Английская Википедия:2016–17 Pro12

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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.

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. The final was contested by Scarlets and Munster with Scarlets winning 46-22.

Teams

Файл:Red pog.svg Winners; Файл:Yellow pog.svg 2nd–4th place; Файл:Blue pog.svg Other teams.

Team	Coach / Director of Rugby	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Galway Sportsgrounds	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort (For Шаблон:Flagicon Alan Solomons)Шаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	New Myreside Murrayfield StadiumШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Sort 67,144 Шаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	Scotstoun Stadium	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	RDS Arena Aviva Stadium	Шаблон:Sort 51,700
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Thomond Park Irish Independent Park	25,600 8,200
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Rodney Parade Virginia ParkШаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Sort 6,000Шаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Liberty Stadium	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Parc y Scarlets	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	Kingspan Stadium	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort (For Шаблон:Flagicon Gianluca Guidi)Шаблон:Efn	Шаблон:Sort	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi	Шаблон:Sort

Changes for the season

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. 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. 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. Connacht's homeground, the Galway Sportsground underwent renovations during the summer, with the addition of a seated stand increasing its capacity to 8,100.

Beaten finalists Leinster also saw changes to their backroom staff, with defence coach Kurt McQuilkin leaving the role for personal reasons in August 2016. Former Шаблон:Nrut head coach Stuart Lancaster joined the province in the role of "senior coach" the following month as McQuilkin's replacement. Leinster also hired World Cup winning former Шаблон:Nrut head coach Graham Henry as a consultant coach during the off-season. 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.

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 Шаблон:Nrut, 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. 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. 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. 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.

Ulster announced in August 2016 that Rory Best would vacate the captaincy of the province. The Шаблон:Nrut 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.

Italy

After sacking head coach Umberto Casellato during the course of the previous season, Benetton Treviso hired former Шаблон:Nrut head coach Kieran Crowley as his replacement. 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.

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. 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.

Scotland

After discussions of a possible move from Murrayfield to Easter Road in 2015 did not come to fruition, 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. The off-season saw the loss of team captain Mike Coman, who left to join London Irish. With his departure, Grant Gilchrist and Stuart McInally took on the role in a joint capacity. On 28 September 2016, just four games into the season, Alan Solomons resigned as the team's head coach. The departure saw assistant coach Duncan Hodge promoted to acting head coach.

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 Шаблон:Nrut head coach. After serving as the team's sole captain in 2015–16, Jonny Gray shared the role with Henry Pyrgos for the season. Following issues with the playing surface at the team's home stadium, Scotstoun, an artificial playing surface was installed at the ground.

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.

Match summary

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away. {{#invoke:sports results|main |source=Pro12 |update=complete |a_note=no |matches_style=FBR |team1=BEN |team2=CAR |team3=CON |team4=EDI |team5=GLA |team6=LEI |team7=MUN |team8=NGD |team9=OSP |team10=SCA |team11=ULS |team12=ZEB

|name_BEN=Benetton Treviso |name_CAR=Cardiff Blues |name_CON=Connacht |name_EDI=Edinburgh |name_GLA=Glasgow Warriors |name_LEI=Leinster |name_MUN=Munster |name_NGD=Newport Gwent Dragons |name_OSP=Ospreys |name_SCA=Scarlets |name_ULS=Ulster |name_ZEB=Zebre

|match_BEN_CAR=28–34 |match_BEN_CON=19–34 |match_BEN_EDI=21–6 |match_BEN_GLA=28–35 |match_BEN_LEI=14–40 |match_BEN_MUN=14–34 |match_BEN_NGD=27–11 |match_BEN_OSP=13–5 |match_BEN_SCA=6–22 |match_BEN_ULS=11–22 |match_BEN_ZEB=23–12

|match_CAR_BEN=57–20 |match_CAR_CON=13–19 |match_CAR_EDI=34–16 |match_CAR_GLA=23–19 |match_CAR_LEI=13–16 |match_CAR_MUN=13–23 |match_CAR_NGD=27–16 |match_CAR_OSP=35–17 |match_CAR_SCA=15–26 |match_CAR_ULS=22–35 |match_CAR_ZEB=30–24

|match_CON_BEN=47–8 |match_CON_CAR=18–7 |match_CON_EDI=28–15 |match_CON_GLA=5–41 |match_CON_LEI=24–37 |match_CON_MUN=9–16 |match_CON_NGD=14–9 |match_CON_OSP=11–32 |match_CON_SCA=8–30 |match_CON_ULS=30–25 |match_CON_ZEB=33–3

|match_EDI_BEN=45–10 |match_EDI_CAR=17–18 |match_EDI_CON=19–22 |match_EDI_GLA=12–25 |match_EDI_LEI=20–33 |match_EDI_MUN=9–10 |match_EDI_NGD=24–20 |match_EDI_OSP=9–13 |match_EDI_SCA=20–9 |match_EDI_ULS=28–17 |match_EDI_ZEB=14–19

