RaboDirect PRO12 Final Preview After twenty-two rounds and two Play-Off games, the 2012/13 RaboDirect PRO12 season wraps up on Saturday with the final at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) ground, appropriately between 1st and 2nd seeds, Ulster and Leinster. European Challenge Cup holders Leinster have made it through to their 4th straight RaboDirect PRO12 final, […]
Ulster’s superior craft, drive and organisation overcame the Scarlets tonight at Ravenhill in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-off, propelling Mark Anscombe’s side to Dublin for the winner-takes-all final in two weeks’ time. The match was won within the first 50 minutes of play, as scores from Tommy Bowe, Robbie Diack and Tom Court blew the visitors […]
Ulster Head Coach, Mark Anscombe, has made four changes and one positional switch to the team that defeated Cardiff last weekend, for Friday night’s RaboDirect PRO12 play-off against Llanelli Scarlets at Ravenhill (kick off 19.45). Ireland internationals Paddy Jackson, Tom Court, Declan Fitzpatrick and Dan Tuohy all return to the side, while Ruan Pienaar switches […]
Six of the 24 British & Irish Lions selected by Warren Gatland to tour Hong Kong and Australia later this month have earned places in the 2013 RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team. The two youngest members of the 125thanniversary tour party, Glasgow Warriors full back Stuart Hogg and Scarlets wing George North, join Scarlets centre Jonathan […]
After 132 games over 22 rounds just four of the twelve participating teams now go forward to the knockout phase in the quest to find the RaboDirect PRO12 champions of 2012/13. All bar one of them, Scarlets, have competed in the Play-Offs before, although the Llanelli based team did get their name on the trophy […]
Nick Williams and Luke Marshall doubled up to round off the perfect weekend for Ulster Rugby as they scooped the top two awards at the RaboDirect PRO12 Awards evening in Dublin tonight (Sunday, 5 May). [youtube hXn9RS-3Xmk] Two days after Ulster clinched top spot at the end of the regular season with a convincing 32-17 […]
Celtic Rugby are pleased to announce that for the first time ever Sky Sports will show live matches from the RaboDirect PRO12. The agreement will commence at the start of the 2014/15 tournament and will last for 4 years. Sky Sports will broadcast 30 live matches per season as well as the Play-Offs and Final. […]
With just four points separating the top three teams who have already qualified for the RaboDirect PRO12 Play-Offs, no-one can yet be certain of their position in the table. With all six games being played on Friday night, the focus of attention will be in Ireland, as Glasgow Warriors face Connacht at the Sportsground in […]
It was all change yet again at the top of the RaboDirect PRO12 table following round 20 with Ulster retaking the top position, whilst Glasgow Warriors slipped to third. And with just two rounds left, and a maximum of ten points on offer, five teams are still vying for the four Play-Off places. The game […]