2016–17 Pro12

The 2016–17 Pro12 (also known as the Guinness Pro12 for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League, and the seventh with a four-country format. It was the third season to be referred to as the Guinness Pro12.^[1][2]

2016–17 Pro12
Countries	Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Champions	Scarlets (2nd title)
Runners-up	Munster
Matches played	135
Attendance	1,184,091 (average 8,771 per match)
Highest attendance	60,642 – Judgement Day (15 April 2017)
Lowest attendance	1,240 – Zebre v Munster (25 March 2017)
Tries scored	716 (average 5.3 per match)
Top point scorer	Angus O'Brien (Newport Gwent Dragons) (130 points)
Top try scorer	Steff Evans (Scarlets) (11 tries)
Official website
www.pro14rugby.org
← 2015–16 2017–18 Pro14 →

The twelve competing teams were the four Irish teams: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster; two Italian teams: Treviso and Zebre; two Scottish teams: Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors and four Welsh teams: Cardiff Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets. The first stage involved the 12 teams playing home and away in a league format with the top four sides qualifying for the semi-finals. The semi-finals were one-off matches with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd, with the higher ranked team receiving home advantage. The winners of the semi-finals proceeded to the Pro 12 final which was played at the Aviva Stadium on 27 May 2017.^[3] The final was contested by Scarlets and Munster with Scarlets winning 46–22.^[4]

Teams

Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster Edinburgh Glasgow Warriors Blues Dragons Ospreys Scarlets Location of 2016–17 Pro12 teams in Great Britain and Ireland.	Benetton Zebre Location of 2016–17 Pro12 teams in Italy
Winners; 2nd–4th place; Other teams.

Team	Coach / Director of Rugby	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Benetton Treviso	Kieran Crowley	Alessandro Zanni	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	6,700
Cardiff Blues	Danny Wilson	Gethin Jenkins	BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park	12,125
Connacht	Pat Lam	John Muldoon	Galway Sportsgrounds	8,100
Edinburgh	Duncan Hodge (For Alan Solomons)[a]	Grant Gilchrist Stuart McInally	New Myreside Murrayfield Stadium[b]	5,500 67,144 [c]
Glasgow Warriors	Gregor Townsend	Jonny Gray Henry Pyrgos	Scotstoun Stadium	7,351
Leinster	Leo Cullen	Isa Nacewa	RDS Arena Aviva Stadium	18,500 51,700
Munster	Rassie Erasmus	Peter O'Mahony	Thomond Park Irish Independent Park	25,600 8,200[7][8]
Newport Gwent Dragons	Kingsley Jones	Lewis Evans	Rodney Parade Virginia Park[d]	8,500 6,000[e]
Ospreys	Steve Tandy	Alun Wyn Jones	Liberty Stadium	20,827
Scarlets	Wayne Pivac	Ken Owens	Parc y Scarlets	14,870
Ulster	Les Kiss	Rob Herring Andrew Trimble	Kingspan Stadium	18,196
Zebre	Víctor Jiménez (For Gianluca Guidi)[f]	George Biagi	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi	5,000

Changes for the season

See also: List of 2016–17 Pro12 transfers

Ireland

Reigning champions Connacht started the season with a new coaching team. Backs and kicking coach Andre Bell left his role to return to his family in New Zealand.^[11] Head performance analyst and assistant attack coach Conor McPhillips took over coaching of the backs, while the team's former head coach Eric Elwood took over as kicking coach.^[12] The close season also saw the departure of the side's all-time record try-scorer Fionn Carr, who scored 42 tries over two spells with the province.^[13] Connacht's homeground, the Galway Sportsground underwent renovations during the summer, with the addition of a seated stand increasing its capacity to 8,100.^[14]

Beaten finalists Leinster also saw changes to their backroom staff, with defence coach Kurt McQuilkin leaving the role for personal reasons in August 2016.^[15] Former England head coach Stuart Lancaster joined the province in the role of "senior coach" the following month as McQuilkin's replacement.^[16] Leinster also hired World Cup winning former New Zealand head coach Graham Henry as a consultant coach during the off-season.^[17] After taking over the captaincy when Kevin McLaughlin was forced to retire, Isa Nacewa was appointed as team captain on a permanent basis ahead of the season opener.^[18]

After finishing sixth in the previous season, Munster replaced much of their coaching staff. Johan "Rassie" Erasmus joined as Director of Rugby from his role as high performance manager with South Africa, while Jacques Nienaber is the new defence coach. Head coach Anthony Foley remained part of the coaching team, with a focus on lineouts and the breakdown.^[19] Jerry Flannery was also retained in his role as scrum coach, while Felix Jones, who was forced to retire due to injury the previous season, joined the backroom team as a technical coach with a focus on attack.^[20] After CJ Stander deputised as captain for the previous season, Munster announced ahead of the season that Peter O'Mahony would reassume the role when he returned from injury.^[21] On 16 October 2016, Anthony Foley died suddenly in the Munster team hotel in Paris while on an away trip to play Racing 92 in the European Champions Cup.^[22][23]

Ulster announced in August 2016 that Rory Best would vacate the captaincy of the province. The Ireland captain was replaced in his role by Andrew Trimble, the team's record try-scorer, and Rob Herring, who took on the role in Best's absence the previous season.^[24][25]

Italy

After sacking head coach Umberto Casellato during the course of the previous season, Benetton Treviso hired former Canada head coach Kieran Crowley as his replacement.^[26] Marius Goosen, who served as coach following Casellato's dismissal, stayed with the side as Director of Rugby, the role he held before replacing Casellato.^[27]

After finishing ahead of Treviso in the previous season, Zebre played in top level European competition for the first time since the tournament format was changed at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[28] Zebre had the highest amount of changes to their squad in the competition with a total of 29 players either joining or departing the first team.^[29]

Scotland

After discussions of a possible move from Murrayfield to Easter Road in 2015 did not come to fruition,^[30][31] it was announced in May 2016 that Edinburgh had agreed a partnership with George Watson's College and would play their home fixtures at the school's 6,000 capacity Myreside venue in the second half of the season. It was also announced that the team would have the option of returning to Murrayfield for larger games. Edinburgh had previously used the ground as a home in its early years as a professional side and had played a home match there as recently as the 2015 Six Nations Championship.^[32][33] The off-season saw the loss of team captain Mike Coman, who left to join London Irish.^[34] With his departure, Grant Gilchrist and Stuart McInally took on the role in a joint capacity.^[35] On 28 September 2016, just four games into the season, Alan Solomons resigned as the team's head coach.^[36] The departure saw assistant coach Duncan Hodge promoted to acting head coach.^[37]

It was announced in October 2016 that this would be Gregor Townsend's last year in charge of Glasgow Warriors as he would depart at the end of the season to take up the role of Scotland head coach.^[38] After serving as the team's sole captain in 2015–16, Jonny Gray shared the role with Henry Pyrgos for the season.^[39] Following issues with the playing surface at the team's home stadium, Scotstoun, an artificial playing surface was installed at the ground.^[40][41]

Wales

This was the Welsh Regions' first full domestic season under a revised arrangement with the WRU.

Cardiff Blues head coach Danny Wilson made seven signings for next season with Kirby Myhill, George Earle and Steven Shingler joining from the Scarlets, Rhys Gill from Saracens, Nick Williams from Ulster, Matthew Morgan from Bristol and Willis Halaholo from the Hurricanes.

Newport Gwent Dragons parted company with director of rugby Lyn Jones and began the season with his long-time assistant Kingsley Jones promoted to head coach. Wales international Taulupe Faletau left the Dragons for Bath Rugby in the off-season. The season ended with Newport shareholders voting to pass ownership of the Dragons and the Rodney Parade ground to the WRU.

The Ospreys added Bradley Davies, Hugh Gustafson and former Scarlets forwards Rhodri Jones and Rob McCusker to their playing staff. Meanwhile Brad Davis joined the coaching group under Steve Tandy.

Scarlets entered their third season under head coach Wayne Pivac. The off-season saw the return of former player Jonathan Davies following a spell at Clermont Auvergne. Other new signings included Rhys Patchell, Werner Kruger and Jonathan Evans, while New Zealander Johnny McNicholl arrived later in the season.

