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The Guinness PRO 14 rugby competition is a third tier level rugby competition in Europe. It is played among teams from Wales, Ireland, Scotland Italy and South Africa. It started in 2001 as the Celtic League, was known as the Magners League for a period, then the RaboDirect Pro 12 and is now the Guinness PRO 14. It started as a league for the Celtic nations but is now called the PRO 14 to reflect that teams from outside those nations are now involved. In 2017 two South African teams were added to the competition. |
A change was also made to the qualification for the European Rugby Champions Cup. The top 7 teams from the Pro 14 (not the SA teams) would qualify regardless of their country of origin. The make up of the top 7 would be the top 3 from each conference plus the winner of a play-off match between the next best team in each conference.
The fourteen teams will be split into two conferences of seven teams, with each conference featuring two teams from Ireland and Wales plus single teams from Italy, Scotland and South Africa. The regular season will be made up of 21 rounds - 12 home and away games for each team in their own conference, 7 games either home or away against the opposing teams in the other conference, plus two matches against teams from the same country in the other conference. The play-offs will include a round of two quarter-finals prior to the semi-finals and final.
The 2nd team from Conference A will play the 3rd placed team from Conference B while the 2nd team in Conference B will play the 3rd placed team from Conference A.
The winners will go forward to play the Conference winners in the semi-finals.
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