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.
This format was altered in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See below.
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NB: the 2 South African teams did not play the final two rounds due to restrictions in South Africa related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The season was postponed at this point due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The 2 postponed matches in Italy were recorded as 0-0 draws.
A restart was scheduled for August 21 with 2 rounds of local derby matches followed by semi-finals and a final.
The semi-finals would have the top team in each conference playing the second team in the other conference.
Qualification for the Champions Cup would be the top 4 teams in each conference based a teams position prior to the restart.
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Semi-Finals September 4 September 5 Final September 12 |
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