Table

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	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Pts
1	Munster (RU)	22	19	0	3	602	316	+286	77	34	9	1	86
2	Leinster (SF)	22	18	0	4	674	390	+284	91	47	12	1	85
3	Scarlets (CH)	22	17	0	5	537	359	+178	66	40	9	0	77
4	Ospreys (SF)	22	14	0	8	556	360	+196	74	42	10	3	69
5	Ulster	22	14	1	7	521	371	+150	68	47	6	4	68
6	Glasgow Warriors	22	11	0	11	540	464	+76	72	53	9	5	58
7	Cardiff Blues	22	11	1	10	508	498	+10	59	60	3	4	53
8	Connacht	22	9	0	13	413	498	−85	47	61	5	3	44
9	Edinburgh	22	6	0	16	400	491	−91	46	59	1	6	31
10	Benetton Treviso	22	5	0	17	316	664	−348	35	92	1	2	23
11	Newport Gwent Dragons	22	4	0	18	368	569	−201	38	71	1	6	23
12	Zebre	22	3	0	19	318	773	−455	38	105	1	6	19
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[42] number of matches won; the difference between points for and points against; the number of tries scored; the most points scored; the difference between tries for and tries against; the fewest red cards received; the fewest yellow cards received.
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places and earn a place in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earn a place in the European Rugby Champions Cup. Yellow background advances to a play-off for a chance to compete in the Champions Cup.[43] (Q) indicates team has qualified for the play-offs and has qualified for the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup.

Match summary

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	BEN	CAR	CON	EDI	GLA	LEI	MUN	NGD	OSP	SCA	ULS	ZEB
Benetton Treviso	—	28–34	19–34	21–6	28–35	14–40	14–34	27–11	13–5	6–22	11–22	23–12
Cardiff Blues	57–20	—	13–19	34–16	23–19	13–16	13–23	27–16	35–17	15–26	22–35	30–24
Connacht	47–8	18–7	—	28–15	5–41	24–37	9–16	14–9	11–32	8–30	30–25	33–3
Edinburgh	45–10	17–18	19–22	—	12–25	20–33	9–10	24–20	9–13	20–9	28–17	14–19
Glasgow Warriors	31–14	29–15	35–24	18–29	—	33–25	15–16	47–17	5–22	14–26	17–22	45–10
Leinster	20–8	22–21	24–13	39–10	31–30	—	25–14	28–15	31–19	45–9	22–7	70–6
Munster	46–3	23–24	50–14	28–14	10–7	29–17	—	45–17	33–0	21–30	22–20	49–5
Newport Gwent Dragons	26–8	24–26	21–16	27–19	17–26	22–54	16–20	—	0–10	16–21	17–27	11–6
Ospreys	64–10	46–24	29–17	31–22	26–15	18–20	23–25	35–17	—	19–9	24–10	59–5
Scarlets	51–5	15–10	17–8	26–10	27–3	38–29	13–23	31–27	40–17	—	16–13	42–7
Ulster	19–7	24–24	23–7	24–18	37–17	17–13	14–15	29–8	9–7	19–8	—	68–21
Zebre	3–19	21–23	25–22	19–24	28–33	10–33	14–50	29–14	10–40	24–31	17–40	—

Source: Pro12
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Rounds 1 to 22

All times are local.

Round 1

2 September 2016 19:35

Leinster	20–8	Benetton Treviso
Try: Carbery (2) 2' c, 27' m Tracy 72' m Con: McFadden (1/3) Pen: McFadden (1/1) 32'	Report[44]	Try: Fuser 36' m Pen: Allan (1/2) 51'

RDS Arena Attendance: 11,217 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

2 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Ospreys	59–5	Zebre
Try: Parry (3) 7' c, 39' c, 46' c Ashley 12' c Beck 24' c John (2) 58' c, 78' c Howells 74' c Con: S. Davies (8/8) Pen: S. Davies (1/1) 4'	Report[45]	Try: D'Apice 34' m

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,509 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

2 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Ulster	29–8	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Lyttle (2) 21' c, 65' m Stockdale 26' m Pienaar 43' m Herring 71' c Con: Pienaar (2/5)	Report[46]	Try: Howard 11' m Pen: Macleod (1/1) 5'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 13,789 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

3 September 2016 15:00

Scarlets	13–23	Munster
Try: G. Davies 31' c Con: Patchell (1/1) Pen: Patchell (2/4) 26', 47'	Report[47]	Try: Cronin 18' c O'Mahony 29' c Con: Bleyendaal (2/2) Pen: Bleyendaal (2/3) 37', 53' Keatley (1/1) 65'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,107 Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)

3 September 2016 17:15

Connacht	5–41	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Adeolokun 32' m	Report[48]	Try: Seymour (2) 10' m, 36' m Hogg 45' c Swinson 52' c Puafisi 58' c Lamont 70' c Con: Pyrgos (3/5) Clegg (1/1) Pen: Pyrgos (1/1) 24'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 6,063 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

3 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues	34–16	Edinburgh
Try: Shingler 8' c Penalty try 32' c N. Williams 60' c T. Williams 71' c Con: Shingler (2/2) Anscombe (2/2) Pen: Shingler (2/4) 27', 44'	Report[49]	Try: Rasolea 15' c Con: Weir (1/1) Pen: Weir (3/5) 3', 19', 50'

BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,807 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

Round 2

9 September 2016 19:15

Newport Gwent Dragons	11–6	Zebre (1 BP)
Try: Howard 17' m Pen: Macleod (2/2) 29', 35'	Report[50]	Pen: Canna (2/3) 9', 39'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,454 Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)

9 September 2016 19:35

Edinburgh	20–9	Scarlets
Try: Allen 32' c Bradbury 40' c Con: Weir (2/2) Pen: Weir (2/3) 18', 25'	Report[51]	Pen: Patchell (3/4) 12', 28', 53'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

9 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Munster	23–24	Cardiff Blues
Try: Conway 9' c Kilcoyne 61' c Con: Keatley (2/2) Pen: Keatley (3/3) 29', 54', 71'	Report[52]	Try: James (2) 7' c, 35' c Fish 67' c Con: Anscombe (2/2) Shingler (1/1) Pen: Anscombe (1/2) 14'

Irish Independent Park Attendance: 7,405 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

10 September 2016 15:00

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	33–25	Leinster
Try: Seymour (4) 15' m, 53' c, 55' c, 73' c Swinson 31' c Con: Pyrgos (4/5) 31', 53', 55', 73'	Report[53]	Try: R. Kearney 25' c Van der Flier 37' c Kirchner 41' m Con: Carbery (2/3) 25', 37' Pen: Carbery (2/2) 44', 63'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

10 September 2016 20:05

Benetton Treviso	11–22	Ulster
Try: Benvenuti 80' m Pen: Allan (2/2) 29', 37'	Report[54]	Try: Marshall 4' c Herring 54' m Pienaar 58' c Con: Pienaar (2/3) 4', 58' Pen: Pienaar (1/1) 30'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)

10 September 2016 19:35

Connacht	11–32	Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: E. McKeon 57' m Pen: Carty (2/2) 20', 46'	Report[55]	Try: Webb (2) 29' c, 74' c Ardron 71' m Hassler 77' c Con: S. Davies (3/4) 29', 74', 77' Pen: S. Davies (2/2) 5', 63'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 5,749 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Round 3

16 September 2016 19:00

Cardiff Blues	23–19	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Cuthbert 23' c Lee-Lo 40' c Con: Anscombe (2/2) Pen: Anscombe (2/2) 2', 13' Shingler (1/1) 77'	Report[56]	Try: Hogg 26' c Horne 32' c Price 48' m Con: Clegg (2/3)

BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 8,024 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

16 September 2016 19:05

Ulster	19–8	Scarlets
Try: Ludik 18' m Henderson 79' m Pen: Jackson (3/3) 9', 16', 70'	Report[57]	Try: Boyde 74' m Pen: Patchell (1/2) 47'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 13,663 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

16 September 2016 19:35

Edinburgh	20–33	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Allen 1' m Watson 47' c Bradbury 73' m Con: Weir (1/3) Pen: Weir (1/1) 5'	Report[58]	Try: Leavy (2) 12' c, 79' c Ringrose 18' c Nacewa 24' c Gibson-Park 35' m Con: Nacewa (4/5)

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 3,484 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

17 September 2016 18:05

Zebre	Postponed	Connacht

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

After 40 minutes of play, the match was "abandoned due to adverse weather conditions causing considerable risk to both the players and spectators". Zebre were leading 22–10 (3 tries to 1) when the match was abandoned. The game was rescheduled for 1 April 2017.

