Celtic Rugby Ltd Guinness Pro 14 Rainbow Cup 2021

Enda Mulcahy

4 years ago

Group Tables

Rainbow Cup 2021	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	TB-LB	Pts
Group A
Munster	2	2	0	0	65	13	1-0	9
Leinster	2	1	0	1	53	48	1-0	5
Connacht	2	1	0	1	47	74	1-0	5
Ulster	2	0	0	2	36	64	1-1	2
Group B
Dragons	2	1	0	1	68	49	1-1	6
Ospreys	2	1	0	1	42	36	1-0	5
Scarlets	2	1	0	1	54	58	1-0	5
Cardiff Blues	2	1	0	1	31	52	0-0	4
Group C
Benetton	2	2	0	0	71	39	1-0	9
Glasgow Warriors	2	1	0	1	48	65	1-0	5
Edinburgh	2	1	0	1	43	47	0-0	4
Zebre	2	0	0	2	38	49	0-2	2
Group D
Bulls
Lions
Sharks
Stormers

[Reference: 2]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
23.04.2021	Ulster	24	Connacht	26
24.04.2021	Leinster	3	Munster	27
24.04.2021	Benetton	46	Glasgow Warriors	19
23.04.2021	Edinburgh	24	Zebre	18
24.04.2021	Ospreys	36	Cardiff Blues	14
25.04.2021	Dragons	52	Scarlets	32
24.04.2021	Bulls		Lions
24.04.2021	Stormers		Sharks
	Round 2
02.05.2021	Stormers		Bulls
02.05.2021	Sharks		Lions
08.05.2021	Connacht	21	Leinster	50
07.05.2021	Munster	38	Ulster	10
07.05.2021	Zebre	20	Benetton	25
07.05.2021	Glasgow Warriors	29	Edinburgh	19
08.05.2021	Cardiff Blues	17	Dragons	16
08.05.2021	Scarlets	22	Ospreys	6
	Round 3
08.05.2021	Bulls		Sharks
08.05.2021	Lions		Stormers
15.05.2021	Munster		Connacht
15.05.2021	Leinster		Ulster
15.05.2021	Benetton		Zebre
15.05.2021	Edinburgh		Glasgow Warriors
15.05.2021	Scarlets		Cardiff Blues
15.05.2021	Dragons		Ospreys

[References: 2]

Report

The Celtic Rugby Ltd-run Pro 14 Rainbow Cup 2021 was scheduled to include four South African Provinces in their absence at the Pro 14 League due to COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions. It kicked off on the Weekend of the 23rd to 25th April minus those four provinces.

Round 1 23-24 April 2021

Connacht, Munster, Dragons, Ospreys and Benetton all picked up bonus points wins in the opening round of the Rainbow Cup. Ulster picked up both a Try Bonus and a Losing Bonus in their 24-26 loss to Connacht, while Munster trounced Leinster 27-3. In Wales, Dragons defeated Scarlets 52-32 in the highest-scoring encounter of the weekend, while Ospreys defeated Cardiff Blues 36-14. In the Scottish-Italian matches, Benetton were surprisingly big winners over Glasgow Warriors, 46-19, while Edinburgh were made to work against Zebre, prevailing 24-18 in the end.

Round 2 7-9 May 2021

Benetton and Munster were the only two undefeated teams after Round 2 of the Guinness Pro 14 Rainbow Cup in 2021 after wins over Zebre (25-20) and Ulster (38-10). Climbing into first place in the Welsh part of the draw were Dragons with a huge 52-32 win over Cardiff Blues although all four teams in Wales were on 1 win and 1 loss following Ospreys victory at home to Scarlets. Dragons however had two bonus points. Rounding out the matches were Glasgow Warriors 29-19 versus Edinburgh and a big Leinster win at Connacht (50-21) as the West Ireland Province felt the backlash of the previous weeks loss to Munster where Leinster only scored three points.

References

Newspapers

[2] Gerry Thornley (2021) “Leinster and Munster to meet in opening series” The Irish Times. Saturday, March 27, 2021. pg. Sport 2.

Websites

[3] Pro 14 Rugby (2021) 2020-21 RC Table [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/table/12021 [Accessed 26 April 2021]

[4] Pro 14 Rugby (2021) 2020-21 RC Round 1 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre [Accessed 26 April 2021]

[5] Pro 14 Rugby (2021) 2020-21 RC Round 2 [Internet] Available from: https://www.pro14.rugby/match-centre/12021/2 [Accessed 13 May 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Malcolm O’Kelly.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 13 May 2021