Archive for the ‘Guinness Pro14’ Category

  • Al Kellock calls on the people of Glasgow to fill Celtic Park ahead of historic Guinness PRO14 Final

    May 23, 19 • 1176 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Al Kellock calls on the people of Glasgow to fill Celtic Park ahead of historic Guinness PRO14 Final

    Record attendance in sight as fans snap up more than 42,000 tickets ahead of Saturday’s rugby showpiece between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster at Celtic Park Former Scotland and Glasgow Warriors rugby captain Al Kellock has issued a rallying call to the...

  • Price is right for the Ospreys

    May 23, 19 • 1188 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Price is right for the Ospreys

    Ospreys Rugby are delighted to announce Luke Price as the seventh player to sign a new deal to stay at the Liberty Stadium. With his current contract expiring at the end of the month, 23-year old Price has put pen to paper on a two-year contract with his home...

  • Guinness PRO14 Dream Team Nominees 2019

    May 22, 19 • 1749 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Guinness PRO14 Dream Team Nominees 2019

    The Guinness PRO14 Dream Team will be revealed tomorrow night in a TV special broadcast on Premier Sports 1 and eir sport 1. A panel of over 75 media members were invited to take part in the voting. A group that included many former players and coaches...

  • Nigel Owens to Referee his sixth Guinness PRO14 Final – Match Official Appointments presented by Big Red Cloud

    May 20, 19 • 1237 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Nigel Owens to Referee his sixth Guinness PRO14 Final – Match Official Appointments presented by Big Red Cloud

    Nigel Owens has been appointed to referee the Guinness PRO14 Final between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster Rugby at Glasgow’s Celtic Park this Saturday (KO: 18.30). The Welsh official will be assisted by John Lacey (IRFU) and Mike Adamson (SRU) as he...

  • Bill Johnston to join Ulster

    May 20, 19 • 1198 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Bill Johnston to join Ulster

    Ulster Rugby can today confirm that outhalf Bill Johnston will move to the Province this summer from Munster.  Johnston was a key member of the Ireland side that reached the 2016 U20 World Championship Final, scoring 11 points in the comeback victory...

  • Nick Williams signs new Cardiff Blues deal

    May 17, 19 • 1062 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Nick Williams signs new Cardiff Blues deal

    Cardiff Blues are delighted to confirm talismanic number eight Nick Williams will remain at the region next season. Williams has become a key leader since joining Wales’ Capital Region in 2016 and brings a physical presence in both attack and defence. He...

  • Ospreys team to play the Scarlets

    May 17, 19 • 1008 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Ospreys team to play the Scarlets

    The Ospreys team to play the Scarlets at Liberty Stadium on Saturday 18th May 2019, 7.45pm KO, is as follows: OSPREYS  15. Dan Evans14. George North13. Cory Allen12. Owen Watkin11. Keelan Giles10. Sam Davies9. Aled Davies 1. Nicky Smith2. Scott Baldwin3....

  • Munster Side Named For Guinness PRO14 Semi-Final

    May 17, 19 • 996 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Munster Side Named For Guinness PRO14 Semi-Final

    The Munster side has been named for Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 semi-final against Leinster at the RDS Arena (2.30pm). Munster go into the clash having won 17 of their 22 Guinness PRO14 games so far this season, scoring an average of just under four tries per...

  • Jake Ball returns from injury for Champions Cup play-off

    May 17, 19 • 1019 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Jake Ball returns from injury for Champions Cup play-off

    Wales international Jake Ball will make his return from injury in the Scarlets’ Champions Cup play-off against the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday (KO 7.45pm). Ball injured a foot during the latter stages of the Six Nations campaign, but has...

  • Rhys Ruddock Back to captain Leinster Rugby

    May 17, 19 • 1152 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Rhys Ruddock Back to captain Leinster Rugby

    The Leinster Rugby team, as sponsored by Bank of Ireland, has been named by Head Coach Leo Cullen ahead of tomorrow’s Guinness PRO14 Semi-Final against Munster Rugby in the RDS Arena (Kick Off: 2.30pm – live on eir Sport & RTÉ Radio). ...

  • Squad named for Glasgow mission

    May 16, 19 • 1058 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Squad named for Glasgow mission

    The Ulster squad has been named for Friday’s Guinness PRO14 semi-final versus Glasgow Warriors (Scotstoun Stadium, 7.35pm). Darren Cave is named among the replacements and he will move level with Andrew Trimble in the all-time appearance list for Ulster...

  • Connacht announce signing of Australian Sevens international John Porch

    May 16, 19 • 1057 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Connacht announce signing of Australian Sevens international John Porch

    Connacht Rugby have announced the signing of Australian Sevens international John Porch ahead of the 2019/20 season. The speedy winger was recruited into the sevens programme by Andy Friend, while he was Head Coach of the Australian Sevens team in 2015. In...