17 September 2016 17:15

(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons	16–20	Munster
Try: Amos 32' c Con: O'Brien (1/1) 32' Pen: O'Brien (3/3) 14', 49', 54'	Report[59]	Try: Kleyn 20' c Bohane 56' c Con: Bleyendaal (2/2) 20', 56' Pen: Bleyendaal (2/2) 11', 51'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,841 Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)

17 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Ospreys	64–10	Benetton Treviso
Try: John 22' c Parry 30' c Hassler 35' c Evans 37' c Howells 46' m Penalty try 54' c Giles 61' c Fia 67' c Jones 71' c Con: Davies (4/4) 22', 30', 35', 37' Biggar (4/4) 54', 61', 67', 71' Pen: Davies (1/1) 16'	Report[60]	Try: Budd 80' c Con: McKinley (1/1) 80' Pen: Allan (1/1) 18'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,760 Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)

Round 4

23 September 2016 20:05

Benetton Treviso	27–11	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Benvenuti 26' c Paulo 48' c Fuser 79' c Con: Allan (3/3) 26', 48', 79' Pen: Allan (2/2) 17', 64'	Report[61]	Try: Landman 28' m Pen: O'Brien (2/2) 41', 67'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 2,800 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

23 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	17–22	Ulster
Try: Reid 19' c Seymour 57' c Con: Russell (2/2) 19', 57' Pen: Russell (1/1) 48'	Report[62]	Try: Cave 16' m Penalty try 39' c Jackson 62' c Con: Jackson (2/3) 39', 62' Pen: Jackson (1/1) 6'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

23 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	31–19	Ospreys
Try: Van der Flier (2) 19' c, 46' c Penalty try 34' c Sexton 40' c Con: Sexton (4/4) 19', 34', 40', 46' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 5'	Report[63]	Try: John 53' m Howells 72' c King 74' c Con: Biggar (2/3) 72', 74'

RDS Arena Attendance: 13,357 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

24 September 2016 15:00

(1 BP) Munster	28–14	Edinburgh
Try: Murray (2) 27' c, 38' c Oliver 42' c O'Callaghan 57' c Con: Bleyendaal (4/4) 27', 38', 42', 57'	Report[64]	Try: Dean 23' c Hardie 67' c Con: Weir (1/1) 23' Kinghorn (1/1) 67'

Thomond Park Attendance: 12,826 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

24 September 2016 17:05

(1 BP) Zebre	21–23	Cardiff Blues
Try: Palazzani 12' m Bisegni 62' m Venditti 75' m Pen: Canna (1/1) 4' Padovani (1/1) 40'	Report[65]	Try: Scully 28' c Morgan 36' m James 46' m Con: Shingler (1/3) 28' Pen: Shingler (2/2) 8', 23'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,100 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

24 September 2016 19:35

Scarlets	17–8	Connacht
Try: Li. Williams (2) 36' c, 66' c Con: Patchell (2/2) 36', 66' Pen: Patchell (1/1) 71'	Report[66]	Try: Adeolokun 22' m Pen: Carty (1/1) 40'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 5,630 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Round 5

30 September 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Connacht	28–15	Edinburgh
Try: Adeolokun 9' c Roux 36' m Kelleher 45' m Robb 73' m Con: Carty (1/4) Pen: Carty (2/2) 17', 23'	Report[67]	Try: Gilchrist 19' c Allen 70' m Con: Tovey (1/2) Pen: Tovey (1/1) 5'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 5,771 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

30 September 2016 19:35

Newport Gwent Dragons	17–26	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Hobbs 42' c Dixon 47' c Con: Macleod (2/2) Pen: Macleod (1/2) 33'	Report[68]	Try: Flynn 28' c Allan 50' c Con: Russell (2/2) Pen: Russell (4/4) 9', 25', 35', 78'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,809 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

1 October 2016 17:00

(1 BP) Munster	49–5	Zebre
Try: Sweetnam 2' c Murray 22' c Stander (2) 28' c, 78' c Zebo 31' c Penalty try 52' c Archer 63' c Con: Bleyendaal (4/4) Keatley (3/3)	Report[69]	Try: Di Giulio 71' m

Thomond Park Attendance: 11,737 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

1 October 2016 18:30

Ulster	9–7	Ospreys (1 BP)
Pen: Jackson (3/5) 28', 44', 79'	Report[70]	Try: Smith 5' c Con: Biggar (1/1)

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 15,767 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

1 October 2016 20:05

Benetton Treviso	6–22	Scarlets
Pen: Allan (2/3) 33'; 46'	Report[71]	Try: Kruger 54' c Van der Merwe 69' m S. Evans 80' c Con: Patchell (1/2) Thomas (1/1) Pen: Patchell (1/2) 43'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)

1 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues	13–16	Leinster
Try: Anscombe 31' c Con: Anscombe (1/1) Pen: Anscombe (2/3) 26', 35'	Report[72]	Try: Ruddock 49' c Con: Sexton (1/1) Pen: Sexton (3/4) 19', 44', 70'

BT Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 8,289 Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)

Round 6

7 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Connacht	30–25	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Carty 2' c Kelleher (2) 23' m, 52' m Connolly 25' c Con: Carty (2/4) Pen: Carty (2/2) 37', 59'	Report[73]	Try: Gilroy 33' m Best 41' c Payne 44' c Con: Jackson (2/3) Pen: Jackson (2/2) 5', 65'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 6,194 Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)

7 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Edinburgh	45–10	Benetton Treviso
Try: Hoyland (2) 3' c, 28' m Watson 6' c Bradbury 31' c Brown (2) 46' m, 69' c Kinghorn 80' m Con: Tovey (5/7)	Report[74]	Try: Fuser 43' c Con: Allan (1/1) Pen: Allan (1/1) 20'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

7 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Ospreys	46–24	Cardiff Blues
Try: A. Jones 21' c Walker (2) 27' m, 30' c Arhip 38' m John 40' c Evans 45' m Matavesi 64' c Con: S. Davies (3/6) Biggar (1/1) Pen: S. Davies (1/1) 12'	Report[75]	Try: Dacey 15' c James 62' c Lee-Lo 74' c Con: Anscombe (3/3) Pen: Anscombe (1/1) 10'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 10,860 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

8 October 2016 14:05

Leinster	25–14	Munster
Try: Nacewa (2) 35' m, 55' c Gibson-Park 68' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 55' Nacewa (1/1) 68' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 6', 10'	Report[76]	Try: O'Mahony 26' c Taute 74' c Con: Bleyendaal (2/2) 26', 74'

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 40,527 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

8 October 2016 17:05

(1 BP) Zebre	28–33	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Fabiani 29' m Venditti 55' c Van Schalkwyk 74' c Con: Canna (2/3) 55', 74' Pen: Canna (3/3) 2', 18', 80'	Report[77]	Try: Lamont (2) 7' m, 46' c Brown 39' c Sarto 52' m Con: Clegg (2/4) 39', 46' Pen: Clegg (3/3) 25', 27', 79'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,001 Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)

8 October 2016 19:35

(1BP) Scarlets	31–27	Newport Gwent Dragons (2BP)
Try: S. Evans (2) 2' c, 65' c Li. Williams 37' c J. Evans 60' c Con: Patchell (4/4) 2', 37', 60', 65' Pen: Patchell (1/1) 54'	Report[78]	Try: Amos 13' c Warren (2) 31' m, 35' m Pretorius 72' c Con: Macleod (1/1) 13' O'Brien (1/1) 72' Pen: Macleod (1/1) 27'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,358 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Round 7

28 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Ulster	14–15	Munster
Try: Piutau 4' c Lyttle 34' c Con: Jackson (2/2) 5', 35'	Report[79]	Try: Scannell 40' m Taute 63' c Con: Scannell (1/2) 64' Drop: Scannell (1/1) 74'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 17,629 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

28 October 2016 19:35

Cardiff Blues	15–26	Scarlets (1 BP)
Try: James 12' c Scully 66' m Con: Shingler (1/2) 12' Pen: Shingler (1/1) 47'	Report[80]	Try: Shingler 8' c Evans 10' c Van der Merwe 24' c Parkes 41' m Con: Patchell (3/4) 8', 11', 24'

BT Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 9,442 Referee: Lloyd Linton (SRU)

28 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Edinburgh	14–19	Zebre
Try: Ford 63' c McCallum 68' c Con: Kinghorn (1/1) 64' Hidalgo-Clyne (1/1) 69'	Report[81]	Try: Venditti 79' c Con: Canna (1/1) 80' Pen: Canna (4/5) 4', 27' 40', 51'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 3,304 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

28 October 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	31–14	Benetton Treviso
Try: Gray 9' c Bennett 13' m Hughes (2) 28' c, 47' m Dunbar 39' c Con: Russell (3/5) 9', 29', 40'.	Report[82]	Try: Penalty try 24' c Giazzon 64' c Con: McKinley (1/1) 24' Allan (1/1) 65'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

