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2019–20 Celtic Cup
2019–20 Celtic Cup
Countries	Ireland; Wales
Date	23 August – 12 October 2019
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The 2019–20 Celtic Cup is the second edition of the Celtic Cup rugby union competition, which features development regional and provincial teams from Ireland and Wales. It will run from August 2019 until October 2019. Leinster A won the inaugural edition, beating Scarlets A in the final.

Formation

The Irish Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union created a new development competition, the Celtic Cup, for the emerging professional players from the four Irish provinces and four Welsh regions, announcing the tournament in August 2018.

The tournament, which features development squads from Pro14 teams Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Ulster, Cardiff Blues, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets, aims to provide a learning environment for development players, coaches and referees by recreating the week-to-week challenges presented by senior professional rugby.^[1]

2019–20 season

In a change from the 2018–19 tournament, the 2019–20 edition of the competition will feature all eight teams in a single league, rather than two conferences, with each team playing seven matches and the top two teams advancing to the final.^[2]

Table

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster A (Q)	6	6	0	0	308	126	182	48	20	6	0	30
Ulster A	6	5	0	1	186	139	47	26	19	5	0	25
Connacht Eagles	6	5	0	1	177	126	51	22	17	3	0	23
Scarlets A	6	3	0	3	201	182	19	28	26	4	2	18
Dragons A	6	1	0	5	169	212	-43	26	30	4	2	10
Munster A	6	1	1	4	134	194	-60	18	29	2	0	8
Ospreys Development	6	1	1	4	109	193	-84	15	28	1	0	7
Cardiff Blues A	6	1	0	5	97	209	-112	15	29	2	0	6
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order - number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams that advance to the final (Q) Qualified for the final (CH) Champions (RU) Runners-up Updated: 29 September 2019 Source: Munster Rugby

Pool Stage

Round 1

24 August 2019
14:30

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues A	28–47	Leinster A (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park
Referee: Mike English (WRU)

23 August 2019
19:30

Munster A	20–20	Ospreys Development
	Report

Irish Independent Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU)

24 August 2019
14:30

(2 BP) Scarlets A	32–35	Ulster A (1 BP)
	Report

Church Bank Playing Fields

23 August 2019
14:00

Connacht Eagles	24–19	Dragons A (1 BP)
	Report

Galway Sportsground

Round 2

31 August 2019
17:30

(1 BP) Leinster A	50–12	Scarlets A
	Report

Energia Park

30 August 2019
19:00

(1 BP) Dragons A	36–10	Munster A
	Report

Rodney Parade

31 August 2019
19:30

(1 BP) Ulster A	32–5	Cardiff A
	Report

Gibson Park

31 August 2019
12:00

Ospreys Development	19–40	Connacht Eagles (1 BP)
	Report

Brewery Field

Round 3

6 September 2019
19:30

Munster A	21–47	Leinster A (1 BP)
	Report

Irish Independent Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jonny Erskine (IRFU)

6 September 2019
16:00

(1 BP) Ulster A	33–13	Connacht Eagles
	Report

Eaton Park
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU)

7 September 2019
14:30

(1 BP) Scarlets A	55–14	Ospreys Development
	Report

Parc y Scarlets

7 September 2019
15:30

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues A	40–31	Dragons A (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park

Round 4

14 September 2019
13:00

(1 BP) Connacht Eagles	38–27	Munster A
	Report

Galway Sportsground
Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU)

14 September 2019
15:00

(1 BP) Leinster A	55–24	Ulster A (1 BP)
	Report

Energia Park
Referee: Robert O'Sullivan (IRFU)

13 September 2019
19:15

Ospreys Development	29–5	Cardiff Blues A
	Report

Brewery Field

14 September 2019

(2 BP) Dragons A	35–40	Scarlets A (1 BP)
	Report

Rodney Parade

Round 5

20 September 2019
19:15

(1 BP) Ospreys Development	24–54	Leinster A (1 BP)
	Report

St. Helen's
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

20 September 2019
18:00

(1 BP) Munster A	28–7	Cardiff Blues A
	Report

Irish Independent Park

21 September 2019
15:00

(1 BP) Dragons A	31–43	Ulster A (1 BP)
	Report

CCB Centre

20 September 2019
19:00

Connacht Eagles	20–16	Scarlets A (1 BP)
	Report

Corinthian Park

Round 6

28 September 2019
15:00

(1 BP) Leinster A	55–17	Dragons A
	Report

Energia Park

28 September 2019
13:00

(1 BP) Scarlets A	46–28	Munster A (1 BP)

Carmarthen Park

27 September 2019
17:00

Ulster A	19–3	Ospreys Development
	Report

Gibson Park

28 September 2019
14:30

Cardiff Blues A	12–42	Connacht Eagles (1 BP)
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park

Round 7

4/5/6 October 2019

Connacht Eagles	v	Leinster A

4 October 2019
17:00

Ulster A	v	Munster A

Shaw's Bridge

4/5/6 October 2019

Cardiff Blues A	v	Scarlets A

4/5/6 October 2019

Dragons A	v	Ospreys Development

Final

12 October 2019
TBC

	v

TBC

References

^ "Celtic Cup Announced".
^ "Celtic Cup A Proving Ground For Emerging Talent". Irish Rugby Football Union. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[1] "Celtic Cup Announced".

[2] "Celtic Cup A Proving Ground For Emerging Talent". Irish Rugby Football Union. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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