2018 Guinness PRO14 Championship

Leinster Face Scarlets In Pro 14 Final Saturday

Leinster Face Scarlets In Pro 14 Final Saturday

It's meeting #4 between Leinster and the Scarlets, this time in the Pro 14 Final.

May 24, 2018 by Alex Goff
Leinster Face Scarlets In Pro 14 Final Saturday

The first season of the Pro 14 that included South African team is now in its final throes with Saturday's final at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, and it's an Irish-Welsh finale.

Leinster takes on the Scarlets Saturday night (kickoff 12:30pm CT) LIVE on FloRugby.

Coming off a title run in the European Championship, Leinster is looking to accomplish the very difficult task of winning two major championships in the same season. The Scarlets are relishing the warmer, and somewhat drier, weather of late spring and using those conditions to open up their game.


As a result, Leinster will be hard-pressed to contain the vaunted attacking play of the Welsh team. It promises to be a tight one. These two teams met a year ago in the semifinals, with the Scarlets emerging 27-15 winners. The teams have three times in 2018 so far, with Leinster winning 20-13 in February, the two teams tying 10-10 in March, and Leinster taking the European Champions Cup semi 38-16 in Aviva Stadium April 21.

FloRugby will have all of the action.





How they got here:

Leinster

14-6-1 in Conference B, 1st place

Earned a bye to the Semifinals

Beat Munster in the Semifinals 16-15


Scarlets

14-6-1 in Conference B, 2nd place

Beat Toyota Cheetahs in Round 1 of the playoffs 43-8

Beat Glasgow Warriors in the Semifinals 28-13