Leinster have reached their third successive RaboDirect PRO12 Final and will have home advantage over the 2010 champions, the Ospreys, at the RDS, Dublin, on Sunday, 27 May (kick-off 4.00pm). Their 19-15 home semi-final win over Glasgow Warriors not only earned them a ticket into the Final, but also guaranteed them home advantage after they […]
Tim Visser followed up his inclusion in the RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team by being named as winner of the tournament’s ‘Players’ Player of the Year’ award at the annual presentation evening at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff last night (Sunday, 6 May). His graduation from the ‘Young Player of the Year’ award winner in 2010 to […]
Following the conclusion of the Round 22 RaboDirect PRO12 games on Saturday, the line up for the Play-Offs can now be confirmed. Top seed Leinster will host fourth placed Glasgow Warriors at the RDS, Dublin, on Saturday 12 May (kick-off 7.35pm), whilst the second and third placed teams, Ospreys and Munster, will face each other […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 will have more than a million good reasons to celebrate this weekend when the gates for the season break through the seven figure mark in record time. There has been a growth of 6.2% in attendances over the course of the season at the RaboDirect PRO12 games as fans have flocked to […]
Edinburgh Rugby’s ‘Flying Dutchman’ Tim Visser has winged his way into the RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team for the third year in a row. Visser, who qualifies to play for Scotland this summer, is once again the leading try scorer in the RaboDirect PRO12 and has bagged 36 tries in 56 appearances for Edinburgh up to […]
After Saturday’s historic Heineken Cup semi final win over Edinburgh, Ulster have turned their attentions back to the RaboDirect PRO12 and the trip to Thomond Park to take on Inter-pro rivals Munster. Head Coach Brian McLaughlin said: “The mood in the camp has been fantastic this week. We are back in training and the standard […]
The RaboDirect PRO12 champions, in line with all other professional rugby union tournaments throughout the world, will be decided by a Play-Off. The competition is one of the latest tournaments to adopt this method of choosing their champions – South Africa’s Currie Cup final was first contested in 1939, whilst the French can trace their […]
Top seeded Leinster will play the fourth seeded team on Saturday May 12th at 19.35pm in the RDS. The fourth seeded team will be confirmed after Round 22 of the RaboDirect PRO12, on Saturday May 5th. The other Play-off between second and third placed seeds will take place on Friday May 11th at 19.35pm. Venue […]