  • Connacht sign prop Rory Burke ahead of the 2019/20 season as Kerins becomes latest Academy graduate

    May 15, 19 • 1072 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Connacht sign prop Rory Burke ahead of the 2019/20 season as Kerins becomes latest Academy graduate

    Connacht Rugby have announced the signing of prop Rory Burke from Championship side Nottingham ahead of the 2019/20 season. Burke was previously capped for Munster in the PRO14 championship before joining Nottingham in 2017. The 25 year old has gone on to...

  • Toyota Cheetahs : Franco Smith

    May 15, 19 • 1342 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Toyota Cheetahs : Franco Smith

    The Directors of the Free State Cheetahs (Pty.) Ltd. made a decision with regard to the Head Coach and Director of Rugby, Franco Smith and the future of the Toyota Cheetahs.Franco was offered the opportunity to coach the Italian national side from 1 January...

  • Tom Prydie, Steff Hughes and Paul Asquith sign new Scarlets deals

    May 15, 19 • 1227 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Tom Prydie, Steff Hughes and Paul Asquith sign new Scarlets deals

    The Scarlets can confirm that three more members of their current squad — Tom Prydie, Steff Hughes and Paul Asquith — have signed fresh deals with the region. Prydie headed west from the Dragons in 2017, earning himself a Wales Test recall at the end of...

  • Faddes signing confirmed

    May 14, 19 • 1229 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Faddes signing confirmed

    Ulster Rugby is delighted to announce that experienced Super Rugby star Matt Faddes will move to Kingspan Stadium next season. Faddes has represented his home province Otago since 2011 and is currently playing for the Highlanders franchise, with whom he has...

  • Beirne and Casey Commit To Province

    May 10, 19 • 1049 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Beirne and Casey Commit To Province

    Munster Rugby and the IRFU are pleased to confirm that Tadhg Beirne has signed a two-year contract extension that will see him remain with the province until June 2022.  The versatile Ireland international who joined Munster on a two-year deal last...

  • Coaching Duo To Leave The Province

    May 8, 19 • 1140 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Coaching Duo To Leave The Province

    Munster Rugby and the IRFU can confirm that Forwards Coach Jerry Flannery and Backline and Attack Coach Felix Jones will depart the province at the end of the season. Both coaches have declined their respective contract offers, and will come to the end of...

  • Home-grown talents rewarded with new contracts

    May 8, 19 • 1093 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Home-grown talents rewarded with new contracts

    Seven of the Scarlets’ home-grown players have signed new contracts with the region. Wing Ioan Nicholas, props Javan Sebastian, Rhys Fawcett and Steff Thomas, back-rowers Tom Phillips and Shaun Evans and hooker Dafydd Hughes have all agreed fresh deals....

  • Clarification on European Play-Off Game

    May 4, 19 • 946 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Clarification on European Play-Off Game

    PRO14 Rugby can clarify the situation around scheduling and make-up of the Play-Off game to decide the seventh and potential eighth Champions Cup qualifier(s). The tournament rules state that the seventh Champions Cup place from the Guinness PRO14 will be...

  • Dragons confirm departing players

    May 4, 19 • 1075 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Dragons confirm departing players

    Dragons Rugby have today confirmed that nine members of the senior squad will leave the club following the conclusion of the 2018/19 season. Jason Tovey – who earlier this season became the first player to score 1,000 points for Dragons – leaves after...

  • Departing Players Confirmed

    May 4, 19 • 1075 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Departing Players Confirmed

    Munster Rugby can confirm that Duncan Williams, Mike Sherry, Dave O’Callaghan and James Hart will depart the province at the end of the season. With Ian Keatley, Stephen Fitzgerald and Jaco Taute already confirmed for moves to respective PRO14 and...

  • Best and Cave set for Kingspan Stadium swansong

    May 3, 19 • 1050 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Best and Cave set for Kingspan Stadium swansong

    Rory Best and Darren Cave are set to make their final appearances at Kingspan Stadium on Saturday after being named in the Ulster squad for the Guinness PRO14 quarter-final against Connacht (5.35pm). The duo, who have made a combined total of 446 appearances...

  • Benetton Rugby team to face Munster Rugby

    May 3, 19 • 1016 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Benetton Rugby team to face Munster Rugby

    With the success against Zebre Rugby in Parma, the Lions made history by gaining access to the Guinness PRO14 Final Series.  Kieran Crowley’s men, who will see the Red Army of the Munster Rugby as their next opponent, left Treviso this morning to...

  • Carty among eight changes to Connacht side to face Ulster

    May 3, 19 • 970 Views • General News, Guinness Pro14Comments Off on Carty among eight changes to Connacht side to face Ulster

    Out-half Jack Carty is one of eight changes to the Connacht side to face Ulster in Kingspan Stadium in the Guinness PRO14 Quarter Final on Saturday (Kick off 5:35pm).  Having been rested against Munster last weekend, Carty returns to form a half back...