The 2015 Pro12 Grand Final was the final match of the

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season. The 2014–15 season was the first with

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as the title sponsor and the sixth ever League Grand Final. The final was played between

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and

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

. Glasgow won their first title, winning on a 31–13 scoreline.

Route to the final

2015 Play-offs

The semi-finals followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system with the games being played at the home ground of the higher placed teams. ----

Build-up

In January 2015, the tournament organisers confirmed that the

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in Belfast would host the final. The organisers chose to move away from giving home advantage to the highest placed finisher at the end of the regular season. Munster were looking to win the title for a fourth time, the last win being in

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against

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, while Glasgow had never won the title. The match was shown live on

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in Ireland and the UK, on

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in Ireland and on

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in Scotland. Both teams received an allocation of 2,000 tickets after the public sale sold out in April.

Conor Murray Conor Murray (born 20 April 1989) is an Irish rugby union player who plays for Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. Internationally, Murray has represented Ireland and the British & Irish Lions, whom he ...

was an injury doubt to start for Munster after he was forced off in the semi-final with an injury to the medial ligament in his right knee, he may be replaced again by

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at scrum-half.

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was expected to play his last game for Munster in the final.

Match

Summary

Rob Harley Robert John Harley (born 26 May 1990) is a Scotland international rugby union player for US Carcassonne in the Pro D2. He previously played for Glasgow Warriors and is their most capped player. He plays as a flanker but can also cover lock.htt ...

scored the first try for Glasgow in the 9th minute which was converted by

Finn Russell Finn Alastair Russell (born 23 September 1992) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who primarily plays fly-half for Racing 92 in the Top 14. He has also represented Scotland at international level, having made his test debut against t ...

Ian Keatley Ian James T. Keatley (born 1 April 1987) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays primarily as a fly-half, but can also play as a centre or fullback. Early life Keatley was born in Dublin, where he was educated at Belvedere College and Unive ...

got the first score for Munster, a penalty in the 23rd minute. Glasgow then scored two try's without reply to lead 21-3 in the 32nd minute and lead 10-21 at half time, Andrew Smith scored the Munster try just before half time. Ian Keatley reduced the lead to 13-21 in the 48th minute with another penalty for Munster but a Finn Russell try and conversion in the 58th minute made the score 13-28 in favor of Glasgow. Another penalty for Glasgow by

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with seven minutes to go made the final score 13-31.

Details

References

External links

Coverage at ESPN
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