29 October 2016 15:00

(1 BP) Ospreys	35–17	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Habberfield 21' c Baldwin 39' c Giles (2) 43' c, 56' c Leonard 73' c Con: Matavesi (5/5) 22', 40, 44', 56', 74'	Report[83]	Try: Screech 76' c Howard 80' c Con: G. Jones (2/2) 77', 80' Pen: Macleod (1/1) 3'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 9,103 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

29 October 2016 17:15

Leinster	24–13	Connacht
Try: Byrne 49' m Daly 75' c Con: Nacewa (1/2) 76' Pen: Nacewa (4/4) 23', 32', 38', 58'	Report[84]	Try: Delahunt 80' c Con: Carty (1/1) 80' Pen: Ronaldson (2/2) 4', 13'

RDS Arena Attendance: 18,200 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

Round 8

4 November 2016 20:15

(2 BP) Benetton Treviso	28–34	Cardiff Blues
Try: Budd 13' c Sgarbi 17' c Tagicakibau 33' c B. Steyn 46' c Con: McKinley (4/4) 13', 17', 33', 46'	Report[85]	Try: R. Williams 6' c Cook 51' m Halaholo 64' c Con: Shingler (2/3) 6', 64' Pen: Shingler (5/5) 22', 27', 37', 57', 77'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,206 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

4 November 2016 19:15

Newport Gwent Dragons	21–16	Connacht (1 BP)
Try: Hewitt (2) 14' c, 46' m Con: O'Brien (1/2) 14' Pen: O'Brien (1/1) 21' Drop: O'Brien (2/2) 36', 52'	Report[86]	Try: Adeolokun 69' c Con: Carty (1/1) 69' Pen: Carty (3/3) 25', 39', 59'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,522 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

4 November 2016 19:35

Edinburgh	28–17	Ulster
Try: Mata 3' c Hoyland 10' m Bradbury 47' c Con: Tovey (2/3) 3', 47' Pen: Kinghorn (1/1) 17' Weir (2/2) 29', 35'	Report[87]	Try: Cairns 67' c Stockdale 72' c Con: Pienaar (2/2) 67', 72' Pen: Pienaar (1/1) 26'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 3,556 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

4 November 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Munster	33–0	Ospreys
Try: Kilcoyne (2) 8' c, 69' c Sweetnam 14' c O'Mahony 54' m Copeland 78' c Con: Bleyendaal (4/5) 8', 14', 69', 78'	Report[88]

Irish Independent Park Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

5 November 2016 17:05

Zebre	10–33	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Van Schalkwyk 16' c Con: Canna (1/1) 17' Pen: Canna (1/2) 31'	Report[89]	Try: Penalty try 22' c Byrne (3) 34' m, 48' c, 64' c Conan 55' c Con: Nacewa (4/5) 23', 49', 56', 65'.

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

5 November 2016 19:35

Scarlets	27–3	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Boyde (2) 15' c, 52' c Evans 41' c Con: Patchell (3/3) 16', 42', 54' Pen: Patchell (2/2) 49', 56'	Report[90]	Pen: Horne (1/3) 32'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,059 Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)

Round 9

25 November 2016 19:35

Connacht	18–7	Cardiff Blues
Try: Cooney 15' c Aki 56' m Con: Cooney (1/2) 16' Pen: Cooney (2/2) 40', 49'	Report[91]	Try: James 17' c Con: Shingler (1/1) 18'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 6,190 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

25 November 2016 19:35

Glasgow Warriors	5–22	Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Bulumakau 78' m	Report[92]	Try: Habberfield 36' m O'Flaherty 49' m Baker 52' m Beck 67' c Con: Matavesi (1/4) 68'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,166 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

25 November 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Scarlets	38–29	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: McNicholl 7' c Kruger 21' c Evans 31' c Boyde 42' c Elias 51' c Con: Patchell (5/5) 8', 22', 32', 43', 53' Pen: D. Jones (1/1) 71'	Report[93]	Try: Strauss 38' m Byrne 52' c Daly 59' c Porter 80' c Con: Nacewa (3/4) 52', 59', 80' Pen: Nacewa (1/1) 26'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,164 Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)

25 November 2016 19:35

Ulster	Postponed	Zebre

Kingspan Stadium Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)

Postponed prior to kickoff due to frozen pitch.^[94] Game rescheduled on 11 March 2017.

26 November 2016 14:00

(1 BP) Munster	46–3	Benetton Treviso
Try: Copeland 20' c Conway (2) 25' m, 34' c O'Shea 42' c R. O'Mahony (2) 64' m, 71' m Wootton 69' c Con: Bleyendaal (3/5) 21', 35', 43' Keatley (1/2) 69' Pen: Bleyendaal (1/1) 14'	Report[95]	Pen: McKinley (1/1) 8'

Thomond Park Attendance: 12,196 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

27 November 2016 15:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	27–19	Edinburgh
Try: Meyer 18' c Hobbs 23' c O'Brien 27' Con: O'Brien (3/3) 19', 23', 28' Pen: O'Brien (2/3) 12', 78'	Report[96]	Try: Manu 9' c Dean 26' m Mata 64' c Con: Tovey (1/2) 10' Weir (1/1) 65'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

Round 10

2 December 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	15–16	Munster
Try: Price 62' c Grigg 70' m Con: Clegg (1/2) 62' Pen: Horne (1/1) 16'	Report[97]	Try: Conway 12' c Con: Keatley (1/1) 12' Pen: Keatley (2/2) 9', 37' Drop: Keatley (1/1) 77'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

2 December 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Ospreys	31–22	Edinburgh
Try: Howells 13' c Baker 18' c Fia 33' c Giles 45' c Con: S. Davies (4/4) 13', 18', 33', 45' Pen: S. Davies (1/1) 6'	Report[98]	Try: Helu 8' m Kinghorn 28' c Mata 78' c Con: Weir (2/3) 28', 78' Pen: Weir (1/1) 40'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 7,684 Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)

3 December 2016 15:05

(1 BP) Zebre	24–31	Scarlets (1 BP)
Try: Van Schalkwyk 64' c Venditti 71' m Con: Canna (1/2) 64' Pen: Canna (2/2) 13', 80' Drop: Canna (2/2) 2', 21'	Report[99]	Try: J. Evans (2) 13' c, 51' m A. Shingler 34' c Van der Merwe 39' c A. Thomas 46' m Con: Patchell (3/3) 13', 34', 39'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 1,800 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

3 December 2016 15:00

(1 BP) Connacht	47–8	Benetton Treviso
Try: McCartney (2) 14' c, 32' c Poolman 26' c Buckley 38' c Cooney 50' c Heffernan 55' m Carty 74' c Con: Cooney (4/4) 14', 26', 32', 38' Boshoff (1/1) 50' Carty (1/2) 74'	Report[100]	Try: Flammini 67' c Con: McKinley (1/1) 5'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 5,903 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

3 December 2016 17:15

Cardiff Blues	22–35	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Dacey 40' m Halaholo 70' c Cuthbert 74' c Con: Robinson (2/3) 70', 74' Pen: Shingler (1/1) 5'	Report[101]	Try: Piutau 25' c McCloskey 29' c McCall 37' c Henry 62' c Ludik 75' c Con: Pienaar (5/5) 25', 29', 37', 62', 75'

BT Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 6,010 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

3 December 2016 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	28–15	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Dooley 12' c Molony 14' c Conan 31' c Carbery 42' c Con: Nacewa (4/4) 12', 14', 31', 42'	Report[102]	Try: Howard 55' m Pretorius 70' c Con: O'Brien (1/2) 70' Pen: O'Brien (1/1) 14'

RDS Arena Attendance: 10,979 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

Round 11

23 December 2016 19:35

Benetton Treviso	23–12	Zebre
Try: Allan 58' c Sperandio 75' c Con: Allan (2/2) 60', 76' Pen: Allan (3/4) 19', 40', 52'	Report[103]	Try: Van Schalkwyk 33' c Van Zyl 78' m Con: Canna (1/2) 34'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

23 December 2016 19:35

Ulster	23–7	Connacht
Try: McCloskey 26' c Ross 52' c Con: Jackson (2/2) 28', 53' Pen: Jackson (3/3) 20', 36', 67'	Report[104]	Try: Carty 55' Con: Carty (1/1) 56'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 17,613 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

26 December 2016 14:05

Cardiff Blues	27–16	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Shingler 1' c Dacey 32' c Navidi 39' c Con: Shingler (3/3) 2', 33', 40' Pen: Shingler (2/2) 14', 21'	Report[105]	Try: Hewitt 23' c Con: O'Brien (1/1) 23' Pen: O'Brien (3/3) 11', 19', 35'

BT Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 11,654 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

