2019–20 Leinster Rugby season

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The 2019–20 Leinster Rugby season is Leinster's nineteenth season competing in the Pro14, alongside which they also compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup. Leinster are looking to win the Pro14 for the third consecutive season, whilst also aiming to go one better in Europe after being runners-up in last years tournament.

2019–20 Leinster Rugby season

Ground(s)	RDS Arena (Capacity: 18,500) Aviva Stadium (Capacity: 51,700)
Coach(es)	Leo Cullen
Captain(s)	Jonathan Sexton
League(s)	Pro14

Management and coaches

Position	Name	Nationality
Chief executive	Mick Dawson	Ireland
Head of rugby operations	Guy Easterby	Ireland
Head coach	Leo Cullen	Ireland
Senior coach	Stuart Lancaster	England
Assistant coach	Robin McBryde	Wales
Backs coach	Felipe Contepomi	Argentina
Kicking coach and head analyst	Emmet Farrell	Ireland
Contact skills coach	Hugh Hogan	Ireland

Senior squad

For player movements before or during the 2019–20 season, see List of 2019–20 Pro14 transfers § Leinster.

The Leinster senior squad for 2019–20 is:

Leinster Rugby squad
Props Vakh Abdaladze Michael Bent Ed Byrne Peter Dooley Tadhg Furlong Cian Healy Andrew Porter Hookers Bryan Byrne Seán Cronin Rónan Kelleher James Tracy Locks Scott Fardy Ross Molony James Ryan Devin Toner	Back row Jack Conan Will Connors Max Deegan Caelan Doris Dan Leavy Josh Murphy Scott Penny Rhys Ruddock (vc) Josh van der Flier Scrum-halves Jamison Gibson-Park* Luke McGrath Rowan Osborne Hugh O'Sullivan Fly-halves Ross Byrne Ciarán Frawley Jonathan Sexton (c)	Centres Robbie Henshaw Conor O'Brien Jimmy O'Brien Joe Tomane Rory O'Loughlin Garry Ringrose Wings Adam Byrne Barry Daly Dave Kearney Jordan Larmour James Lowe* Fergus McFadden Fullbacks Rob Kearney Hugo Keenan Cian Kelleher
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. Players and their allocated positions from the Leinster Rugby website.

Pre-season

17 August 2019 15:00

Leinster	47–17	Coventry
	Report

Donnybrook Stadium Attendance: 2,527 Referee: Chris Busby

24 August 2019 15:00

Canada	35–38	Leinster
	Report

Tim Hortons Field

2019–20 Pro14

Main article: 2019–20 Pro14

Round 1

28 September 2019 17:35

(1 BP) Benetton	27–32	Leinster (1 BP)
	Report

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,695 Referee: Ben Whitehouse

Round 2

4 October 2019 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	53–5	Ospreys
	Report

RDS Arena Attendance: 11,259 Referee: Stuart Berry

Round 3

11 October 2019 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	40–14	Edinburgh
	Report

RDS Arena Attendance: 12,712 Referee: Ben Whitehouse

Round 4

26 October 2019 17:15

(1 BP) Zebre	0–3	Leinster
	Report	Pen: R.Byrne 19'

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Craig Evans

Round 5

1 November 2019 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	50–15	Dragons
	Report

RDS Arena Attendance: 10,568 Referee: Andrewa Piardi

Round 6

8 November 2019 19:35

Connacht	11–42	Leinster (1 BP)
	Report

Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 8,129 Referee: Sean Gallagher

Round 7

30 November 2019 19:35

Glasgow Warriors	10–23	Leinster
Try: Jackson 5', 24'	Report	Try: Kelleher 30' 34' Con: R.Byrne 32' 36' Pen: R.Byrne 13' 57' 70'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Craig Evans

Round 8

20 December 2019 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	54–42	Ulster (1 BP)
	Report

RDS Arena Attendance: 16,375 Referee: George Clancy

Round 9

28 December 2019 18:00

(1 BP) Munster	6–13	Leinster
Pen: Hanrahan 39', 45'	Report	Try: E.Byrne 9' Con: R.Byrne 10' Pen: R.Byrne 22', 33'

Thomond Park Attendance: 26,267 Referee: Frank Murphy

Round 10

4 January 2020 17:30

(1 BP) Leinster	54–7	Connacht
	Report

RDS Arena Attendance: 18,300 Referee: Mike Adamson

Round 11

15 February 2020 14:30

(1 BP) Leinster	36–12	Cheetahs
Try: Connors 20' c, 50' c Bent 34' c Kelleher 40' m Ruddock 43' c Con: Frawley (4/5) 21', 35', 44', 51' Pen: Frawley (1/1) 29'	Report	Try: de Bruin 63' c, 79' m Con: Pienaar 64'

