	36
Clontarf (SF)	12	8	0	4	263	178	0	1	33
UCD	13	7	1	5	321	345	0	1	31
Galwegians	12	7	0	5	278	246	0	2	30
Blackrock College RFC	15	6	1	8	357	339	0	4	30
Buccaneers	14	5	2	7	277	256	0	4	28
Ballymena	14	6	0	8	247	251	0	4	28
Terenure College	13	6	0	7	245	272	0	3	27
Landsdowne	15	5	1	9	272	308	0	5	27
Dungannon	13	5	1	7	229	261	0	2	24
Co. Carlow	14	5	1	8	239	339	0	1	23
De La Salle Palmerston (R)	14	4	0	10	243	376	0	4	20
Young Munster (R)	14	2	0	12	194	357	0	3	11

AIL Division 1 Final Table 2001-02 [Reference: 8]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
13.04.2002	Cork Constitution	43	Garryowen	17
13.04.2002	Shannon	15	Clontarf	12
	Final
04.05.2002	Cork Constitution	17	Shannon	21

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2001-02 [Reference: 9-10]

AIL Division 1 2002-03

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Clontarf (SF)	15	13	0	2	447	235	8	1	61
Landsdowne (SF)	15	12	0	3	442	277	8	2	58
Ballymena (SF)	15	11	1	3	458	239	6	2	54
Buccaneers (SF)	15	10	1	4	323	244	2	2	46
Shannon	15	8	1	6	365	261	3	4	41
Belfast Harlequins	15	9	0	6	305	255	2	3	41
Galwegians	15	8	0	7	346	349	7	2	41
Garryowen	15	6	2	7	295	282	4	4	36
Cork Constitution	15	7	0	8	372	82	6	2	36
St. Mary’s College	15	6	1	8	344	366	3	4	33
Blackrock College RFC	15	5	0	10	341	377	6	4	30
Dungannon	15	6	0	9	278	332	2	4	30
Co. Carlow	15	6	0	9	289	383	4	1	29
UCD	15	5	0	10	327	443	4	2	26
UL Bohemian (R)	15	4	0	11	272	444	1	5	22
Terenure College (R)	15	1	0	14	193	508	0	3	7

AIL Division 1 Final Table 2002-03 [Reference: 8]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
04.05.2003	Landsdowne	3	Ballymena	10
04.05.2003	Clontarf	20	Buccaneers	6
	Final
11.05.2003	Ballymena	28	Clontarf	18

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2002-03 [Reference: 11-12]

AIL Division 1 2003-04

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Cork Constitution (SF)	14	11	1	2	287	251	5	0	51
Shannon (SF)	14	11	0	3	199	167	4	1	49
Belfast Harlequins (SF)	14	10	0	4	361	219	6	2	48
Buccaneers (SF)	14	10	1	3	315	193	3	3	48
Ballymena	14	8	1	5	249	186	3	4	41
Blackrock College RFC	14	9	0	5	257	236	0	4	40
Garryowen	14	8	1	5	260	286	2	1	37
Co. Carlow	14	5	1	8	304	282	5	5	32
Clontarf	14	5	1	8	251	243	2	7	31
UCD	14	5	1	8	226	294	1	4	27
Landsdowne	14	4	1	9	251	305	0	4	22
Dungannon	14	4	0	10	185	249	1	3	20
Galwegians	14	4	0	10	213	355	2	2	20
St. Mary’s College (R)	14	3	1	10	212	316	0	5	19
Dolphin (R)	14	3	1	10	227	350	0	4	18

AIL Division 1 Final Table 2003-04 [Reference: 8]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
02.05.2004	Cork Constitution	20	Buccaneers	6
02.05.2004	Shannon	27	Belfast Harlequins	13
	Final
09.05.2004	Cork Constitution	16	Shannon	22

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2003-04 [Reference: 13-14]

AIL Division 1 2004-05

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Shannon (SF)	13	11	0	2	395	195	6	1	51
Garryowen (SF)	13	11	0	2	286	196	3	1	48
Belfast Harlequins (SF)	13	10	0	3	309	148	4	2	46
Clontarf (SF)	13	8	0	5	225	197	4	2	38
Ballymena	13	7	0	6	338	224	5	3	36
UCD	13	7	1	5	275	238	1	3	34
Dungannon	13	6	1	6	212	270	0	2	28
Cork Constitution	13	5	1	7	233	247	1	4	27
Galwegians	13	4	1	8	236	333	2	3	23
Blackrock College RFC	13	3	2	8	209	248	1	5	22
Buccaneers	13	5	0	8	196	358	0	1	21
Dublin University	13	1	5	7	207	246	1	5	20
Co. Carlow	13	4	0	9	210	329	0	3	19
Landsdowne	13	3	1	9	175	267	0	4	18

AIL Division 1 Final Table 2004-05 [Reference: 8]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
30.04.2005	Garryowen	8	Belfast Harlequins	15
30.04.2005	Shannon	21	Clontarf	11
	Final
07.05.2005	Shannon	25	Belfast Harlequins	20

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2004-05 [Reference: 9]

AIL Division 1 2005-06

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Garryowen (SF)	15	14	0	1	379	180	5	0	61
Clontarf (SF)	15	12	0	3	403	222	10	3	61
Cork Constitution (SF)	15	12	0	3	384	216	6	2	56
Shannon (SF)	15	13	0	2	357	200	4	0	56
UL Bohemian	15	10	1	4	345	309	5	2	49
Belfast Harlequins	15	8	0	7	328	330	5	2	39
Buccaneers	15	7	1	7	305	261	2	5	37
Landsdowne	15	7	0	8	337	311	3	1	32
UCD	15	6	0	9	295	286	3	5	32
Ballymena	15	7	0	8	307	313	2	2	32
St. Mary’s College	15	6	1	8	250	305	1	2	29
Dungannon	15	6	0	9	264	357	3	2	29
Blackrock College RFC	15	4	1	10	213	376	0	5	23
Galwegians	15	3	0	12	208	343	2	5	19
Dublin University (R)	15	3	0	12	265	399	2	3	17
Co. Carlow (R)	15	0	0	15	191	423	0	5	5

AIL Division 1 Final Table 2005-06 [Reference: 8]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
06.05.2006	Clontarf	26	Cork Constitution	6
06.05.2006	Garryowen	20	Shannon	21
	Final
13.05.2006	Clontarf	3	Shannon	30

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2005-06 [Reference: 9]

AIL Division 1 2006-07

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Cork Constitution (SF)	15	13	1	1	369	227	5	1	60
Clontarf (SF)	15	10	1	4	325	188	6	3	51
Garryowen (SF)	15	10	0	5	297	175	4	4	48
UL Bohemian (SF)	15	10	0	5	306	187	5	3	48
Shannon	15	10	1	4	317	200	4	2	48
Dungannon	15	7	1	7	261	299	3	4	37
Blackrock College RFC	15	6	0	9	348	416	9	4	37
Terenure College RFC	15	8	0	7	267	353	3	1	36
Landsdowne	15	7	1	7	246	263	1	2	33
St. Mary’s College	15	6	2	7	237	269	2	2	32
Galwegians	15	4	2	9	287	324	3	5	28
UCD	15	5	1	9	279	372	1	4	27
Ballymena	15	4	0	11	265	298	3	7	26
Dolphin	15	5	0	10	251	307	1	5	26
Belfast Harlequins (R)	15	5	0	10	186	266	1	4	25
Buccaneers (R)	15	4	2	9	209	306	0	2	22

AIL Division 1 Final Table 2006-07 [Reference: 8]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
28.04.2007	Clontarf	15	Garryowen	28
28.04.2007	Cork Constitution	21	UL Bohemian	18
	Final
05.05.2007	Cork Constitution	15	Garryowen	16

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2006-07 [Reference: 9]

