2018 Pro14 Grand Final

The 2018 Pro14 Grand Final was the final match of the 2017–18 Pro14 season. The 2017–18 season is the fourth with Guinness as the title sponsor, the ninth with a Grand Final and the first season with 14 teams, following the admission of two South African teams. The final was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin and saw Leinster defeat the Scarlets 40–32.^[1][2][3][4]

2018 Pro14 Grand Final

Event	2017–18 Pro14
Leinster Scarlets 40 32
Date	26 May 2018
Venue	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Man of the Match	Johnny Sexton (Leinster)
Referee	Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Attendance	46,092
Weather	Sunny
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Route to the final

Main article: 2017–18 Pro14

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 play each other to determine the other two semi-finalists with the team 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	13
	Scarlets	43			Scarlets	28
	Cheetahs	8							Scarlets	32
									Leinster	40
					Leinster	16
	Munster	20			Munster	15
	Edinburgh	16

Quarter-finals

5 May 2018 15:15

Munster	20–16	Edinburgh
Try: Marshall 8' c Earls 42' c Con: Hanrahan (2/2) 9', 43' Pen: Hanrahan (2/3) 51', 72'	Report[5]	Try: Fowles 58' c Con: Van der Walt (1/1) 59' Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (3/3) 18', 24', 55'

Thomond Park Attendance: 10,205 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

5 May 2018 18:35

Scarlets	43–8	Cheetahs
Try: S. Evans (2) 5' c, 36' c Halfpenny 16' c Prydie 44' c J.M. Davies 54' c J. Evans 60' m Con: Halfpenny (2/2) 6', 17' Patchell (3/4) 37', 44', 56' Pen: Halfpenny (1/2) 15'	Report[6]	Try: Blommetjies 75' m Pen: Goosen (1/1) 21'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 7,105 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Semi-finals

18 May 2018 19:45

Glasgow Warriors	13–28	Scarlets
Try: Gray 59' m Grigg 72' m Con: Russell (0/2) Pen: Russell (1/1) 13'	Report	Try: Patchell 3' c G. Davies 16' c R. Evans 31' c Owens 47' c Con: Patchell (4/4) 4', 17', 32', 48'

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

19 May 2018 15:15

Leinster	16–15	Munster
Try: Conan 7' c Con: Carbery (1/1) 7' Pen: R. Byrne (1/3) 20' Carbery (1/2) 76'	Report	Try: Earls 43' m Grobler 78' c Con: Keatley (1/2) 78' Pen: Hanrahan (1/2) 18'

RDS Arena Attendance: 18,930 Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU)

Final Match

26 May 2018 18:00

Leinster	40–32	Scarlets
Try: Toner 29' m Lowe 40'+2 c Cronin 51' c Larmour 57' m Conan 68' c Con: Sexton (2/4) 40'+4, 53' Carbery (1/1) 69' Pen: Sexton (3/3) 6', 15', 24'	Report[7]	Try: McNicholl (3) 34' m, 64' c, 80' c Kruger 78' c Con: Halfpenny (2/3) 64', 80'+1 D. Jones (1/1) 78' Pen: Halfpenny (2/2) 8', 12'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 46,092 Referee: Stuart Berry (South Africa)

Leinster

Scarlets

FB 15 Rob Kearney RW 14 Jordan Larmour OC 13 Garry Ringrose IC 12 Isa Nacewa (c)  19' LW 11 James Lowe FH 10 Johnny Sexton  63' SH 9 Luke McGrath  72' N8 8 Jack Conan OF 7 Dan Leavy  66' BF 6 Rhys Ruddock  56' RL 5 James Ryan LL 4 Devin Toner TP 3 Tadhg Furlong  59' HK 2 Seán Cronin  59' LP 1 Cian Healy  51' Substitutions: HK 16 James Tracy  59' PR 17 Jack McGrath  51' PR 18 Andrew Porter  59' LK 19 Scott Fardy  56' FL 20 Jordi Murphy  66' SH 21 Nick McCarthy  72' FH 22 Joey Carbery  63' CE 23 Rory O'Loughlin  19' Coach: Leo Cullen

FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny RW 14 Johnny McNicholl OC 13 Scott Williams IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes LW 11 Steff Evans  71' FH 10 Rhys Patchell  72' SH 9 Gareth Davies  71' N8 8 Tadhg Beirne OF 7 James Davies BF 6 Aaron Shingler  38' RL 5 Steve Cummins LL 4 Lewis Rawlins  63' TP 3 Samson Lee  56' HK 2 Ken Owens (c)  72' LP 1 Rob Evans  59' Substitutions: HK 16 Ryan Elias  72' PR 17 Wyn Jones  59' PR 18 Werner Kruger  56' LK 19 David Bulbring  63' FL 20 Will Boyde  38' SH 21 Jonathan Evans  71' FH 22 Dan Jones  72' WG 23 Tom Prydie  72' Coach: Wayne Pivac

Man of the Match: Johnny Sexton (Leinster) Touch judges: Marius Mitrea (Italy) Mike Adamson (Scotland Television match official: Neil Paterson (Scotland)