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]
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
Ireland
Wales