2019 Pro14 Grand Final

2019 Pro14 Grand Final
Event	2018–19 Pro14
Date	25 May 2019
Venue	Celtic Park, Glasgow
Man of the Match	Cian Healy (Leinster)
Referee	Nigel Owens (WRU)
Attendance	47,128
Weather	Rain
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The 2019 Pro14 Grand Final was the final match of the 2018–19 Pro14 season. The 2018–19 season is the fifth with Guinness as the title sponsor, the tenth with a Grand Final and the second season with 14 teams, following the admission of two South African teams. The final was played between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster and was played at the 60,000 seater, Celtic Park in Glasgow.^[1]^[2]^[3] Leinster won the game 18–15 to retain the title.^[4]^[5]

Route to the final

The top side from each of the two conferences are given a bye to the semi-finals and have home advantage. Teams placed second and third in opposite conferences meet in the two quarter-finals to determine the other two semi-finalists with the teams ranked second having home advantage.

The play-offs are scheduled in the four weeks after the regular season has been completed.

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Pro14 Final

		Glasgow Warriors (A1)	50
Ulster (B2)	21	Ulster (B2)	20
Connacht (A3)	13			Glasgow Warriors	15
				Leinster	18
		Leinster (B1)	24
Munster (A2)	15	Munster (A2)	9
Benetton (B3)	13

Quarter-finals

4 May 2019
15:00

Munster	15–13	Benetton
Pen: Bleyendaal (2/2) 22', 43' Hanrahan (3/3) 62', 65', 76'	Report	Try: Ratuva Tavuyara 39' c Con: Allan (1/1) 40' Pen: Allan (2/2) 25', 59'

Thomond Park
Attendance: 10,042
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

4 May 2019
17:35

Ulster	21–13	Connacht
Try: Timoney 14' m Coetzee 77' c Con: Burns (1/1) 78' Pen: Cooney (3/3) 4', 40', 61'	Report	Try: Aki 54' c Con: J. Carty (1/1) 55' Pen: J. Carty (2/3) 29', 67'

Kingspan Stadium
Attendance: 15,215
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Semi-finals

17 May 2019
19:35

Glasgow Warriors	50–20	Ulster
Try: Seymour (2) 2' c, 54' m Price 16' c Harley 38' c Steyn 58' c P. Horne 67' c G. Horne 75' c Con: Hastings (6/7) 3', 18', 39', 58', 68', 76' Pen: Hastings (1/1) 28'	Report	Try: Coetzee 60' m Herring 71' c Lowry 79' m Con: Burns (1/3) 71' Pen: Cooney (1/1) 30'

Scotstoun Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

18 May 2019
14:30

Leinster	24–9	Munster
Try: Cronin 54' c Lowe 79' m Con: R. Byrne (1/1) 55' Pen: R. Byrne (4/4) 2', 34', 40'+6, 45'	Report	Pen: Carbery (3/3) 5', 24', 50'

RDS Arena
Attendance: 18,977
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Pre-match

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen caused a media stir ahead of the final when he commented that all the Glasgow Warriors players were Rangers fans, and that Leinster would get support from Celtic fans as they (Leinster) were an Irish team. Some quarters reacted angrily to Cullen's comments, as they were seen as being provocative and sectarian, given the Catholic–Protestant history between Rangers and Celtic. Cullen appeared to make the remarks jokingly, but nonetheless he apologised for any offence given in a press conference held the day before the final.^[6]

Final

Summary

Details

25 May 2019
18:30 BST UTC+1

Glasgow Warriors	15–18	Leinster
Try: M. Fagerson 13' c Stewart 74' m Con: Hastings (1/2) 14' Pen: Hastings (1/1) 22'	Report	Try: Ringrose 15' m Healy 27' c Con: Sexton (1/2) 29' Pen: Sexton (2/3) 35', 51'

Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 47,128
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Glasgow Warriors

Leinster


FB	15	Stuart Hogg	65'
RW	14	Tommy Seymour
OC	13	Kyle Steyn		49' to 59'
IC	12	Sam Johnson	55'
LW	11	D. T. H. van der Merwe
FH	10	Adam Hastings
SH	9	Ali Price	57'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson
OF	7	Callum Gibbins (c)	78'
BF	6	Rob Harley	51'
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Scott Cummings
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	66'
HK	2	Fraser Brown	25'
LP	1	Jamie Bhatti	51'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Grant Stewart	25'
PR	17	Oli Kebble	51'
PR	18	Siua Halanukonuka	66'
FL	19	Ryan Wilson	51'
FL	20	Tom Gordon	78'
SH	21	George Horne	57'
CE	22	Peter Horne	55'
CE	23	Huw Jones	65'
Coach:
Dave Rennie


FB	15	Rob Kearney		65' to 75'
RW	14	Jordan Larmour
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Robbie Henshaw
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	73'
SH	9	Luke McGrath	76'
N8	8	Jack Conan
OF	7	Josh van der Flier	73'
BF	6	Rhys Ruddock	78'
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Scott Fardy
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	63'
HK	2	Seán Cronin	63'
LP	1	Cian Healy	62'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Bryan Byrne	63'
PR	17	Ed Byrne	62'
PR	18	Andrew Porter	63'
LK	19	Ross Molony	78'
FL	20	Max Deegan	73'
SH	21	Nick McCarthy	76'
CE	22	Ross Byrne	73'
WG	23	Rory O'Loughlin
Coach:
Leo Cullen

Man of the Match:
Cian Healy

Touch judges:
Mike Adamson (SRU)
John Lacey (IRFU)
Television Match Official:
Ian Davies (WRU)

References

^ "Glasgow Warriors 50-20 Ulster". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Leinster 24-9 Munster". BBC Sport. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Pro14: Celtic Park to stage 2018-19 final". BBC Sport. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Leinster ruin Stuart Hogg's farewell to claim Pro14 title against Glasgow". The Guardian. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "Glasgow Warriors 15-18 Leinster: Holders win Pro14 final at Celtic Park". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "'For any individuals that I did offend, I apologise to them' - Cullen". The42. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[1] "Glasgow Warriors 50-20 Ulster". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[2] "Leinster 24-9 Munster". BBC Sport. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[3] "Pro14: Celtic Park to stage 2018-19 final". BBC Sport. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[4] "Leinster ruin Stuart Hogg's farewell to claim Pro14 title against Glasgow". The Guardian. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[5] "Glasgow Warriors 15-18 Leinster: Holders win Pro14 final at Celtic Park". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[6] "'For any individuals that I did offend, I apologise to them' - Cullen". The42. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

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