The 2020 Pro14 Grand Final was the final match of the
2019–20 Pro14
The 2019–20 PRO14 (also known as the '' Guinness PRO14'' for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the third season to be referred to as the ''PR ...
season. The 2019–20 season was the sixth with
Guinness as the title sponsor, the eleventh with a grand final and the third season with 14 teams, following the admission of two Italian teams. The match was planned to be held at
Cardiff City Stadium
The Cardiff City Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and the Wales national football team.
Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2 ...
, however, on 19 March 2020, Celtic Rugby DAC cancelled the event due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
The re-arranged match took place on 12 September 2020 at the
Aviva Stadium
Aviva Stadium (also known as Lansdowne Road) is a sports stadium located in Dublin, Ireland, with a capacity for 51,700 spectators (all seated). It is built on the site of the former Lansdowne Road Stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and ...
between defending champions
Leinster
Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of ...
and
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kin ...
. Leinster won the match 27–5 to defend their title and complete a hat-trick of title wins.
Route to the final
The top two sides from each of the two conferences met in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. Teams placed second and third in opposite conferences would have met in the two quarter-finals, but this was scrapped this year.
The play-offs took place immediately following the final round of derby fixtures.
Semi-finals
Pre-match
The match was televised free-to-air by
TG4
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TG4 was formerly known ...
in the Republic of Ireland, and on
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in Northern Ireland. It was also shown on
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