AIL Division 1 2007-08

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Cork Constitution (SF)	15	13	1	1	327	133	3	1	58
Shannon (SF)	15	12	0	3	329	177	5	3	56
Garryowen (SF)	15	12	1	2	295	157	4	1	55
Clontarf (SF)	15	10	0	5	285	233	3	4	47
Blackrock College RFC	15	9	0	6	319	285	4	3	43
Dolphin	15	9	0	6	269	273	2	1	39
UL Bohemian	15	7	0	8	252	208	3	4	35
Old Belvedere	15	6	0	9	307	282	3	7	34
St. Mary’s College	15	7	0	8	240	270	2	3	33
UCD	15	7	0	8	255	337	2	3	33
Ballymena	15	5	0	10	230	267	1	6	27
Terenure College	15	4	0	11	228	309	2	7	25
Dungannon	15	4	1	10	242	309	1	5	24
Galwegians	15	4	2	9	171	241	0	3	23
Landsdowne (R)	15	4	1	10	181	280	2	3	23
Greystones (R)	15	4	0	11	202	371	0	2	18

AIL Division 1 Final Table 2007-08 [Reference: 8]

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
03.05.2008	Cork Constitution	17	Clontarf	3
03.05.2008	Shannon	6	Garryowen	31
	Final
11.05.2008	Cork Constitution	18	Garryowen	8

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2007-08 [Reference: 7]

AIL Division 1 2008-09

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
25.04.2009	Cork Constitution	6	Clontarf	25
25.04.2009	Shannon	16	Garryowen	12
	Final
09.05.2009	Shannon	19 *	Clontarf	19

AIL Division 1 Top Four Playoffs 2008-09 [Reference: 9]

Note * Shannon won on first try rule after extra-time.

Report

The Irish Rugby Football Union introduced a knockout Top Four Playoff system to the All-Ireland League division 1 in 1998-99, with Cork Constitution becoming the first non-Limerick side to win the Division 1 title defeating Garrowen 14-11 in the Final, and then the following year St. Mary’s, from Rathmines in Dublin, became the first non-Munster club to win, triumphing 25-22 over Landsdowne in the 1999-2000 Final.

The 2000-01 season was cancelled following an outbreak of foot-in-mouth disease, and in 2001-02 Shannon won again, with Ballymena capturing a first league title for Ulster in 2002-03. Shannon won the three-in-a-row from 2003-04 to 2005-06, before Garryowen also won it for Limerick in 2006-07, with Cork Constitution keeping it in Munster in 2007-08. Shannon won on the first try rule after extra-tome in 2008-09.

For the 2009-10 season Division 1 was split into Divisions 1A and 1B.

References

Images

[1] Irish Rugby Football Union (2017) IRFU Logo [Internet] Available from: http://cdn.soticservers.net/tools/images/teams/logos/100×100/126a.png [Accessed 13 March 2018]

Newspapers

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[7] Anon. (2000) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, May 22, 2000. Pg. 32.

[10] Anon. (2002) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, May 6, 2002. Pg. 30.

[11] Anon. (2003) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, May 5, 2003. Pg. 32.

[12] Anon. (2003) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, May 12, 2003. Pg. 34.

[13] Anon. (2004) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, May 3, 2004. Pg. 42.

[14] Anon. (2004) “The A-Z of Weekend Sport | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, May 10, 2004. Pg. 50.

[19] Anon. (2009) “Factfile | Rugby”Irish Independent. Monday, May 11, 2009. Pg. 55 (p. 31 Sport)

Websites

[8] IRFU (2020) League Tables [2000-2001] to [2008-2009] [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues/men/league-tables/ [Accessed 3 August 2020]

[9] IRFU (2020) Fixtures & Results [D1SF][D1F}[2001-2002] to [2008-2009] [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishrugby.ie/all-ireland-leagues/men/fixtures-results/ [Accessed 3 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Nora Mulcahy & Vinny Kingston

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 11 August 2020

October 12, 2021

URC United Rugby Championship 2021-22

Image References

[P-1] Contributor Mark William Penny (2022) Rugby – Ospreys Vs. Connacht in the Magners League Item ID: 2793264 [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/rugby-ospreys-vs-connacht-magners-league-2793264 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

Table

URC United Rugby Championship 2021-22

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts

Shields

URC Irish Shield 2021-22

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts

URC Welsh Shield 2021-22

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts

URC Scottish/Italian Shield 2021-22

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts

URC South African Shield 2021-22

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts

Schedule

United Rugby Championship 2021-22

Recap

In Round 1 of the United Rugby Championship 2021-22 Leinster Rugby and Munster Rugby both had big wins, Leinster Rugby by 31-3 against Vodacom Bulls and Munster Rugby a come-from-behind victory over Cell C Sharks, both Big 4 South African Provinces. Ulster Rugby also secured a bonus point win with a 35-29 win versus Glasgow Warriors. Connacht Rugby meanwhile had less fortune against Cardiff Blues, losing 21-33. Ospreys joined Cardiff at the top of the Welsh Shield with a 27-23 defeat of Dragons, while Benetton and Edinburgh topped the Scottish/Italian Shield with close wins over DHL Stormers (22-18) and Scarlets (26-22) respectively. Emirates Lions took sole possession of first place in the South African Shield with a Bonus Point 38-26 victory versus Zebre Parma.

Recap Round 2

Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht all won in Round 2. Connacht gained a bonus point win on Friday with a 34-7 victory at the Sportsground over Vodacom Bulls. Ulster also got a bonus point with a huge six-try win at Zebre Parma (36-3), and Munster likewise got a bonus point in 34-18 defeat of DHL Stormers at Thomond Park. Leinster meanwhile struggled on the Sunday to win 7-6 at Rodney Parade versus the Dragons. Elsewhere there were wins for Ospreys, Glasgow Warriors, Benetton and Scarlets. Reference: [11-19]

Magners League Rugby Stock Image

**Rugby – Ospreys Vs. Connacht in the Magners League** Contributor Mark William Penny / Reference: [P-1]

Image References

References

[1] United Rugby Championship (2021) Shields [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/shields/202101 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

References Round 1

[2] United Rugby Championship (2021) 2021-22 Round 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/1 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[3] United Rugby Championship (2021) Zebre Parma vs Emirates Lions [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/zebre-parma-vs-emirates-lions-2021-09-24/268093 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[4] United Rugby Championship (2021) Ulster Rugby vs Glasgow Warriors [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/ulster-vs-glasgow-warriors-2021-09-24/268094 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[5] United Rugby Championship (2021) Cardiff Blues vs Connacht Rugby [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/cardiff-rugby-vs-connacht-2021-09-24/268095 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[6] United Rugby Championship (2021) Benetton vs DHL Stormers [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/benetton-rugby-vs-dhl-stormers-2021-09-25/268096 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[7] United Rugby Championship (2021) Leinster Rugby vs Vodacom Bulls [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/leinster-vs-vodacom-bulls-2021-09-25/268097 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[8] United Rugby Championship (2021) Edinburgh Rugby vs Scarlets [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/edinburgh-rugby-vs-scarlets-2021-09-25/268098 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[9] United Rugby Championship (2021) Munster Rugby vs Cell C Sharks [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/munster-vs-cell-c-sharks-2021-09-25/268099 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

[10] United Rugby Championship (2021) Dragons vs Ospreys [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/dragons-vs-ospreys-2021-09-26/268100 [Accessed 12 October 2021]