26 December 2016 17:30

(1 BP) Munster	29–17	Leinster
Try: Zebo 22' c R. O'Mahony 40' c O'Donnell 49' c Stander 56' m Con: Bleyendaal (3/4) 23', 40', 51' Pen: Bleyendaal (1/1) 61'	Report[106]	Try: Kirchner 17' c Strauss 76' c Con: Nacewa (1/1) 18' Molony (1/1) 77' Pen: Nacewa (1/1) 27'

Thomond Park Attendance: 26,200 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

27 December 2016 15:00

Ospreys	19–9	Scarlets
Try: Penalty try 53' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 54' Pen: Biggar (4/5) 14', 40', 59', 71'	Report[107]	Pen: Patchell (3/3) 17', 33', 38'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 19,514 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

1872 Cup 1st round

26 December 2016 16:05

Edinburgh	12–25	Glasgow Warriors
Pen: Weir (4/4) 7', 22', 52', 59'	Report[108]	Try: Bulumakau 1' m Strauss 33' c Dunbar 66' c Con: Russell (2/3) 34', 67' Pen: Russell (1/2) 40' Drop: Russell (1/1) 56'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 21,036 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

Round 12

31 December 2016 12:00

(1 BP) Zebre	19–24	Edinburgh
Try: Boni 24' c Canna 61' m Van Schalkwyk 79' c Con: Canna (2/3) 26', 80'	Report[109]	Try: Dean 38' c Helu 54' m Con: Weir (1/2) 40' Pen: Weir (4/4) 13', 29', 65', 74'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gary Conway (IRFU)

31 December 2016 14:05

(1 BP) Benetton Treviso	28–35	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Sperandio 1' m Budd (2) 32' c, 73' c Con: Allan (1/2) 33' McKinley (1/1) 74' Pen: Allan (2/4) 40', 48' McKinley (1/2) 61'	Report[110]	Try: Hogg 15' c Seymour 17' c Ashe 28' c Grigg 50' c Clegg 75' c Con: Hogg (5/5) 16', 18', 29', 51', 76'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Elia Rizzo (FIR)

31 December 2016 15:00

Leinster	22–7	Ulster
Try: O'Loughlin (2) 6' c, 41' m L. McGrath 32' c Con: Nacewa (2/3) 7', 33' Pen: Nacewa (1/1) 17'	Report[111]	Try: Piutau 76' c Con: Pienaar (1/1) 76'

RDS Arena Attendance: 18,200 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

31 December 2016 17:30

(1 BP) Connacht	9–16	Munster
Pen: Carty (3/4) 30', 50', 76'	Report[112]	Try: Marshall 56' c Con: Keatley (1/1) 57' Pen: Keatley (2/3) 2', 39' Drop: Keatley (1/2) 68'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 8,090 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

1 January 2017 15:00

Scarlets	15–10	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)
Try: S. Evans 11' m S. Williams 46' c Con: Patchell (1/2) 46' Pen: Patchell (1/2) 30'	Report[113]	Try: Halaholo 53' c Con: Shingler (1/1) 54' Pen: Shingler (1/1) 33'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 10,159 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

1 January 2017 17:05

Newport Gwent Dragons	0–10	Ospreys
	Report[114]	Try: Tipuric 12' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 13' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 72'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 6,746 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

Round 13

6 January 2017 19:15

Newport Gwent Dragons	26–8	Benetton Treviso
Try: Pretorius 26' c Evans 68' c Con: O'Brien (2/2) 27', 68' Pen: O'Brien (3/3) 5', 40', 54' Drop: O'Brien (1/1) 50'	Report[115]	Try: Tebaldi 7' m Pen: Allan (1/1) 23'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,904 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

6 January 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	70–6	Zebre
Try: O'Brien 4' c Triggs 17' c L. McGrath 25' c Healy 29' c O'Loughlin (3) 40' c, 68' c, 71' c Ringrose (2) 47' c, 74' c Heaslip 79' c Con: Sexton (6/6) 5', 19', 26', 30', 40', 48' R. Byrne (4/4) 68', 72', 75', 80'	Report[116]	Pen: Padovani (2/2) 14', 24'

RDS Arena Attendance: 10,821 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

6 January 2017 19:35

Scarlets	16–13	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 61' c Con: D. Jones (1/1) 61' Pen: D. Jones (3/3) 10', 13', 52'	Report[117]	Try: Stockdale 20' c Con: Jackson (1/1) 21' Pen: Jackson (2/2) 16', 40'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,593 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

7 January 2017 13:30

(1 BP) Ospreys	29–7	Connacht
Try: Baker 11' c Cracknell 13' c Smith 56' c Beck 79' m Con: S. Davies (3/3) 12', 14', 57' Pen: S. Davies (1/1) 44'	Report[118]	Try: O'Brien 75' c Con: Cooney (1/1) 77'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,669 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

7 January 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	29–15	Cardiff Blues
Try: MacArthur 12' c Murchie (2) 48' c, 55' c Malcolm 64' m Con: Russell (3/4) 13', 49', 56' Pen: Russell (1/1) 34'	Report[119]	Try: Scully 38' c R. Williams 77' m Con: Shingler (1/2) 40' Pen: Shingler (1/1) 42'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,251 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

3 February 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Edinburgh	9–10	Munster
Pen: Tovey (3/3) 7', 24', 34'	Report[120]	Try: O'Mahony 15' c Con: Bleyendaal (1/1) 16' Pen: Bleyendaal 66'

New Myreside Attendance: 5,235 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Round 14

10 February 2017 20:00

Zebre	10–40	Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Boni 8' c Con: Palazzani (1/1) 8' Pen: Palazzani (1/1) 13'	Report[121]	Try: Beck 41' c Evans (3) 44' c, 46' c, 50' m Parry 61' c Howells 77' c Con: Price (5/6) 41', 44', 46', 61', 77'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 1,500 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

10 February 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Munster	45–17	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Taute (2) 14' c, 28' c Conway 20' c Penalty try 40' c Kilcoyne 64' c R. O'Mahony 80' c Con: Bleyendaal (6/6) 14', 20', 28', 40', 64', 80' Pen: Bleyendaal (1/1) 7'	Report[122]	Try: Buckley 36' c Dee 60' c Con: D. Jones (2/2) 36', 60' Pen: D. Jones (1/1) 12'

Irish Independent Park Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

10 February 2017 19:35

Glasgow Warriors	14–26	Scarlets
Try: MacArthur 16' m Pen: Clegg (3/3) 3', 27', 49'	Report[123]	Try: T. Williams 22' c Ja. Davies 39' c Con: T. Williams (1/1) 22' D. Jones (1/1) 39' Pen: D. Jones (3/3) 7', 30', 55' Thomas (1/1) 76'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,166 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

10 February 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Ulster	24–18	Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: P. Marshall 10' c Cave 19' m Ludik 27' m Stockdale 33' c Con: Nelson (2/4) 10', 33'	Report[124]	Try: Bradbury 2' m McInally 36' m Hoyland 58' m Pen: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/1) 65'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 15,462 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

12 February 2017 13:30

Benetton Treviso	14–40	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Paulo 36' c Pratichetti 55' c Con: McKinley (2/2) 36', 55'	Report[125]	Try: O'Loughlin 2' c D. Kearney (2) 25' c, 28' c A. Byrne 51' c Carbery 66' m B. Byrne 72' c Con: R. Byrne (5/6) 2', 25', 28', 51', 72'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

12 February 2017 17:05

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues	13–19	Connacht
Try: N. Williams 28' c Con: Anscombe (1/1) 28' Pen: Anscombe (2/2) 12', 20'	Report[126]	Try: Healy 39' c Con: Cooney (1/1) 39' Pen: Cooney (2/2) 44', 64' Ronaldson (1/1) 80' Drop: O'Halloran (1/1) 78'

BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

Round 15

17 February 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	39–10	Edinburgh
Try: Daly (2) 10' m, 56' m Carbery (2) 48' m, 53' c Leavy 67' c B. Byrne 71' c Con: R. Byrne (3/5) 53', 67', 71' Pen: Carbery (1/1) 33'	Report[127]	Try: Weir 70' Con: Weir (1/1) 70' Pen: Weir (1/1) 36'

RDS Arena Attendance: 11,445 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

17 February 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Scarlets	42–7	Zebre
Try: S. Evans 13' c Shingler 29' c T. Williams 34' c Price 50' c Penalty try 64' c Boyde 73' c Con: D. Jones (5/5) 13', 29', 34', 50', 64' Thomas (1/1) 73'	Report[128]	Try: Bellini 24' c Con: Violi (1/1) 24'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 5,989 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

