Pro 14 Rainbow Cup

Pro 14 Rainbow Cup

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The Pro14 Rainbow Cup (also known as the Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a professional rugby union end-of-season cup competition played in 2021 that consisted of two separate tournaments: the Rainbow Cup for twelve European clubs and the Rainbow Cup SA for four South African clubs. The winners of each competition then played a final match to determine the overall winner. The tournament operated as a shortened 'Spring season' to allow for the integration of the four new South African teams into the United Rugby Championship ahead of the 2021–22 season.

In winning the play-off final against the Bulls of South Africa, Benetton Treviso became the first Italian side ever to win any of the successor championships to the Celtic League.

Pro14 Rainbow Cup er en professionel rugbyunion-turnering, der spilles af 12 hold fra Irland, Italien, Skotland, Syd-Afrika og Wales. Turneringen blev grundlagt i 2021 og erstattede Pro14 under COVID-19-pandemien.

Holdene er opdelt i to pools på seks hold, og hver pool spiller en dobbeltrunde-liga. De to øverste hold fra hver pool går videre til semifinalerne, og vinderne af semifinalerne mødes i finalen.

Turneringen er opkaldt efter Rainbow Cup, der sponsoreres af Guinness.