References Round 2

[11] United Rugby Championship (2021) 2021-22 Round 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/2 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[12] United Rugby Championship (2021) Connacht vs Vodacom Bulls [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/connacht-rugby-vs-vodacom-bulls-2021-10-01/268101 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[13] United Rugby Championship (2021) Scarlets vs Emirates Lions [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/scarlets-vs-emirates-lions-2021-10-01/268102 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[14] United Rugby Championship (2021) Benetton vs Edinburgh [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/benetton-rugby-vs-edinburgh-rugby-2021-10-02/268103 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[15] United Rugby Championship (2021) Glasgow Warriors vs Cell C Sharks [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/glasgow-warriors-vs-cell-c-sharks-2021-10-02/268104 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[16] United Rugby Championship (2021) Zebre Parma vs Ulster [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/zebre-parma-vs-ulster-rugby-2021-10-02/268105 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[17] United Rugby Championship (2021) Munster vs DHL Stormers [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/munster-rugby-vs-dhl-stormers-2021-10-02/268108 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[18] United Rugby Championship (2021) Ospreys vs Cardiff Rugby [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/ospreys-vs-cardiff-rugby-2021-10-02/268107 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[19] United Rugby Championship (2021) Dragons vs Leinster [Internet] Available from: https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202101/united-rugby-championship/dragons-vs-leinster-rugby-2021-10-03/268106 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

Irish Team Logo References

[L-1] Connacht Rugby (2022) connacht-logo-new [Internet] Available from: https://cdn-static.connachtrugby.ie/wp-content/assets/img/connacht-logo-new.jpg [Accessed 30 January 2022]

[L-2] Leinster Rugby (2017) Leinster Rugby Logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/Leinster_Rugby_logo.svg/200px-Leinster_Rugby_logo.svg.png [Accessed 13 March 2018]

[L-3] Munster Rugby Facebook (2010) Profile picture, October 12, 2009 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/155589393449/photos/a.451345083449/155589638449/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/1934236_155589638449_5550379_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=174925&_nc_ohc=xwmz2ogcpZoAX9tjOEo&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT9MnB0m9Po9PTOd80kRng4qsMtPBaDzB_d-Z790O3CA_g&oe=621A8D2C [Accessed 30 January 2022]

[L-4] Ulster Rugby Facebook (2021) Profile Picture, October 21, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/ulsterrugby/photos/a.126229984122776/4463975923681472/ [Accessed 30 January 2022][Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/247294314_4463975900348141_7275872992534110872_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=qwwk8hpckOcAX8VFw-I&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT_LJiqkeyIZYYmY8xXgVH2ofAKmGjFMme4-FoQeQDgn0w&oe=61FBAACC ][Accessed 30 January 2022]

Welsh Logo References

[L-5] Cardiff Rugby Facebook (2010) Profile picture, August 1, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/CardiffRugby1876/photos/a.429225184999/10158632559645000/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/229382720_10158632559655000_7409526282198883611_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=0puZG72P9ysAX_kskhx&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT-EzXfVMK8gJ11Oh4cIjr5xArzvfj77DziflffkW9AimQ&oe=62191DF7 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-6] Dragons Rugby Facebook (2019) Profile picture, November 13, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dragonsrugby.wales/photos/a.448478662355/10157597047657356/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/75635878_10157597047672356_3210944514294284288_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=-ndxlnkMugYAX8QozLA&tn=7uF7rGUPgPXI7zGG&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT_tXdg-GNZ0lrcUmGKIEXUd5MDuQA9idAtfmy9tzVUxMQ&oe=6237EE8D [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-7] Ospreys Rugby Facebook (2019) Profile picture, November 25, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=433492031709379&set=a.256771726048078 [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/261024965_433492025042713_5181544333352727215_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=5CtUHu7sFiMAX_dIJJA&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT8TSKItBF0dRpRS9R7Vps62M5v8UNRlfkwUDd5ITlXkTg&oe=6217CF58 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-8] Scarlets Facebook (2019) Profile picture, February 4, 2022 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialScarlets/photos/a.431677701690/10158291406011691 [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/273009448_10158291406001691_5763123761409792485_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=m8rA1rRKRO0AX8qpvMV&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT-FYXT8UdxgjVXpWGF0tNI_h9SfX9WLNZQOY3bDh4FAjw&oe=621911DA [Accessed 21 February 2022]

Scottish / Italian Logo References

[L-9] Edinburgh Rugby Facebook (2019) Profile picture, November 12, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghRugby/photos/a.233053006733400/2601616689877008/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/72122685_2601616693210341_3421692872972304384_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=5C0ZEh6e7YUAX9wGRQn&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT-6FF9FY8p3wiqsz5CLU2bG4V01Dm0Q5aJi3W4uD1E9nA&oe=6239AF7D [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-10] Glasgow Warriors Facebook (2019) Profile picture, December 2, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowWarriors/photos/a.175500692479669/3056171704412539/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/77425978_3056171707745872_5335082717233020928_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=4WMwYnTED1gAX9p60cj&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT_voPzzSJvyCJzdMwxbqxkuW0kOKx9MirEuCQBE0z0UEQ&oe=623ACC73 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-11] Benetton Rugby Facebook (2019) Profile picture, January 11, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BenettonRugbyTreviso/photos/a.152637031427684/2536625883028775 [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/49730732_2536625889695441_12406859143053312_n.png?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=zoJQqaeDWv4AX86egWw&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT_xOJyxs5MILk408PtppHdtAWl55moLZY70Tui7PvjL8w&oe=623A55F6 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-12] Zebre Rugby Facebook (2019) Profile picture, July 17, 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Zebrugby/photos/a.328294560579681/3192333407509101 [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/109563057_3192333410842434_6859176278119546625_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=H-DTfQdGjiUAX99G5Fo&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT_FykjEm-VTOXauT_G_0LrcjpshDJmdol9OFQOTqz67VQ&oe=62390968 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

South African Logo References

[L-13] The Sharks Facebook (2019) Profile picture, July 17, 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/SharksRugby/photos/a.251572748205851/2444108658952238 [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/48177985_2444108662285571_6675243480022777856_n.png?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=tbUPbdF2smAAX_2DdLz&tn=7uF7rGUPgPXI7zGG&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT_4dhQe8HGhS3-gLuoD0WukUC8cV9ocpLeIpvPEgHTm_A&oe=6237BFCC [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-14] Stormers Facebook (2015) Profile picture, July 1, 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/stormers/photos/a.468916027323/10153364435397324/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/11403097_10153364435397324_845617221322732834_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=KuYrW9EtL-AAX9T5lxT&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT-MxJx_mcm25mc05MlavC8uXxRefF8SFOvr5DHige_nlw&oe=6239BCA8 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-15] Lions Rugby Co Facebook (2020) Profile picture, July 30, 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/LionsRugbyCo/photos/a.153633971368538/3295821703816400/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/116542093_3295821710483066_1238690586102316593_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=O3UnAk5BJqUAX_LVYHD&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT9YX7ATdul4xC41Wv0RyFhA99wBIonteBHpPSqKGUzNew&oe=623935C6 [Accessed 21 February 2022]

[L-16] Vodacom Bulls Facebook (2015) Profile picture, August 16, 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BullsOfficial/photos/a.135140156544409/4326253504099699/ [Actual Logo Reference at: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/236444153_4326253517433031_1248273548330643868_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=JtycKevbvY0AX-sxZtV&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=00_AT9kXcs78fj-Qb_mC1fJwWMHKQoAkR2OW-br1ytT5ARdUw&oe=621912DA [Accessed 21 February 2022]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 21 February 2022

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June 2, 2021

Pro 14 Rugby 2017-2021

Pro 14 2017-18

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
Conference A
*Glasgow Warriors	21	15	1	5	14	76
*Munster	21	13	1	7	15	69
*Toyota Cheetahs	21	12	0	9	15	63
Cardiff Blues	21	11	0	10	10	54
Ospreys	21	9	0	12	8	44
Connacht	21	7	0	14	11	39
Zebre	21	7	0	14	8	36
Conference B
*Leinster	21	14	1	6	12	70
*Scarlets	21	14	1	6	12	70
*Edinburgh	21	15	0	6	8	68
Ulster	21	12	2	7	10	62
Benetton	21	11	0	10	11	55
Dragons	21	2	2	17	8	20
Isuzu Southern Kings	21	1	0	20	7	11

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Table 2017-18 [Reference: 2]

