2020 Pro14 Grand Final

The 2020 Pro14 Grand Final was the final match of the 2019–20 Pro14 season. The 2019–20 season was the sixth with Guinness as the title sponsor, the eleventh with a grand final and the third season with 14 teams, following the admission of two Italian teams. The match was planned to be held at Cardiff City Stadium,^[1] however, on 19 March 2020, Celtic Rugby DAC cancelled the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2][3] The re-arranged match took place on 12 September 2020 at the Aviva Stadium between defending champions Leinster and Ulster.^[4][5] Leinster won the match 27–5 to defend their title and complete a hat-trick of title wins.^[6]

2020 Pro14 Grand Final

Event	2019–20 Pro14
Leinster Ulster 27 5
Date	12 September 2020
Venue	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Man of the Match	Josh van der Flier
Referee	Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Attendance	0[a]
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Route to the final

Main article: 2019–20 Pro14

The top two sides from each of the two conferences met in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. Teams placed second and third in opposite conferences would have met in the two quarter-finals, but this was scrapped this year.^[3] The play-offs took place immediately following the final round of derby fixtures.

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 September 2020
	Leinster (A1)	13
					12 September 2020
	Munster (B2)	3
					Leinster	27
	5 September 2020
					Ulster	5
	Edinburgh (B1)	19
	Ulster (A2)	22

Semi-finals

4 September 2020 19:35

Leinster	13–3	Munster
Try: R. Kelleher 27' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 28' Pen: Sexton (2/3) 40', 67'	Report	Pen: Hanrahan (1/3) 5'

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

5 September 2020 19:35

Edinburgh	19–22	Ulster
Try: McInally 14' m Graham 46' c Dean 57' c Con: Van der Walt (2/3) 47', 59'	Report	Try: Lyttle 54' c Herring 62' m Andrew 75' c Con: Burns (1/2) 55' Madigan (1/1) 76' Pen: Madigan (1/1) 80'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

Pre-match

The match was televised free-to-air by TG4 in the Republic of Ireland, and on BBC in Northern Ireland. It was also shown on Eir Sport.^[7]

Final

Summary

Details

12 September 2020 19:35

Leinster	27–5	Ulster
Try: Lowe 12' c Henshaw 45' c Doris 71' c Con: R. Byrne (2/2) 14', 47' Sexton (1/1) 72' Pen: R. Byrne (2/2) 26', 44'	Report	Try: Hume 3' m

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 0[a] Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Leinster

Ulster

FB 15 Jordan Larmour RW 14 Hugo Keenan OC 13 Garry Ringrose (c)  67' IC 12 Robbie Henshaw LW 11 James Lowe FH 10 Ross Byrne  59' SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park  59' N8 8 Jack Conan OF 7 Josh van der Flier  72' BF 6 Caelan Doris RL 5 James Ryan  62' LL 4 Devin Toner TP 3 Andrew Porter  62' HK 2 Rónan Kelleher  59' LP 1 Cian Healy  52' Substitutions: HK 16 James Tracy  59' PR 17 Ed Byrne  52' PR 18 Michael Bent  62' LK 19 Scott Fardy  62' FL 20 Will Connors  72' SH 21 Luke McGrath  59' FH 22 Johnny Sexton  59' CE 23 Rory O'Loughlin  67' Coach: Leo Cullen

FB 15 Michael Lowry RW 14 Rob Lyttle OC 13 James Hume IC 12 Stuart McCloskey LW 11 Jacob Stockdale FH 10 Billy Burns  54' SH 9 Alby Mathewson  47' N8 8 Marcell Coetzee  47' OF 7 Sean Reidy BF 6 Matty Rea  55' RL 5 Iain Henderson (c)  47' LL 4 Alan O'Connor TP 3 Tom O'Toole  55' HK 2 Rob Herring  20'  34'  72' LP 1 Eric O'Sullivan  47' Substitutions: HK 16 John Andrew  20'  34'  72' PR 17 Jack McGrath  47' PR 18 Marty Moore  55' LK 19 Sam Carter  47' BR 20 Jordi Murphy  55' SH 21 John Cooney  47' FH 22 Ian Madigan  54' BR 23 Nick Timoney  47' Coach: Dan McFarland

Man of the Match: Josh van der Flier Assistant referees: George Clancy (IRFU) Frank Murphy (IRFU) Television match official: Brian MacNiece (IRFU)

Notes

1. This game was played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions.