{"id":109368,"date":"2019-09-18T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=109368"},"modified":"2019-11-12T10:44:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T10:44:27","slug":"new-season-of-guinness-pro14-rugby-kicks-off-on-tg4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2019-2\/new-season-of-guinness-pro14-rugby-kicks-off-on-tg4\/","title":{"rendered":"New Season of Guinness PRO14 Rugby Kicks Off On TG4"},"content":{"rendered":"

TG4\u2019s Rugba\u00ed Beo<\/strong> is back, starting next Friday 27th<\/sup> September with highlights from Ulster Rugby\u2019s clash against Ospreys at the Kingspan Stadium.\u00a0 This will be followed by a bumper afternoon of live rugby on Saturday 28th<\/sup> September as Munster host Dragons in Thomond Park, followed by Scarlets v Connacht and finishing off with all the best highlights from the clash between last season\u2019s bolters, Benetton Rugby and Leinster.<\/p>\n

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TG4 will again broadcast 28 live games free to air this season, as well as deferred coverage of a further 9 interprovincial games. A weekly highlights programme will also be broadcast to bring Irish audiences the best action from the Guinness PRO14 Championship. Building on last year\u2019s coverage of behind the scenes ref-briefings, warm-up interviews with head-coaches and audio-snoops on coaches and players, with M\u00e1ire Treasa N\u00ed Dhubhghaill at the helm and expert analysis from Eimear Considine, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird, Marcus Horan, Ronan Loughney, Eoghan \u00d3 Neachtain, Eamonn Molloy along with a host of others.<\/p>\n

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The focus will be on the Irish Provinces in the Guinness PRO14 Championship, as Leinster seek an historic treble while Connacht continue to flourish under Andy Friend and will be looking to improve on their top-3 conference finish from last season. Ulster, without talisman Rory Best, will be aiming to go a step further than last season\u2019s semi-final defeat while Munster will be hoping that recent additions to the backroom team of Graham Rowntree and Stephen Larkham can help them break their semi-final hoodoo and progress to the Finals in Cardiff City Stadium for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n

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Speaking today ahead of the start of the new Rugba\u00ed Beo<\/em>\u00a0season, TG4\u2019s Head of Sport, R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Coisdealbha said: “It\u2019s with an immense source of pride for TG4 that we embark on another season of Rugba\u00ed Beo, continuing an association with this tournament which stretches back to 2001. The reaction to our free to air coverage of the Guinness PRO14 championship last season was tremendous and we look forward to bringing forward further innovations that will continue to engage audiences and rugby fans for the coming season.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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TG4\u2019s Rugba\u00ed Beo coverage includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n