Date	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Quarter-Finals
05.05.2018	Scarlets	43	Toyota Cheetahs	6
05.05.2018	Munster	20	Edinburgh	16
	Semi-Finals
19.05.2018	Leinster	16	Munster	15
18.05.2018	Glasgow Warriors	13	Scarlets	28
	Final
26.05.2018	Scarlets	32	Leinster	40

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Series 2017-18 [Reference: 2]

Pro 14 2018-19

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
Conference A
*Glasgow Warriors	21	16	0	5	17	81
*Munster	21	16	0	5	13	77
*Connacht	21	12	0	9	13	61
Ospreys	21	12	0	9	10	58
Cardiff Blues	21	10	0	11	14	54
Toyota Cheetahs	21	8	1	12	12	46
Zebre	21	3	0	18	7	19
Conference B
*Leinster	21	15	1	5	14	76
*Ulster	21	13	2	6	7	63
*Benetton	21	11	2	8	9	57
Scarlets	21	10	0	11	12	52
Edinburgh	21	10	0	11	11	51
Dragons	21	5	1	15	4	26
Isuzu Southern Kings	21	2	1	18	12	22

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Table 2018-19 [Reference: 2]

Date	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Quarter-Finals
04.05.2019	Ulster	21	Connacht	13
04.05.2019	Munster	15	Benetton	13
	Semi-Finals
17.05.2019	Glasgow Warriors	50	Ulster	20
18.05.2019	Leinster	24	Munster	9
	Final
25.05.2019	Glasgow Warriors	15	Leinster	18

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Series 2018-19 [Reference: 3]

Pro 14 2019-20

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
Conference A
Leinster	13	13	0	0	9	61
Ulster	13	8	1	4	9	43
Glasgow Warriors	13	7	0	6	6	34
Toyota Cheetahs	13	6	0	7	8	32
Dragons	13	5	0	8	2	22
Zebre	13	2	1	10	6	16
Ospreys	13	2	1	10	5	15
Conference B
Edinburgh	13	10	0	3	7	47
Munster	13	9	0	4	9	45
Scarlets	13	8	0	5	5	37
Connacht	13	7	0	6	7	35
Benetton	13	5	1	7	9	31
Cardiff Blues	13	6	0	7	5	29
Isuzu Southern Kings	13	1	0	12	3	7

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Table 2019-20 [Reference: 4]

Pro 14 Rugby 2020-21

Pro14 Rugby 2020-21	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB-LB	Pts
Conference A
Leinster (Q)	16	14	0	2	576	285	14-1	71
Ulster	16	14	0	2	469	263	8-0	64
Ospreys	16	8	0	8	301	318	1-3	36
Glasgow Warriors	16	6	0	10	335	377	2-4	30
Dragons	16	6	0	10	315	394	2-3	29
Zebre	16	4	0	12	237	508	0-1	17
Conference B
Munster (Q)	16	14	0	2	413	250	6-2	64
Connacht	16	8	0	8	396	353	7-6	45
Scarlets	16	8	0	8	319	333	3-4	39
Cardiff Blues	16	8	0	8	265	284	3-1	36
Edinburgh	15	5	0	10	247	344	1-4	25
Benetton	15	0	0	15	251	415	1-6	7

Celtic Rugby Pro14 Rugby Table 2020-21 {Referece: 2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final Series
27.03.2021	Leinster	16	Munster	6

[References: 2]

Report

The Celtic League in Rugby Union underwent another name change in 2017 with the addition of two South African Provinces: Southern Kings and Cheetahs. Leinster won the Championship in 2017-18 and again in 2018-19, and were well out in front in 2019-20 after winning all of their first 13 games before the COVID-19 virus outbreak caused the cancellation of the rest of the season. The Pro 14 returned to play in 2020-21 with the temporary absence of the South African Provinces. Leinster defeated Munster 16-6 in the Final series to continue their dominance of the Pro 14

**Photo Credit:** December 28th, 2019, Cork, Ireland: action from the Pro 14 match – Munster Rugby versus Leinster Rugby match at Thomond Park By D. Ribeiro [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/december-28th-2019-cork-ireland-action-1602487618 [Accessed 2 June 2021] [References: 9]

About Pro14 Rugby

14 Clubs from across five Nations: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and South Africa compete for the Guinness Pro14 Rugby Championship. The Leagues Origins lie in the formation of a competition for Welsh and Scottish clubs, which in 2001 became the Celtic League after the addition of the four Irish Provinces. In 2010 the Competition added two Italian Clubs to bring the number of countries involved to four, reflected in the name change to Pro12 in later seasons. In what was an historic move in 2017, the Competition became the most diverse yet, with the addition of two South African Provinces, becoming a Cross-Hemisphere Competition for the first time.

Home Venues

Team	Home Venue
Irish Provinces
Connacht	The Sportsground, Galway
Leinster	RDS Arena, Dublin
Munster	Thomond Park, Limerick
Ulster	Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Welsh Regions
Cardiff Blues	Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Dragons	Rodney Parade, Newport
Ospreys	St. Helen’s Rugby & Cricket Ground, Swansea
Scarlets	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Scottish Districts
Edinburgh	BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Glasgow Warriors	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Italian Cities
Benetton	Stadio Communale di Monigo, Treviso
Zebre	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma

[References: 10-26]

References

Logos

[1] Fandom Logopedia (2020) Guinness_Pro14_logo [Internet] Available from: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/4/44/Guinness_Pro14_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20180124194323 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

Websites

[2] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2017/18 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2018 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[3] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2018/19 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2019 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[4] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2020 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[5] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2021 [Accessed 21 November 2020][Last Accessed 28 March 2021]

[6] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Final 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/17 [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[7] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/about [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Images

[8] Fandom Logopedia (2020) Guinness_Pro12_logo [Internet] Available from: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/7/7d/Guinness_Pro12_logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20140722174324 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[9] Photo Credit: December 28th, 2019, Cork, Ireland: action from the Pro 14 match – Munster Rugby versus Leinster Rugby match at Thomond Park By D. Ribeiro [Internet] Available from: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/december-28th-2019-cork-ireland-action-1602487618 [Accessed 2 June 2021]

Websites

[10] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 1 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/1 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[11] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 2 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/2 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[12] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 3 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/3 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[13] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 4 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/4 [Accessed 21 November 2020] [Last Accessed 28 March 2021]

[14] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 5 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/5 [Accessed 21 November 2020] [Last Accessed 28 March 2021]

[15] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 6 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/6 [Accessed 21 November 2020] [Last Accessed 28 March 2021]

[16] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 7 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/7 [Accessed 21 November 2020] [Last Accessed 28 March 2021]

[17] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 8 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/8 [Accessed 21 November 2020] [Last Accessed 28 March 2021]

[18] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 9 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/9 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[19] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 10 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/10 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[20] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 11 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/11 [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[21] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 12 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/12 [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[22] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 13 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/13 [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[23] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 14 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/14 [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[24] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 15 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/15 [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[25] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 16 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/16 [Accessed 28 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 2 June 2021

April 26, 2021

Celtic Rugby Ltd Guinness Pro 14 Rainbow Cup 2021

Group Tables

Rainbow Cup 2021	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB-LB	Pts
Group A
Munster	2	2	0	0	65	13	1-0	9
Leinster	2	1	0	1	53	48	1-0	5
Connacht	2	1	0	1	47	74	1-0	5
Ulster	2	0	0	2	36	64	1-1	2
Group B
Dragons	2	1	0	1	68	49	1-1	6
Ospreys	2	1	0	1	42	36	1-0	5
Scarlets	2	1	0	1	54	58	1-0	5
Cardiff Blues	2	1	0	1	31	52	0-0	4
Group C
Benetton	2	2	0	0	71	39	1-0	9
Glasgow Warriors	2	1	0	1	48	65	1-0	5
Edinburgh	2	1	0	1	43	47	0-0	4
Zebre	2	0	0	2	38	49	0-2	2
Group D
Bulls
Lions
Sharks
Stormers

