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, however, on 19 March 2020, Celtic Rugby DAC cancelled the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The re-arranged match took place on 12 September 2020 at the Aviva Stadium between defending champions Leinster and Ulster. Leinster won the match 27–5 to defend their title and complete a hat-trick of title wins.
Route to the final
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. The play-offs took place immediately following the final round of derby fixtures.
Semi-finals
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.
Final Summary
Details
FB 15 Jordan LarmourRW 14 Hugo KeenanOC 13 Garry Ringrose (c) IC 12 Robbie HenshawLW 11 James LoweFH 10 Ross Byrne SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park N8 8 Jack ConanOF 7 Josh van der Flier BF 6 Caelan DorisRL 5 James Ryan LL 4 Devin TonerTP 3 Andrew Porter HK 2 Rónan Kelleher LP 1 Cian Healy Substitutions:HK 16 James Tracy PR 17 Ed Byrne PR 18 Michael Bent LK 19 Scott Fardy FL 20 Will Connors SH 21 Luke McGrath FH 22 Johnny Sexton CE 23 Rory O'Loughlin Coach: Leo Cullen FB 15 Michael LowryRW 14 Rob LyttleOC 13 James HumeIC 12 Stuart McCloskeyLW 11 Jacob StockdaleFH 10 Billy Burns SH 9 Alby Mathewson N8 8 Marcell Coetzee OF 7 Sean ReidyBF 6 Matty Rea RL 5 Iain Henderson (c) LL 4 Alan O'ConnorTP 3 Tom O'Toole HK 2 Rob Herring LP 1 Eric O'Sullivan Substitutions:HK 16 John Andrew PR 17 Jack McGrath PR 18 Marty Moore LK 19 Sam Carter BR 20 Jordi Murphy SH 21 John Cooney FH 22 Ian Madigan BR 23 Nick Timoney 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)
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