RDS Arena Attendance: 7,967 Referee: Ben Whitehouse

Round 12

21 February 2020 19:35

Ospreys	13–21	Leinster
Try: Morgan 40' c Con: Price (1/1) 40' Pen: Price (2/4) 39', 60'	Report	Try: T. O'Brien 18' c Murphy 48' c C.Kelleher 73' c Con: Frawley (2/2) 19', 49' H. Byrne (1/1) 75'

The Gnoll, Neath Attendance: 3,164 Referee: Stuart Berry

Round 13

28 February 2020 19:35

(1 BP) Leinster	55–19	Glasgow Warriors

RDS Arena Attendance: 13,250 Referee: Nigel Owens

Round 14

22 August 2020 19:35

Leinster	27–25	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Healy 19' c Ringrose 39' c Lowe 50' c Con: Sexton (3/3) 21', 40', 52' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 31' R. Byrne (1/1) 69'	Report	Try: Conway (2) 12' c, 71' m Earls 64' c Con: Hanrahan (2/3) 13', 65' Pen: Hanrahan (2/2) 26', 35'

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Round 15

29 August 2020 19:35

Ulster	10–28	Leinster
	Report

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 0

Semi-final

4 September 2020 19:35

Leinster	13–3	Munster
Try: R. Kelleher 27' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 28' Pen: Sexton (2/3) 40', 67'	Report	Pen: Hanrahan (1/3) 5'

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Final

Main article: 2020 Pro14 Grand Final

12 September 2020 19:35

Leinster	v	Ulster

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup

Main article: 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup

Leinster were seeded in tier 1 when the draw for the 2019–20 Champions Cup was made in Lausanne, Switzerland on Wednesday 19 June 2019, and were drawn in Pool 1 alongside Northampton Saints, Lyon and Benetton.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster (1)	6	6	0	0	199	76	123	28	9	4	0	28
Northampton Saints (7)	6	4	0	2	166	183	–17	19	25	3	0	19
Lyon	6	1	0	5	108	141	–33	14	16	1	2	7
Benetton	6	1	0	5	96	169	–73	12	23	1	1	6

Round 1

16 November 2019 15:15

(1 BP) Leinster	33–19	Benetton
Try: Ringrose (3) 4' m, 14' c, 68' c Sexton 43' c Kelleher 29' c Con: Sexton (3/4) 15', 31', 44' Byrne (1/1) 69'	Report	Try: Budd 8' c Faiva 50' c Sperandio 78' m Con: Keatley (2/3) 9', 51'

RDS Arena Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR)

Round 2

23 November 2019 16:15

(1 BP) Lyon	6–13	Leinster
Pen: Wisniewski (2/2) 66', 77' Drop: Wisniewski (0/1)	Report	Try: Deegan 21' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 23' Pen: Sexton (2/3) 8', 76'

Matmut Stadium de Gerland Attendance: 15,517 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

Round 3

7 December 2019 13:00

Northampton Saints	16–43	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Tuala 6' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 7' Pen: Biggar (3/3) 14', 26', 30'	Report	Try: Lowe 2' c Ruddock 15' c Porter 37' m Healy 43' m R. Byrne 46' c McGrath 75' m E. Byrne 80' c Con: Sexton (2/3) 2', 17' R. Byrne (2/4) 45', 80'+1

Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)

Round 4

14 December 2019 17:15

(1 BP) Leinster	50–21	Northampton Saints
Try: Ringrose (3) 1' c, 5' c, 47' c Furlong 21' c D. Kearney 35' c Lowe 42' m Doris 66' c Con: R. Byrne (4/5) 3', 6', 22', 36' Frawley (2/2) 48', 67'	Report	Try: Biggar 18' c Sleightholme 38' c Tuala 57' c Con: Biggar (3/3) 19', 39', 57'

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 42,041 Referee: Daniel Jones (WRU)

Round 5

12 January 2020 13:00

(1 BP) Leinster	42–14	Lyon
Try: Kearney (2) 9' c, 30' c Van der Flier 13' c Deegan 53' c Cronin 64' c Porter 71' m Con: R. Byrne (5/5) 10', 14', 32', 53', 65' Frawley (0/1)	Report	Try: Bruni 21' c Roodt 37' c Con: Pélissié (2/2) 22', 38'

RDS Arena Attendance: 18,138 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Round 6

18 January 2020 14:00

Benetton	0–18	Leinster
	Report	Try: Doris 59' m Tracy 64' c Con: R. Byrne (1/2) 66' Pen: R. Byrne (2/2) 34', 52'

Stadio Comunale di Monigo Attendance: 3,861 Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)

Quarter-final

19 September 2020 15:00

Leinster	v	Saracens

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

References

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