[Reference: 2]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
23.04.2021	Ulster	24	Connacht	26
24.04.2021	Leinster	3	Munster	27
24.04.2021	Benetton	46	Glasgow Warriors	19
23.04.2021	Edinburgh	24	Zebre	18
24.04.2021	Ospreys	36	Cardiff Blues	14
25.04.2021	Dragons	52	Scarlets	32
24.04.2021	Bulls		Lions
24.04.2021	Stormers		Sharks
	Round 2
02.05.2021	Stormers		Bulls
02.05.2021	Sharks		Lions
08.05.2021	Connacht	21	Leinster	50
07.05.2021	Munster	38	Ulster	10
07.05.2021	Zebre	20	Benetton	25
07.05.2021	Glasgow Warriors	29	Edinburgh	19
08.05.2021	Cardiff Blues	17	Dragons	16
08.05.2021	Scarlets	22	Ospreys	6
	Round 3
08.05.2021	Bulls		Sharks
08.05.2021	Lions		Stormers
15.05.2021	Munster		Connacht
15.05.2021	Leinster		Ulster
15.05.2021	Benetton		Zebre
15.05.2021	Edinburgh		Glasgow Warriors
15.05.2021	Scarlets		Cardiff Blues
15.05.2021	Dragons		Ospreys

[References: 2]

Report

The Celtic Rugby Ltd-run Pro 14 Rainbow Cup 2021 was scheduled to include four South African Provinces in their absence at the Pro 14 League due to COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions. It kicked off on the Weekend of the 23rd to 25th April minus those four provinces.

Round 1 23-24 April 2021

Connacht, Munster, Dragons, Ospreys and Benetton all picked up bonus points wins in the opening round of the Rainbow Cup. Ulster picked up both a Try Bonus and a Losing Bonus in their 24-26 loss to Connacht, while Munster trounced Leinster 27-3. In Wales, Dragons defeated Scarlets 52-32 in the highest-scoring encounter of the weekend, while Ospreys defeated Cardiff Blues 36-14. In the Scottish-Italian matches, Benetton were surprisingly big winners over Glasgow Warriors, 46-19, while Edinburgh were made to work against Zebre, prevailing 24-18 in the end.

Round 2 7-9 May 2021

Benetton and Munster were the only two undefeated teams after Round 2 of the Guinness Pro 14 Rainbow Cup in 2021 after wins over Zebre (25-20) and Ulster (38-10). Climbing into first place in the Welsh part of the draw were Dragons with a huge 52-32 win over Cardiff Blues although all four teams in Wales were on 1 win and 1 loss following Ospreys victory at home to Scarlets. Dragons however had two bonus points. Rounding out the matches were Glasgow Warriors 29-19 versus Edinburgh and a big Leinster win at Connacht (50-21) as the West Ireland Province felt the backlash of the previous weeks loss to Munster where Leinster only scored three points.

References

Newspapers

[2] Gerry Thornley (2021) “Leinster and Munster to meet in opening series” The Irish Times. Saturday, March 27, 2021. pg. Sport 2.

Websites

[3] Pro 14 Rugby (2021) 2020-21 RC Table [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/12021 [Accessed 26 April 2021]

[4] Pro 14 Rugby (2021) 2020-21 RC Round 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre [Accessed 26 April 2021]

[5] Pro 14 Rugby (2021) 2020-21 RC Round 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/12021/2 [Accessed 13 May 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

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Last Updated: 13 May 2021

March 28, 2021

International Rugby Board Major Leagues 2019-20

Guinness Pro 14 2019-20 (Celtic Rugby)

	P	W	D	L	BP	Pts
Conference A
Leinster	13	13	0	0	9	61
Ulster	13	8	1	4	9	43
Glasgow Warriors	13	7	0	6	6	34
Toyota Cheetahs	13	6	0	7	8	32
Dragons	13	5	0	8	2	22
Zebre	13	2	1	10	6	16
Ospreys	13	2	1	10	5	15
Conference B
Edinburgh	13	10	0	3	7	47
Munster	13	9	0	4	9	45
Scarlets	13	8	0	5	5	37
Connacht	13	7	0	6	7	35
Benetton	13	5	1	7	9	31
Cardiff Blues	13	6	0	7	5	29
Isuzu Southern Kings	13	1	0	12	3	7

Guinness Pro 14 Rugby Final Table 2019-20 [Reference: 4]

Note: The Coronavirus Pandemic caused the cessation of the Pro 14 season after 13 Rounds.

Super Rugby 2020 (SANZAR Rugby)

Super Rugby 2020	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Australian
Brumbies	6	5	0	1	208	115	2	1	23
Rebels	6	3	0	3	166	160	1	0	13
Queensland Reds	7	2	0	5	219	176	2	3	13
NSW Waratahs	6	1	0	5	104	214	1	0	5
Sunwolves	6	1	0	5	101	292	0	0	4
New Zealand
Crusaders	6	5	0	1	189	105	3	0	23
Blues	7	5	0	2	192	134	2	0	22
Chiefs	6	4	0	2	194	128	2	1	19
Hurricanes	6	4	0	2	168	135	1	0	17
Highlanders	6	1	1	4	91	163	0	1	7
South African
Sharks	7	6	0	1	213	153	0	0	24
Stormers	6	4	0	2	118	94	1	0	17
Jaguares	7	3	1	3	169	135	2	1	17
Bulls	6	1	0	5	115	152	1	1	6
Lions	6	1	0	5	109	200	0	1	5

[References: 3]

Note: The 2020 Super Rugby season was cancelled during the 7th round of matches due to restrictions arising from the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Top 14 2019-20 (LNR France)

LNR Top 14 2019-20	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	BP	Pts
Union Bordeaux-Begles	17	13	1	3	475	313	7	61
LOU Rugby	17	12	0	5	465	304	5	53
Racing 92	17	9	1	7	451	326	8	46
RC Toulon	17	9	2	6	396	334	5	45
Stade Rochelais	17	9	0	8	370	377	6	42
ASM Clermont	17	10	0	7	423	415	1	41
Stade Toulousian	17	8	1	8	368	331	6	40
Montpellier-Herault Rugby	17	6	3	8	404	390	7	37
Aviron Bayonais	17	7	1	9	327	409	3	33
Casrtes Olympiques	17	7	0	10	392	460	5	33
CA Brive	17	7	1	9	364	439	3	33
Section Paloise	17	6	0	11	334	414	4	28
SU Agen	17	5	1	11	323	414	4	26
Stade Francais Paris	17	5	1	11	328	488	3	25

[References: 4]

Gallagher Premiership Rugby (RFU England)

Premiership Rugby 2019-20	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
Exeter Chiefs	22	15	0	7	630	443	9	5	74
Wasps	22	14	0	8	662	497	12	3	71
Bristol Bears	22	14	1	7	561	457	8	3	69
Bath Rugby	22	14	1	7	520	457	7	2	67
Sale Sharks	22	13	0	9	546	375	7	5	64
Harlequins	22	10	1	11	517	560	6	3	51
Gloucester Rugby	22	8	0	14	515	513	9	5	46
Northampton Saints	22	8	0	14	438	547	5	5	42
Worcester Warriors	22	8	0	14	398	578	3	6	41
London Irish	22	6	1	15	386	633	6	2	34
Leicester Tigers	22	6	1	15	374	609	1	2	29
Saracens #	22	13	1	8	583	461	9	4	-38

[References: 6]

Report

England’s Premiership Rugby was the only one of the four Major Rugby Union Leagues to complete the season in 2019-20. Pro 14 Rugby (Celtic Nations, Italy and two South African teams), Top 14 (France) and Super Rugby (South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina and Australia) all cancelled their tournamengts midway through. Exeter Chiefs were the Premiership Rugby Champions, with London Irish finishing 10th of 12 with 6 wins and one draw from 22 matches. Leinster, Ulster and Munster were all in the top 2 of their respective Conferences in the Pro 14 with Connacht fourth at cessation.

