2019–20 Celtic Cup

2019–20 Celtic Cup
Countries	Ireland Wales
Date	23 August – 12 October 2019

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.

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.

Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Leinster A (Q)	7	7	0	0	351	140	211	55	22	7	0	35
2	Ulster A (Q)	7	5	0	2	198	170	28	28	23	5	0	25
3	Connacht Eagles	7	5	0	2	191	169	22	24	24	3	0	23
4	Scarlets A	7	4	0	3	217	194	23	29	28	4	2	22
5	Dragons A	7	2	0	5	205	236	-31	30	34	5	2	15
6	Munster A	7	2	1	4	165	206	-41	22	31	3	0	13
7	Ospreys Development	7	1	1	5	133	229	-96	19	32	2	0	8
8	Cardiff Blues A	7	1	0	6	109	225	-116	17	30	2	1	7
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: 5 October 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)
	Report

Carmarthen Park Referee: Elgan Williams (WRU)

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 October 2019 13:00

Connacht Eagles	14–43	Leinster A (1 BP)
	Report

Galway Sportsground

4 October 2019 17:00

Ulster A	12–31	Munster A (1 BP)
	Report

Shaw's Bridge Referee: Peter Martin (IRFU)

4 October 2019 19:15

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues A	12–16	Scarlets A
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Referee: Mike English (WRU)

5 October 2019 15:00

(1 BP) Dragons A	36–24	Ospreys Development (1 BP)
	Report

CCB Centre

Final

12 October 2019 TBC

Leinster	v	Ulster

TBC