18 February 2017 14:30

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues	57–20	Benetton Treviso
Try: N. Williams 4' c Scully 39' c Shingler 41' c Bennett 45' c Dacey 50' c Halaholo 56' c Morgan 66' c Cuthbert 79' m Con: Shingler (7/8) 4', 39', 41', 45', 50', 56', 66' Pen: Shingler (1/1) 31'	Report[129]	Try: McKinley 36' c Esposito 53' c Con: Tebaldi (2/2) 36', 53' Pen: Tebaldi (2/2) 10', 15'

BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 5,963 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

18 February 2017 15:00

(1 BP) Ulster	37–17	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Bowe 22' m Penalty try 33' c Stockdale (2) 49' c, 78' c Pienaar 53' m Con: Pienaar (3/5) 33', 49', 78' Pen: Pienaar (2/2) 10', 45'	Report[130]	Try: Thomson 40' m Cummings (2) 69' m, 74' c Con: Thomson (1/3) 74'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 16,545 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

18 February 2017 17:15

(1 BP) Ospreys	23–25	Munster
Try: Dirksen 5' c Fonotia 13' c Con: S. Davies (2/2) 5', 13' Pen: S. Davies (3/3) 24', 40', 59'	Report[131]	Try: O'Donoghue 36' m Saili 40' c Kilcoyne 78' c Con: Bleyendaal (2/3) 40', 78' Pen: Bleyendaal (2/2) 4', 29'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 8,782 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

18 February 2017 19:35

Connacht	14–9	Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP)
Try: O'Halloran 5' c Blade 13' c Con: Ronaldson (2/2) 5', 13'	Report[132]	Pen: O'Brien (3/3) 18', 42', 53'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 6,190 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 16

24 February 2017 19:05

(1 BP) Edinburgh	17–18	Cardiff Blues
Try: Cochrane 16' c Scholes (2) 48' m, 55' m Con: Hidalgo-Clyne (1/3) 16'	Report[133]	Try: Bennett 61' c L. Williams 72' m Con: Shingler (1/2) 61' Pen: Shingler (2/2) 8', 21'

New Myreside Attendance: 3,675 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

24 February 2017 19:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	22–54	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Hughes 46' c Screech 67' m Pretorius 77' c Con: D. Jones (2/3) 46', 77' Pen: D. Jones (1/1) 6'	Report[134]	Try: Conan (2) 11' c, 24' c Gibson-Park 42' c Strauss 54' c Tracy 63' m Triggs 68' c L. McGrath (2) 71' c, 75' c Con: R. Byrne (7/8) 11', 24', 42', 54', 68', 71', 75'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,059 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

24 February 2017 19:35

Munster	21–30	Scarlets
Try: Taute 13' c Sweetnam 23' c Oliver 30' c Con: Bleyendaal (3/3) 13', 23', 30'	Report[135]	Try: Parkes 56' c McNicholl 59' c Van der Merwe 62' c Con: D. Jones (3/3) 56', 59', 62' Pen: D. Jones (3/3) 3', 16', 53'

Thomond Park Attendance: 16,742 Referee: Daniel Jones (WRU)

26 February 2017 13:30

Benetton Treviso	19–34	Connacht (1 BP)
Try: Buondonno 37' m Sperandio 70' c Odiete 75' c Con: Tebaldi (1/1) 71' Buondonno (1/1) 75' c	Report[136]	Try: Blade 27' c Bealham 31' c Ronaldson 47' c O'Halloran 60' c Con: Ronaldson (3/3) 27', 31', 47' Carty (1/1) 60' Pen: Ronaldson (2/2) 15', 21'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

26 February 2017 13:30

Zebre	17–40	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Palazzani 17' c Bellini 59' c Con: Palazzani (2/2) 17', 59' Pen: Palazzani (1/1) 36'	Report[137]	Try: Henry 7' c Pienaar 14' c Olding 45' c Stockdale 51' c Diack 71' c Busby 78' m Con: Pienaar (5/6) 7', 14', 45', 51', 71'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)

26 February 2017 17:05

(1 BP) Ospreys	26–15	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Giles 10' c Matavesi 22' c Ardron 56' c Fonotia 57' m Con: Price (3/4) 10', 22', 56'	Report[138]	Try: Flynn 25' c Murchie 52' m Con: Thomson (1/2) 25' Pen: Thomson (1/1) 47'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 7,140 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

Round 17

3 March 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Connacht	33–3	Zebre
Try: Adeolokun 8' c Dawai 26' m Muldoon 61' c Penalty try 66' c Stevenson 75' c Con: Cooney (1/2) 8' O'Halloran (2/2) 61', 66' Ronaldson (1/1) 75'	Report[139]	Pen: Palazzani (1/1) 45'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 4,091 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

3 March 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Edinburgh	9–13	Ospreys
Pen: Weir (3/3) 15', 63', 72'	Report[140]	Try: Matavesi 20' c Con: S. Davies (1/1) 21' Pen: S. Davies (2/2) 18', 69'

New Myreside Attendance: 4,834 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

3 March 2017 19:35

Ulster	19–7	Benetton Treviso
Try: Payne 20' c Reidy 52' c Piutau 57' m Con: Pienaar (2/3) 21', 53'	Report[141]	Try: Paulo 70' c Con: McKinley (1/1) 70'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 15,196 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

4 March 2017 15:00

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	47–17	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Grigg (2) 28' c, 36' c Hughes 42' c Tagive 49' c Jones 57' c Bennett 66' c Horne 74' c Con: Horne (7/7) 29', 37', 43', 51', 58', 66', 75'	Report[142]	Try: Landman 22' c Morgan 80' c Con: O'Brien (1/1) 23' D. Jones (1/1) 80' Pen: O'Brien (1/1) 14'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,096 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

4 March 2017 17:15

Cardiff Blues	13–23	Munster
Try: Summerhill 47' c Con: Shingler (1/1) 48' Pen: Shingler (2/2) 21', 33'	Report[143]	Try: Saili 51' c Oliver 76' c Con: R. Scannell (2/2) 52', 77' Pen: R. Scannell (2/3) 25', 66' Drop: R. Scannell (1/1) 75'

BT Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 6,546 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

4 March 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	45–9	Scarlets
Try: L. McGrath (2) 9' c, 20' m Ruddock 47' c Carbery (2) 50' c, 53' m E. Byrne 57' c Gibson-Park 80' c Con: R. Byrne (5/7) 9', 47', 51', 59', 80'	Report[144]	Try: D. Jones (3/3) 3', 15', 28'

RDS Arena Attendance: 10,792 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 9 rescheduled match

11 March 2017 18:05

(1 BP) Ulster	68–21	Zebre
Try: L. Marshall (2) 6' c, 14' c Pienaar 17' c Piutau (2) 25' c, 46' c Stockdale 30' c Gilroy 43' m Andrew 53' c Olding 68' c P. Marshall 71' c Con: Pienaar (6/7) 7', 15', 18', 26', 31', 45' Olding (3/3) 54', 69', 72'	Report[145]	Try: De Marchi 12' c Roan 66' c Greeff 75' c Con: Bordoli (1/1) 12' Palazzani (2/2) 67', 76'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 16,483 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

• Game rescheduled from 25 November 2016.

Round 18

24 March 2017 19:05

(1 BP) Scarlets	26–10	Edinburgh
Try: Patchell (2) 3' m, 31' c W. Jones 20' c J. Davies 24' c Con: Patchell (3/4) 20', 24, 31'	Report[146]	Try: Burleigh 26' c Con: Weir (1/1) 26' Pen: Weir (1/1) 8'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,637 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

24 March 2017 19:35

Newport Gwent Dragons	17–27	Ulster
Try: Landman 48' c Griffiths 67' c Con: O'Brien (2/2) 48', 67' Pen: O'Brien (1/1) 13'	Report[147]	Try: Gilroy 8' c Payne 59' c Andrew 79' c Con: Pienaar (2/2) 8', 59' Jackson 79' Pen: Pienaar (1/1) 34' Jackson (1/1) 74'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,877 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

25 March 2017 15:00

Zebre	14–50	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Minnie 30' c Greeff 56' c Con: Violi (1/1) 30' Bordoli (1/1) 56'	Report[148]	Try: N. Scannell 3' c O'Donnell 19' c R. O'Mahony (2) 26' c, 51' m R. Scannell 47' c Cronin (2) 62' c, 71' c Con: Bleyendaal (4/5) 3', 19', 26', 47' R. Scannell (2/2) 62', 71' Pen: Bleyendaal (1/1) 40'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 1,240 Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)

25 March 2017 15:00

Leinster	22–21	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)
Try: Leavy 4' c L. McGrath 32' c Molony 66' m Con: R. Byrne (2/3) 5', 32' Pen: R. Byrne (1/1) 54'	Report[149]	Try: T. Williams (2) 11' c, 47' c Bennett 56' c Con: Shingler (3/3) 12', 48', 56'

RDS Arena Attendance: 10,106 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

25 March 2017 17:15

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	35–24	Connacht
Try: Flynn 11' c Russell 49' c Price 54' c Lamont 77' m Con: Russell (3/3) 12', 50', 54' Pen: Russell (2/2) 7', 36' P. Horne (1/1) 74'	Report[150]	Try: Adeolokun 4' m Muldoon 29' c Con: Ronaldson (1/2) 30' Pen: Ronaldson (3/4) 19', 48', 66' J. Cooney (1/1) 76'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

25 March 2017 20:35

Benetton Treviso	13–5	Ospreys
Try: Sgarbi 18' c Con: Tebaldi (1/1) 19' Pen: Tebaldi (1/2) 57' McKinley (1/1) 72'	Report[151]	Try: Giles 40' m

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 3 rescheduled match

1 April 2017 15:30

Zebre	25–22	Connacht (1 BP)
Try: Minnie 24' c Boni 41' m Padovani 66' c Con: Canna (2/3) 26', 67' Pen: Canna (2/3) 7', 31'	Report[152]	Try: Ili 1' m Ronaldson 13' c Rowland 78' c Con: J. Cooney (1/2) 14' Ronaldson (1/1) 79' Pen: J. Cooney (1/2) 47'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

• Game rescheduled from 17 September 2016.

Round 19

7 April 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Edinburgh	19–22	Connacht
Try: Penalty try 63' c Watson 66' c G. Bryce 73' m Con: Weir (2/3) 63', 67'	Report[153]	Try: E. McKeon 29' c Con: Crosbie (1/1) 30' Pen: Crosbie (5/5) 8', 26', 36', 49', 60'

New Myreside Attendance: 3,189 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

7 April 2017 19:35

Ulster	24–24	Cardiff Blues
Try: Jackson 10' c Penalty try 27' c L. Marshall 68' c Con: Jackson (3/3) 11', 27', 69' Pen: Jackson (1/1) 56'	Report[154]	Try: Warburton 22' c Lee-Lo (2) 46' c, 59' c Con: Anscombe (3/3) 23', 47', 60' Pen: Anscombe (1/1) 8'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 15,752 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

8 April 2017 14:30

(1 BP) Zebre	29–14	Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Ruzza 13' m Minnie 29' c Padovani 49' c Meyer 51' c Con: Canna (3/4) 30', 50', 52' Pen: Canna (1/2) 4'	Report[155]	Try: Hill 6' c Hughes 44' c Con: O'Brien (2/2) 7', 45'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

8 April 2017 15:00

(1 BP) Ospreys	18–20	Leinster
Try: Davies 4' m Tipuric 61' c Con: Davies (1/1) 61' Pen: Biggar (2/4) 8', 39'	Report[156]	Try: Cronin 23' c Leavy 46' c Con: Nacewa (2/2) 24', 47' Pen: Nacewa (1/2) 34' Drop: R. Byrne (1/1) 79'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 8,102 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

8 April 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Scarlets	51–5	Benetton Treviso
Try: Van der Merwe (3) 5' m, 15' c, 66' c S. Evans (2) 8' m, 34' m Owens 24' m Price 42' c A. Davies 68' c Con: D. Jones (2/6) 16', 43' A. Thomas (2/2) 67', 69' Pen: D. Jones (1/1) 2'	Report[157]	Try: Gega 48' m

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 6,080 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

8 April 2017 19:35

Munster	10–7	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Cronin 4' c Con: Bleyendaal (1/1) 5' Pen: R. Scannell (1/1) 60'	Report[158]	Try: Hogg 68' c Con: Russell (1/1) 69'

Irish Independent Park Attendance: 8,008 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 20

14 April 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	45–10	Zebre
Try: Grigg 10' c Murchie 18' c Harley 26' c Fagerson 29' c Johnson 59' c Smith (2) 62' m, 74' m Con: P. Horne (5/5) 11', 19', 27', 30', 60'	Report[159]	Try: Van Zyl 66' m Baker 78' m

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,321 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

15 April 2017 15:00

Munster	22–20	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Lloyd 6' c Earls 61' m O'Callaghan 69' c Con: Keatley (1/1) 7' Bleyendaal (1/2) 71' Pen: Keatley (1/1) 36'	Report[160]	Try: Best 3' c L. Marshall 64' c Con: Jackson (2/2) 4', 65' Pen: Jackson (2/3) 13', 52'

Thomond Park Attendance: 20,047 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

15 April 2017 19:35

Connacht	24–37	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Poolman 18' c Heffernan 49' m Con: Ronaldson (1/2) 18' Pen: Ronaldson (4/4) 1', 12', 28', 40'	Report[161]	Try: Kirchner 6' m A. Byrne 10' c O'Loughlin 34' m Ruddock 52' c B. Daly 68'c Con: R. Byrne (3/5) 10', 53', 68' Pen: R. Byrne (2/2) 20', 76'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 8,090 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

15 April 2017 20:05

Benetton Treviso	21–6	Edinburgh
Try: Barbieri 35' c Esposito 60' m Con: McKinley (1/2) 37' Pen: McKinley (3/3) 26', 31', 41'	Report[162]	Pen: Tovey (2/2) 24', 57'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

Judgement Day

Main article: Judgement Day (rugby union)

15 April 2017 14:45

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues	35–17	Ospreys
Try: Dacey 5' c L. Williams 19' c N. Williams 26' c Anscombe 46' c Con: Anscombe (5/5) 6', 20', 27', 45', 47'	Report[163]	Try: Evans 61' c James 67' c Con: S. Davies (2/2) 61', 67' Pen: S. Davies (1/1) 17'

Principality Stadium Attendance: 60,642 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

15 April 2017 17:15

(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons	16–21	Scarlets
Try: Hughes 79' c Con: O'Brien (1/1) 80' Pen: O'Brien (3/3) 12', 13', 64'	Report[164]	Try: J. Davies 59' c L. Williams 71' m Con: L. Williams (1/2) 61' Pen: D. Jones (2/2) 26', 50' L. Williams (1/1) 67'

Principality Stadium Attendance: 60,642 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 21

28 April 2017 19:05

Cardiff Blues	30–24	Zebre (1 BP)
Try: Anscombe 22' c Summerhill 24' c T. Williams 58' c Con: Anscombe (3/3) 23', 25', 59' Pen: Anscombe (3/3) 12', 17', 31'		Try: Penalty try 56' c Mbanda 61' c Van Schalkwyk 79' c Con: Canna (2/2) 57', 62' Palazzani (1/1) 80' Pen: Canna (1/1) 27'

BT Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,737 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

28 April 2017 19:35

Edinburgh	24–20	Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP)
Try: Kinghorn 73' c Hoyland 78' c Gilchrist 80'+2 c Con: Tovey (3/3) 74', 79', 80'+3 Pen: Tovey (1/1) 9'		Try: Howard 31' c Meyer 48' c Con: O'Brien (2/2) 32', 50' Pen: O'Brien (2/2) 40', 70'

New Myreside Attendance: 3,201 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

28 April 2017 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	31–30	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Ryan 5' c O'Loughlin 9' m Dooley 35' m Kirchner 59' m Con: R. Byrne (1/4) 6' Pen: R. Byrne (2/2) 31', 41'+1 Carbery (1/1) 75'		Try: Ashe 46' c Jones 65' c Russell 70'c Con: Horne (1/1) 47' Russell (2/2) 66', 71' Pen: Horne (3/3) 3', 26', 57'

RDS Arena Attendance: 12,975 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

29 April 2017 15:00

Ospreys	24–10	Ulster
Try: Habberfield 8' c Ardron 40' c Leonard 79' c Con: Biggar (3/3) 9', 41', 79' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 25'		Try: Stockdale 80' c Con: Jackson (1/1) 80' Pen: Jackson (1/1) 19'

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 8,168 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

29 April 2017 19:05

Benetton Treviso	14–34	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Odiete 49' c Montauriol 80'+1 Con: McKinley (1/1) 50' Tebaldi (1/1) 80'+1		Try: Sweetnam (2) 25' m, 70' c Zebo 32' c Wootton 64' m O'Donoghue 67' c Con: Bleyendaal (3/5) 33', 68', 71 Pen: Bleyendaal (1/1) 41'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU)

29 April 2017 20:00

Connacht	8–30	Scarlets (1 BP)
Try: Ronaldson 58' m Pen: Boshoff (1/1) 11'		Try: McNicholl 4' c S. Evans (2) 14' m, 26' m L. Williams 31' m Van der Merwe 78' m Con: Patchell (1/5) 5' Pen: Patchell (1/1) 66'