Home Venues – Pro 14 Rugby

Team	Home Venue
Irish Provinces
Connacht	The Sportsground, Galway
Leinster	RDS Arena, Dublin
Munster	Thomond Park, Limerick
Ulster	Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Welsh Regions
Cardiff Blues	Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Dragons	Rodney Parade, Newport
Ospreys	St. Helen’s Rugby & Cricket Ground, Swansea
Scarlets	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Scottish Districts
Edinburgh	BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Glasgow Warriors	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Italian Cities
Benetton	Stadio Communale di Monigo, Treviso
Zebre	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma

[Referenvces: 2-18]

References

Logos

Websites

[2] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Table 2019/20 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/2020 [Accessed 2 August 2020]

[3] Super Rugby (2021) 2020 Super Rugby [Internet] Available from: https://super.rugby/superrugby/fixtures/archives/2020-super-rugby/ [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[4] Ligue Nationale de Rugby (2021) Classement Top 14 [2019-20] [Internet] Available from: https://www.lnr.fr/rugby-top-14/classement-rugby-top-14?season=32436&day=all [Accessed 28 March 2021]

[5] Premiership Rugby (2020) Gallagher :Premiership Rugby League Table [2019-20] [Internet] Available from: https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallagher-premiership-rugby/league-table/ [Accessed 28 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

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March 28, 2021

IRB Rugby World Cup Americas Zone Qualifying 1998-1999

IRB Rugby world Cup Logo [References: 2]

Round D Table

RWC 1999 Americas Zone Qualifying Round D	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Argentina (Q)	3	3	0	0	161	52	9
Canada (Q)	3	2	0	1	97	83	7
USA (Q)	3	1	0	2	59	99	5
Uruguay	3	0	0	3	31	114	3

[References: 2]

Round D Results

Home Team		Away Team
Argentina	52	USA	24
Canada	38	Uruguay	15
Uruguay	0	Argentina	55
Canada	31	USA	14
Uruguay	16	USA	21
Canada	28	Argentina	54

[References: 2]

Round C Table

RWC 1999 Americas Zone Qualifying Round C	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Uruguay (P)	2	2	0	0	63	17	6
Chile	2	1	0	1	68	26	4
Paraguay	2	0	0	2	9	97	2

[References: 2]

Round C Results

Home Team		Away Team
Chile	54	Paraguay	6
Uruguay	20	Chile	14
Paraguay	3	Uruguay	43

[References: 2]

Round B Table

RWC 1999 Americas Zone Qualifying	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Chile (P)	2	2	0	0	103	14	6
Bermuda	2	1	0	1	60	74	4
Trinidad & Tobago	2	0	0	2	9	97	2

[References: 2]

Round B Results

Home Team		Away Team
Trinidad & Tobago	6	Chile	35
Bermuda	52	Trinidad & Tobago	6
Chile	68	Bermuda	8

[References: 2]

Round A Tables

RWC 1999 Americas Zone Qualifying Round A	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Round A – Group 1
Trinidad & Tobago (P)	2	2	0	0	41	0	6
Brazil	2	1	0	1	0	41	4
Guyana	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
Round A – Group 2
Bermuda (P)	2	2	0	0	76	6	6
Bahamas	2	1	0	1	40	47	4
Barbados	2	0	0	2	26	89	2

[References: 2]

Round A Results

Home Team		Away Team
Round A – Group 1
Trinidad & Tobago	41	Brazil	0
Brazil	w/o	Guyana	scr.
Guyana	scr.	Trinidad & Tobago	w/o
Round A – Group 2
Barbados	23	Bahamas	37
Bermuda	52	Barbados	3
Bahamas	3	Bermuda	24

[References: 2]

Entrants and Byes to Rounds

Round	Countries (Bye to Round)
Round D	Argentina, Canada, USA
Round C	Uruguay, Paraguay
Round B	Chile
Round A	Trinidad & Tobago, Bermuda, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana

[References: 2]

Report

There were no big shocks in the 1999 Rugby World Cup Americas Zone qualifying with seeded teams Argentina, Canada and USA qualifying for the Finals out of Round D ahead of Uruguay who had progressed to Round D. The 12 Countries were seeded into one of four Rounds, with 6 countries starting in Round A, from which Trinidad & Tobago and Bermuda progressed from the two groups. The Caribbean Island which shares St. Patrick’s Day as its National Holiday, Barbados (virtually all Barbadians are descendents of Irish and African slaves), lost both their matches to Bahamas (23-37) and Bermuda (3-52). Round B saw Chile progess to Round C, where they made a minor shock in defeating Paraguay, but it was Uruguay who progessed with a 20-14 defeat of the Chileans. Round D opened with Argentina winning big over USA and Canada defeating Uruguay. The only close mzatch in Round D was USA’s 21-16 win over Uruguay in the 3rd Round of matches which decided the third team to go through to the Finals along with Round winners Argentina and Runners-Up Canada. Uruguay Qualified for the Repechage.

References

Images

[1] DW Design & Print (2019) 1999 [Internet] Available from: https://www.dwdesignandprint.co.uk/images/2019/10/24/1999.jpg [Accessed 4 September 2020]

Bibliography

[2] Smith, Bruce (1999) “The Qualifying Tournament: Americas Zone” Rugby World Cup 1999 Pocket Guide. Pg. 200-201. Collins Willow, Glasgow. 1999.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Nora Mulcahy & Vinny Kingston

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IRB Rugby World Cup Pacific Zone Qualifying 1998-1999

IRB Rugby World Cup 1999 Logo [References: 2]

Round C Table

RWC Pacific Zone Qualifying 1999 Round C	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Australia (Q)	3	3	0	0	165	33	9
Fiji (Q)	3	2	0	1	78	99	6
Western Samoa (Q)	3	1	0	2	59	71	3
Tonga	3	0	0	3	35	134	0

[References: 2]

Round C Results

Home Team		Away Team
Western Samoa	28	Tonga	20
Australia	66	Fiji	20
Fiji	26	Western Samoa	18
Australia	74	Tonga	0
Australia	25	Western Samoa	13
Fiji	32	Tonga	15

[References: 2]

Round B Table

RWC Pacific Zone Qualifying Round B	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Fiji (P)	2	2	0	0	73	17	6
Tonga (P)	2	1	0	1	78	32	4
Cook Islands	2	0	0	2	19	121	0

[References: 2]

Round B Results

Home Team		Away Team
Fiji	20	Tonga	10
Cook Islands	7	Fiji	53
Tonga	68	Cook Islands	12

[References: 2]

Round A Table

RWC Pacific Zone Qualifying 1999 Round A	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Cook Islands (P)	2	2	0	0	62	19	6
Papua New Guinea	2	1	0	1	111	28	4
Tahiti	2	0	0	2	6	132	0

[References: 2]

Round A Results

Home Team		Away Team
Cook Islands	22	Papua New Guinea	19
Papua New Guinea	92	Tahiti	6
Tahiti	0	Cook Islands	40

[References: 2]

Entrants and Byes To Rounds

Country	Bye To Round
Australia	Round C
Western Samoa	Round C
Fiji	Round B
Tonga	Round B
Cook Islands	Round A
Papua New Guinea	Round A
Tahiti	Round A

[References: 2]

Report

Australia, Fiji and Westen Samoa qualified for the 1999 Rugby World Cup from the Pacific Zone Qualifying Tournaments, with Tonga Qualifying for the Repechage. The Pacific Zone began with Cook Islands progressing from Round A ahead of Papua New Guinea and Tahiti. Round B was straightforward with the seeded teams Fiji and Tonga progessing at the expense of Cook islands. The Final Qualifying Round saw Australia gain big wins over Fiji and Tonga, but struggle against Western Samoa, only winning 25-13. They qualified along with Fiji who had a shock win over Western Samoa to finish second and the Samoans who took the third qualifying spot with a 28-20 victory over Tonga.