|match_GLA_BEN=31–14 |match_GLA_CAR=29–15 |match_GLA_CON=35–24 |match_GLA_EDI=18–29 |match_GLA_LEI=33–25 |match_GLA_MUN=15–16 |match_GLA_NGD=47–17 |match_GLA_OSP=5–22 |match_GLA_SCA=14–26 |match_GLA_ULS=17–22 |match_GLA_ZEB=45–10

|match_LEI_BEN=20–8 |match_LEI_CAR=22–21 |match_LEI_CON=24–13 |match_LEI_EDI=39–10 |match_LEI_GLA=31–30 |match_LEI_MUN=25–14 |match_LEI_NGD=28–15 |match_LEI_OSP=31–19 |match_LEI_SCA=45–9 |match_LEI_ULS=22–7 |match_LEI_ZEB=70–6

|match_MUN_BEN=46–3 |match_MUN_CAR=23–24 |match_MUN_CON=50–14 |match_MUN_EDI=28–14 |match_MUN_GLA=10–7 |match_MUN_LEI=29–17 |match_MUN_NGD=45–17 |match_MUN_OSP=33–0 |match_MUN_SCA=21–30 |match_MUN_ULS=22–20 |match_MUN_ZEB=49–5

|match_NGD_BEN=26–8 |match_NGD_CAR=24–26 |match_NGD_CON=21–16 |match_NGD_EDI=27–19 |match_NGD_GLA=17–26 |match_NGD_LEI=22–54 |match_NGD_MUN=16–20 |match_NGD_OSP=0–10 |match_NGD_SCA=16–21 |match_NGD_ULS=17–27 |match_NGD_ZEB=11–6

|match_OSP_BEN=64–10 |match_OSP_CAR=46–24 |match_OSP_CON=29–17 |match_OSP_EDI=31–22 |match_OSP_GLA=26–15 |match_OSP_LEI=18–20 |match_OSP_MUN=23–25 |match_OSP_NGD=35–17 |match_OSP_SCA=19–9 |match_OSP_ULS=24–10 |match_OSP_ZEB=59–5

|match_SCA_BEN=51–5 |match_SCA_CAR=15–10 |match_SCA_CON=17–8 |match_SCA_EDI=26–10 |match_SCA_GLA=27–3 |match_SCA_LEI=38–29 |match_SCA_MUN=13–23 |match_SCA_NGD=31–27 |match_SCA_OSP=40–17 |match_SCA_ULS=16–13 |match_SCA_ZEB=42–7

|match_ULS_BEN=19–7 |match_ULS_CAR=24–24 |match_ULS_CON=23–7 |match_ULS_EDI=24–18 |match_ULS_GLA=37–17 |match_ULS_LEI=17–13 |match_ULS_MUN=14–15 |match_ULS_NGD=29–8 |match_ULS_OSP=9–7 |match_ULS_SCA=19–8 |match_ULS_ZEB=68–21

|match_ZEB_BEN=3–19 |match_ZEB_CAR=21–23 |match_ZEB_CON=25–22 |match_ZEB_EDI=19–24 |match_ZEB_GLA=28–33 |match_ZEB_LEI=10–33 |match_ZEB_MUN=14–50 |match_ZEB_NGD=29–14 |match_ZEB_OSP=10–40 |match_ZEB_SCA=24–31 |match_ZEB_ULS=17–40 }}

Rounds 1 to 22

All times are local.

Round 3

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Round 9

Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox Postponed prior to kickoff due to frozen pitch. Game rescheduled on 11 March 2017. Шаблон:Rugbybox Шаблон:Rugbybox

Round 9 rescheduled match

• Game rescheduled from 25 November 2016.

Round 3 rescheduled match

• Game rescheduled from 17 September 2016.

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.

Attendances

By club

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

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

End-of-season awards

Pro12 Dream Team

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

Award winners

Award	Winner
Players' Player of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon Charles Piutau (Ulster)
Young Player of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon Joey Carbery (Leinster)
Coach of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon Rassie Erasmus (Munster)
Chairman's Award	Шаблон:Flagicon Nigel Owens MBE
Golden Boot	Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Davies (Ospreys)
Top try scorer	Шаблон:Flagicon Steff Evans (Scarlets)
Fair play award	Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht
Try of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon 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	Шаблон:Flagicon Angus O'Brien	Шаблон:Flagicon Newport Gwent Dragons	130
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Steven Shingler	Шаблон:Flagicon Cardiff Blues	128
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Rhys Patchell	Шаблон:Flagicon Scarlets	127
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Tyler Bleyendaal	Шаблон:Flagicon Munster	126
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Duncan Weir	Шаблон:Flagicon Edinburgh	116

Top try scorers

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

Top try assists scorers

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

External links

• Шаблон:Official website
• 2016–17 Pro12 at ESPN