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 5,290 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Round 22

6 May 2017 17:15

(1 BP) Munster	50–14	Connacht
Try: Earls 8' c O'Donoghue 27' c Conway (2) 33' c, 54' c Cronin 43' c Saili 70' c Oliver 80' m Con: Keatley (6/7) 8', 28', 34', 44', 54', 70' Pen: Keatley (1/1) 25'		Try: Kelleher 51' c Dawai 64' c Con: Ronaldson (2/2) 52', 65'

Thomond Park Attendance: 18,567 Referee: David Wilkinson (IRFU)

6 May 2017 17:15

(1 BP) Newport Gwent Dragons	24–26	Cardiff Blues
Try: Meyer 2' m Beard 80' c Con: O'Brien (1/2) 80' Pen: O'Brien (2/2) 8', 21' Meyer (2/2) 67', 73'		Try: Morgan 17' c Halaholo 30' c Con: Anscombe (2/2) 18', 31' Pen: Anscombe (4/4) 52', 65', 76', 79'

Virginia Park[9] Attendance: 5,167 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

6 May 2017 17:15

(1 BP) Scarlets	40–17	Ospreys
Try: Boyde 35' c S. Evans 38' c Shingler 60' c McNicholl 72' m J. Davies 75' m Con: Patchell (3/5) 37', 40', 61' Pen: Patchell (3/3) 7', 18' 24'		Try: Giles 11' c Baker 79' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 13' Evans (1/1) 80' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 2'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 13,256 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

6 May 2017 17:15

Ulster	17–13	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Wilson 9' c Trimble 55' c Con: Jackson (2/2) 10', 56' Pen: Jackson (1/1) 41'		Try: Penalty try 62' c Con: Carbery (1/1) 62' Pen: Carbery (2/2) 4', 23'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 17,676 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

6 May 2017 18:15

Zebre	3–19	Benetton Treviso
Pen: Canna (1/3) 17'		Try: Fuser 10' c Con: McKinley (1/1) 11' Pen: McKinley (4/4) 35', 43', 50', 54'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

1872 Cup 2nd round

6 May 2017 17:15

Glasgow Warriors	18–29	Edinburgh
Try: Gray 40' m Hogg 65' c Con: Russell (1/2) 65' Pen: Russell (2/2) 2', 18'		Try: Hoyland 56' c Bryce 80' c Con: Weir (2/2) 58', 80'+1 Pen: Weir (5/5) 7', 14', 33', 43', 53'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Play-offs

Semi-finals

The top four teams at the end of the league rounds meet in the semi-finals in a 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd format with the 1st and 2nd teams playing at home.

19 May 2017 19:45

Leinster	15–27	Scarlets
Try: Ringrose 23' c Conan 63' m Con: Nacewa (1/2) 24' Pen: Nacewa (1/1) 19'	Report[165]	Try: S. Evans 8' c Shingler 25' c G. Davies 29' c Con: Patchell (3/3) 9', 25', 30' Pen: L. Williams (2/2) 69', 79'

RDS Arena Attendance: 15,861 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

20 May 2017 18:15

Munster	23–3	Ospreys
Try: Saili 26' m Zebo 61' c Conway 75' m Con: Bleyendaal (1/3) 62' Pen: Bleyendaal (2/2) 67', 41'+3	Report[166]	Pen: Biggar (1/2) 8'

Thomond Park Attendance: 18,332 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

Final

Main article: 2017 Pro12 Grand Final

27 May 2017 18:15

Munster	22–46	Scarlets
Try: Bleyendaal 40' c Conway 75' m Earls 78' c Con: Bleyendaal (1/1) 41' Keatley (1/2) 78' Pen: Bleyendaal (1/1) 7'	Report[167]	Try: L. Williams 9' m S. Evans 20' c G. Davies 27' c Beirne 31' c Van der Merwe 70' c Ja. Davies 80' Con: Patchell (3/4) 21', 28', 32' L. Williams (2/2) 72', 80'+1 Pen: Patchell (2/2) 19', 45'

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 44,558 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Attendances

By club

• Includes semi-finals but not final at Aviva Stadium. Updated 21 May 2017.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Benetton Treviso	11	27,056	2,460	3,500	1,500	37%
Cardiff Blues[a 1]	11	130,414	11,856	60,642	4,300	60%
Connacht	11	67,621	6,147	8,090	4,091	76%
Edinburgh	11	57,389	5,217	21,036	2,750	38%
Glasgow Warriors	11	79,044	7,186	7,351	6,489	98%
Leinster	12	186,951	15,579	40,527	10,792	72%
Munster	12	168,076	14,006	26,200	7,405	76%
Newport Gwent Dragons[a 2]	11	107,085	9,735	60,642	3,841	59%
Ospreys	11	99,291	9,026	19,514	6,509	43%
Scarlets	11	79,032	7,185	13,256	5,630	48%
Ulster	11	175,575	15,961	17,676	13,663	88%
Zebre	11	22,641	2,058	4,500	1,240	41%

1. • Cardiff Blues attendance figures include a 'home game' played at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff as part of the Judgement Day double header.
2. • Newport Gwent Dragons attendance figures include a 'home game' played at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff as part of the Judgement Day double header.

End-of-season awards

Pro12 Dream Team

^[168]

Pos		Player	Team
FB	15	Tiernan O'Halloran	Connacht
RW	14	Tommy Seymour	Glasgow
OC	13	Jaco Taute	Munster
IC	12	Rory Scannell	Munster
LW	11	Charles Piutau	Ulster
FH	10	Tyler Bleyendaal	Munster
SH	9	Ruan Pienaar	Ulster
N8	8	Jack Conan	Leinster
OF	7	James Davies	Scarlets
BF	6	Dan Leavy	Leinster
RL	5	Billy Holland	Munster
LL	4	Ben Toolis	Edinburgh
TP	3	John Ryan	Munster
HK	2	Ken Owens (c)	Scarlets
LP	1	Dave Kilcoyne	Munster

Award winners

^[169]

Award	Winner
Players' Player of the Season	Charles Piutau (Ulster)
Young Player of the Season	Joey Carbery (Leinster)
Coach of the Season	Rassie Erasmus (Munster)
Chairman's Award	Nigel Owens MBE
Golden Boot	Sam Davies (Ospreys)
Top try scorer	Steff Evans (Scarlets)
Fair play award	Connacht
Try of the Season	Ruan Pienaar (Ulster vs Glasgow)

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities. Correct as of 8 May 2017.

Top points scorers Rank Player Club Points 1 Angus O'Brien Newport Gwent Dragons 130 2 Steven Shingler Cardiff Blues 128 3 Rhys Patchell Scarlets 127 4 Tyler Bleyendaal Munster 126 5 Duncan Weir Edinburgh 116

Top try scorers Rank Player Club Tries 1 Steff Evans Scarlets 11 2 Ronan O'Mahony Munster 9 = Jacob Stockdale Ulster 9 3 Rory O'Loughlin Leinster 8 = Joey Carbery Leinster 8 = Tommy Seymour Glasgow Warriors 8

Top try assists scorers Rank Player Club Points 1 Tyler Bleyendaal Munster 12 2 Henry Pyrgos Glasgow Warriors 9 = Ruan Pienaar Ulster 9 = Sam Davies Ospreys 9 3 Duncan Williams Munster 8 = Stuart Olding Ulster 8 = Ross Byrne Leinster 8 = Lloyd Williams Cardiff Blues 8 = Peter Horne Glasgow Warriors 8

Notes

1. Alan Solomons began the tournament as Edinburgh head coach, but stood down on 28 September 2016, and replaced by Duncan Hodge.^[5]
2. On 10 May 2016, it was announced that Edinburgh will move all their home games to Myreside for the second half of the season, as their new permanent home ground.^[6]
3. Although Murrayfield's full capacity is 67,144, only the lower section of the West Stand, with a capacity of 12,464, is generally opened for Edinburgh fixtures. More capacity would be available for derby games against Glasgow Warriors.
4. On 23 March 2017, it was announced that Caerphilly RFC's ground Virginia Park would host the Dragons round 22 clash against the Blues. Rodney Parade was unable to hold the fixture due to other events being held at the ground.^[9]
5. Virginia Park's regular capacity is 4,999 but will be increased to 6,000 with temporary seating.
6. Gianluca Guidi began the tournament as Zebre head coach, but on mutual agreement with the club and himself, left his post as head coach on 17 January 2017. He was replaced with Víctor Jiménez.^[10]