References

Images

[1] DW Design & Print (2019) 1999 [Internet] Available from: https://www.dwdesignandprint.co.uk/images/2019/10/24/1999.jpg [Accessed 4 September 2020]

Bibliography

[2] Smith, Bruce (1999) “The Qualifying Tournament: Asia Zone” Rugby World Cup 1999 Pocket Guide. Pg. 202-203. Collins Willow, Glasgow. 1999.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Nora Mulcahy & Vinny Kingston

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Last Updated: 28 March 2021

March 28, 2021

IRB Rugby World Cup Asia Zone Qualifying 1998-1999

IRB Rugby World Cup 1999 Logo [References: 1[

Round C Table

RWC 1999 Asia Zone Qualifying Round C	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Japan (Q)	3	3	0	0	221	25	9
South Korea	3	1	0	2	104	81	2
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	57	227	2
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	39	88	2

[References: 2]

Round C Results

Home Team		Away Team
Chinese Taipei	6	Japan	134
Chinese Taipei	21	South Korea	81
Chinese Taipei	30	Hong Kong	12
Hong Kong	7	Japan	47
Hong Kong	20	South Korea	11
South Korea	12	Japan	40

[References: 2[

Round B Table

RWC 1999 Asia Zone Qualifying Round B	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Pts
Chinese Taipei (P)	2	2	0	0	85	40	6
Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	64	49	4
Malaysia	2	0	0	2	28	88	0

[References: 2]

Round B Results

Home Team		Away Team
Malaysia	15	Sri Lanka	37
Chinese Taipei	51	Malaysia	13
Sri Lanka	27	Chinese Taipei	31

[References: 2]

Round A Table

RWC 1999 Asia Zone Qualifying Round A	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Sri Lanka (P)	2	2	0	0	48	30	4
Thailand	2	1	0	1	31	41	2
Singapore	2	0	0	2	26	34	0

[References: 2]

Round A Results

Home Team		Away Team
Singapore	11	Thailand	16
Thailand	15	Sri Lanka	30
Sri Lanka	18	Singapore	15

[References: 2]

Byes to Rounds B and C

Team	Bye to Round
Japan	Round C
Hong Kong	Round C
South Korea	Round C
Chinese Taipei	Round B
Malaysia	Round B

[References: 2]

Report

The Seven Asia Zone Qualifying teams played three Rounds to decide the team to represent Asia at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Sri Lanka progressed from Round A after wins over Thailand and Singapore, and in Round B nearly pulled off a shock, defeating Malaysia and narrowly losing (27-31) to Chinese Taipei, who went through to Round C having won convincingly over Malaysia. There they met Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, and despite a shock win over Hong Kong were completely outclassed by both South Korea and Japan, losing 6-134 to the latter in the biggest score and highest margin of victory in the qualifying tournament. Japan went on to Qualify with easy wins over Hong Kong and South Korea, who despite losing to Hong Kong went through to the Repechage Tournament by virtue of their 81-21 win over Chinese Taipei.

References

Images

[1] DW Design & Print (2019) 1999 [Internet] Available from: https://www.dwdesignandprint.co.uk/images/2019/10/24/1999.jpg [Accessed 4 September 2020]

Bibliography

[2] Smith, Bruce (1999) “The Qualifying Tournament: Asia Zone” Rugby World Cup 1999 Pocket Guide. Pg. 202-203. Collins Willow, Glasgow. 1999.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy, Nora Mulcahy & Vinny Kingston

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Women’s 6 Nations Rugby Championship 2017-2020

Guinness Women’s 6 Nations Logo [References: 1]

Women’s Six Nations 2017

Women’s Six Nations 2017	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
England (C)	5	5	0	0	216	35	4	0	24
Ireland	5	4	0	1	81	69	2	0	18
France	5	3	0	2	145	63	3	1	16
Scotland	5	2	0	3	44	167	0	1	9
Wales	5	1	0	4	60	137	0	2	6
Italy	5	0	0	5	43	118	0	1	1

[References: 2]

Women’s Six Nations 2018

Women’s Six Nations 2018	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
France (C)	5	5	0	0	163	23	4	0	24
England	5	4	0	1	187	44	4	1	21
Ireland	5	2	0	3	79	92	1	1	10
Italy	5	2	0	3	67	127	1	1	10
Scotland	5	1	0	4	55	125	0	1	5
Wales	5	1	0	4	48	164	0	1	5

[References: 2]

Women’s Six Nations 2019

Women’s Six Nations 2019	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
England (C)	5	5	0	0	278	45	5	0	25
Italy	5	3	1	1	91	104	3	0	17
France	5	3	0	2	178	102	4	0	16
Wales	5	2	1	2	59	126	1	0	11
Ireland	5	1	0	4	78	156	2	1	7
Scotland	5	0	0	5	37	188	0	1	1

[References: 2]

Women’s Six Nations 2020

6 Nations Women 2020	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB	LB	Pts
England (C)	5	5	0	0	219	20	4	0	24
France	4	2	1	1	211	42	2	1	13
Ireland	4	3	0	1	70	60	2	0	13
Italy	4	1	0	3	36	135	1	0	4
Scotland	3	0	1	2	27	84	0	1	2
Wales	4	0	0	4	34	166	0	1	1

[References: 2]

Report

After the highs of winning the 6 Nations Rugby Union Championship in 2013 and 2015, Ireland’s Women finished runners-up to England in 2017, then third in 2018, with a big drop to fifth in 2019, their worst performance in over a decade, before recovering in 2020 to again finish third on points difference behind France.

References

Logos

[1] 6 Nations Rugby (2020) Logo_better_res-3 [Internet] Available from: https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/sixnations/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/06221720/Logo_better_res-3.png [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Websites

[2] 6 Nations Rugby (2020) Women’s 6 Nations Historic Tables [2007-2020] [Internet] Available from: https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/women/historic-womens-six-nations-tables/ [Accessed 28 March 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sarah Masterson.

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Pro14 Rugby 2020-21

Table

Pro14 Rugby 2020-21	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB-LB	Pts
Conference A
Leinster (Q)	16	14	0	2	576	285	14-1	71
Ulster	16	14	0	2	469	263	8-0	64
Ospreys	16	8	0	8	301	318	1-3	36
Glasgow Warriors	16	6	0	10	335	377	2-4	30
Dragons	16	6	0	10	315	394	2-3	29
Zebre	16	4	0	12	237	508	0-1	17
Conference B
Munster (Q)	16	14	0	2	413	250	6-2	64
Connacht	16	8	0	8	396	353	7-6	45
Scarlets	16	8	0	8	319	333	3-4	39
Cardiff Blues	16	8	0	8	265	284	3-1	36
Edinburgh	15	5	0	10	247	344	1-4	25
Benetton	15	0	0	15	251	415	1-6	7

Celtic Rugby Pro14 Rugby Table 2020-21 {Referece: 2]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final Series
27.03.2021	Leinster	16	Munster	6

[References: 2]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
02.10.2020	Zebre	6	Cardiff Blues	16
02.10.2020	Leinster	35	Dragons	5
02.10.2020	Ulster	35	Benetton	24
03.10.2020	Scarlets	27	Munster	30
03.10.2020	Connacht	28	Glasgow Warriors	24
03.10.2020	Edinburgh	10	Ospreys	25
	Round 2
09.10.2020	Dragons	26	Zebre	18
10.10.2020	Ospreys	12	Ulster	24
10.10.2020	Benetton	25	Leinster	37
10.10.2020	Munster	25	Edinburgh	23
10.10.2020	Cardiff Blues	29	Connacht	7
11.10.2020	Glasgow Warriors	20	Scarlets	7
	Round 3
23.10.2020	Leinster	63	Zebre	8
23.10.2020	Benetton	3	Scarlets	10
24.10.2020	Ospreys	23	Glasgow Warriors	15
25.10.2020	Ulster	40	Dragons	17
25.10.2020	Edinburgh	26	Connacht	37
26.10.2020	Munster	38	Cardiff Blues	27
	Round 4
01.11.2020	Dragons	16	Munster	28
01.11.2020	Scarlets	3	Edinburgh	6
02.11.2020	Cardiff Blues	7	Ulster	11
02.11.2020	Zebre	23	Ospreys	17
02.11.2020	Glasgow Warriors	19	Leinster	32
04.12.2020	Connacht	31	Benetton	14
	Round 5
08.11.2020	Ospreys	7	Leinster	26
08.11.2020	Scarlets	18	Zebre	17
09.11.2020	Edinburgh	18	Cardiff Blues	0
09.11.2020	Ulster	40	Glasgow Warriors	15
30.01.2021	Benetton	16	Munster	18
05.02.2021	Dragons	20	Connacht	30
	Round 6
14.11.2020	Connacht	14	Scarlets	20
15.11.2020	Munster	38	Ospreys	22
16.11.2020	Zebre	14	Ulster	57
16.11.2020	Cardiff Blues	22	Benetton	5
16.11.2020	Leinster	50	Edinburgh	10
05.12.2020	Glasgow Warriors	22	Dragons	23
	Round 7
22.11.2020	Ospreys	24	Benetton	22
22.11.2020	Zebre	12	Connacht	47
22.11.2020	Leinster	40	Cardiff Blues	5
22.11.2020	Ulster	26	Scarlets	24
23.11.2020	Glasgow Warriors	13	Munster	27
28.03.2021	Dragons	24	Edinburgh	17
	Round 8
29.11.2020	Benetton	19	Dragons	26
29.11.2020	Cardiff Blues	10	Glasgow Warriors	19
30.11.2020	Edinburgh	14	Ulster	43
30.11.2020	Munster	52	Zebre	3
24.01.2021	Connacht	20	Ospreys	26
30.01.2021	Scarlets	25	Leinster	52
	Round 9
26.12.2020	Dragons	12	Cardiff Blues	13
26.12.2020	Ospreys	14	Scarlets	16
27.12.2020	Connacht	19	Ulster	32
09.01.2020	Zebre	22	Bendetton	19
16.01.2020	Glasgow Warriors	23	Edinburgh	22
23.01.2020	Munster	10	Leinster	13
	Round 10
01.01.2021	Scarlets	20	Dragons	3
01.01.2021	Cardiff Blues	3	Ospreys	17
02.01.2021	Benetton	15	Zebre	24
02.01.2021	Edinburgh	10	Glasgow Warriors	7
02.01.2021	Ulster	15	Munster	10
02.02.2021	Leinster	24	Connacht	35
	Round 11
08.01.2021	Leinster	24	Ulster	12
09.01.2021	Dragons	20	Ospreys	28
09.01.2021	Cardiff Blues	29	Scarlets	20
09.01.2021	Connacht	10	Munster	16
23.01.2021	Zebre	10	Edinburgh	26
27.01.2021	Glasgow Warriors	46	Benetton	25
	Round 12
19.02.2021	Glasgow Warriors	13	Ulster	19
19.02.2021	Dragins	29	Leinster	35
20.02.2021	Scarlets	41	Benetton	17
20.02.2021	Ospreys	10	Zebre	0
20.02.2021	Connacht	32	Cardiff Blues	17
20.02.2021	Edinburgh	10	Munster	22
	Round 13
26.02.2021	Benetton	17	Connacht	19
26.02.2021	Ulster	21	Ospreys	7
26.02.2021	Cardiff Blues	11	Munster	20
27.02.2021	Edinburgh	25	Scarlets	27
27.02.2021	Zebre	26	Dragons	15
28.02.2021	Leinster	40	Glasgow Warriors	21
	Round 14
22.01.2021	Scarlets	10	Cardiff Blues	13
05.03.2021	Munster	20	Connacht	17
06.03.2021	Zebre	20	Glasgow Warriors	31
06.03.2021	Ospreys	20	Dragons	31
06.03.2021	Ulster	19	Leinster	38
N/A	Benetton	c	Edinburgh	c
	Round 15
12.03.2021	Zebre	31	Leinster	48
12.03.2021	Glasgow Warriors	30	Ospreys	25
12.03.2021	Munster	28	Scarlets	10
13.03.2021	Connacht	14	Edinburgh	15
13.03.2021	Dragons	22	Ulster	26
14.03.2021	Benetton	14	Cardiff Blues	29
	Round 16
19.03.2021	Munster	31	Benetton	17
19.03.2021	Leinster	19	Ospreys	24
19.03.2021	Ulster	49	Zebre	3
21.03.2021	Dragons	26	Glasgow Warriors	17
22.03.2021	Cardiff Blues	34	Edinburgh	15
22.03.2021	Scarlets	41	Connacht	36

Celtic Rugby Pro14 Rugby Results 2020-21 {Referece: 3-9]

Report

Leinster, Ulster and Munster all won their opening fixtures in the first six rounds of the 2020-21 Pro14 Rugby Competition, with Connacht winning two of their four matches played. Leinster topped Conference A on bonus points with wins over Dragons, Benetton, Zebre, Glasgow Warriors, Ospreys and Edinburgh. Ulster defeated Benetton, Ospreys, Dragons, Cardiff Blues, Glasgow Warriors and Zebre to lie in second place in Conference A. In Conference B, Munster led with wins over Scarlets, Edinburgh, Cardiff Blues, Dragons and Ospreys. Connacht, meanwhile, were in fourth place in Conference B with victories over Scottish sides Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh, but losses to Welsh teams Cardiff Blues and Scarlets.

By the end of the season Leinster had won Conference A with 14 wins from 16 matches, the same as Ulster, although Leinster’s 15 Bonus Points compared to Ulster’s 8 saw them through to the Final on 71 points, with Ulster in second on 64. Leinster’s two losses came against Connacht in Round 10 and Ospreys in Round 16. Both of Ulster’s defeats came against Leinster – in Rounds 11 and 14 – which gave the Conference Title to Leinster. Conference B meanwhile was a lot easier for Munster, who qualified for the Final with a 14-2 Wins-Losses Record and 64 Points. Connacht were runners-up with 8 wins and 8 losses but 13 Bonus Points to finish on 45 Points, the Bonus Points giving them the edge over Cardiff Blues and Scarlets who also won 8 and lost 8. The Final proved to be a low-scoring affair with Leinster winning 16-6 over Munster.

About Pro14 Rugby

14 Clubs from accross five Nations: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and South Africa compete for the Guinness Pro14 Rugby Championship. The Leagues Origins lie in the formation of a competition for Welsh and Scottish clubs, which in 2001 became the Celtic League after the addition of the four Irish Provinces. In 2010 the Competition added two Italian Clubs to bring the number of countries involved to four, reflected in the name change to Pro12 in later seasons. In what was an historic move in 2017, the Competition became the most diverse yet, with the addition of two South African Provinces, becoming a Cross-Hemisphere Competiton for the first time.

Home Venues

Team	Home Venue
Irish Provinces
Connacht	The Sportsground, Galway
Leinster	RDS Arena, Dublin
Munster	Thomond Park, Limerick
Ulster	Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Welsh Regions
Cardiff Blues	Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Dragons	Rodney Parade, Newport
Ospreys	St. Helen’s Rugby & Cricket Ground, Swansea
Scarlets	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Scottish Districts
Edinburgh	BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Glasgow Warriors	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Italian Cities
Benetton	Stadio Communale di Monigo, Treviso
Zebre	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma

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References

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[3] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 1 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/1 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[4] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 2 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/2 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

[5] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 3 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/3 [Accessed 21 November 2020]

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[8] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) Round 6 2020/21 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/2021/6 [Accessed 21 November 2020] [Last Accessed 28 March 2021]

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[19] Pro 14 Rugby (2020) About Us [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/about [Accessed 21 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 28 March 2021