Guinness PRO12 Fixtures 2015-16
An honour to have reported on Connacht Rugby Mens Pro12 team for a full season and looking forward very much to reporting on them in the 2015/16 season. A superb squad and a team who have consistently achieved great results in recent seasons and who have been superbly supported by the community who support, encourage and enjoy the game. Bring it on!
Glasgow Warriors will kick off the defence of their GUINNESS PRO12 title at home to the Scarlets, live on Sky Sports.
With the GUINNESS PRO12 fixtures released today, all 12 clubs can begin to finalise their plans for the coming season, which promises to be another exhilarating one.
The campaign kicks off on Friday September 4 with last season’s beaten semi-finalists – Ulster and Ospreys –going head-to-head at Kingspan Stadium, and Leinster visiting Edinburgh.
Scarlets go to Scotstoun the following day, while Munster host Benetton Treviso, Zebre travel to BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park to take on the Blues and Connacht clash with Newport Gwent Dragons on the opening weekend.
The festive period sees the return of the 1872 Cup, with Edinburgh and the Warriors meeting at BT Murrayfield on December 27 and then again at Scotstoun on 2 January.
And there are plenty of other local derbies across rounds 10 and 11, with four all-Welsh clashes, four all-Irish encounters and Benetton Treviso locking horns with Zebre twice in quick succession.
The final round of regular-season action will take place across the weekend of May 6-8 but for the league’s top four sides, the run-in will have only just begun.
Two weeks later sees the Play-Offs kick off, while the GUINNESS PRO12 Final will be the following weekend, when the champions will lift the coveted trophy.
Note:The TV deal in Italy is still to be finalised therefore no specific details of Italian home matches are included at present.
Round 1
Fri 4 Sep 19:30
Connacht Rugby v Newport Gwent Dragons Sportsground
Round 2
Fri 11 Sep 19:35
Glasgow Warriors v Connacht Rugby Scotstoun Stadium BBC ALBA/TG4 More
Round 3
Sat 3 Oct 17:00
Connacht Rugby v Cardiff Blues Sportsground
Round 4
Fri 16 Oct 19:30
Connacht Rugby v Zebre Sportsground
Round 5
Sat 24 Oct 13:30
Ospreys v Connacht Rugby Liberty Stadium S4C More
Round 6
Sat 31 Oct 18:45
Connacht Rugby v Edinburgh Rugby Sportsground
Round 7
Fri 6 Nov 19:30
Connacht Rugby v Benetton Treviso Sportsground
Round 8
Sat 28 Nov 17:15
Munster Rugby v Connacht Rugby Thomond Park Sky More
Round 9
4/5/6 Dec
Fri 4 Dec 19:05
Cardiff Blues v Connacht Rugby BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park BBCW/TG4 More
Round 10
Sat 26 Dec 18:00
Connacht Rugby v Ulster Rugby Sportsground TG4/BBCNI More
Round 11
Fri 1 Jan 17:00
Leinster Rugby v Connacht Rugby RDS Arena TG4 More
Round 12
Sun 10 Jan
Scarlets v Connacht Rugby Parc y Scarlets S4C/TG4 More
Round 13
29/30/31 Jan
Connacht Rugby v Scarlets Sportsground
Round 14
12/13/14 Feb
Newport Gwent Dragons v Connacht Rugby Rodney Parade
Round 15
19/20/21 Feb
Zebre v Connacht Rugby Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Round 16
26/27/28 Feb
Connacht Rugby v Ospreys Sportsground
Round 17
4/5/6 Mar
Edinburgh Rugby v Connacht Rugby BT Murrayfield
Round 18
25/26/27 Mar
Connacht Rugby v Leinster Rugby Sportsground
Round 19
1/2/3 Apr
Ulster Rugby v Connacht Rugby Kingspan Stadium
Round 20
15/16/17 Apr
Connacht Rugby v Munster Rugby Sportsground
Round 21
29/30 Apr, 1 May
Benetton Treviso v Connacht Rugby Stadio Monigo
Round 22
6/7/8 May
Connacht Rugby v Glasgow Warriors Sportsground
Guinness PRO12 Play Offs
20/21/22 May PO v TBA
20/21/22 May PO v TBA
Guinness PRO12 Final27/28/29 May F v TBA
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