With a huge weekend on the horizon across the Six Nations, it’s wall-to-wall rugby for supporters with seven Guinness PRO14 games live on Premier Sports.
Round 16 of the Guinness PRO14 promises to deliver another entertaining package of tries from across Europe. Competition is fierce for Final Series places with Munster and Leinster topping the charts with just six rounds to go until the play-offs.
To open the rugby weekend, it’s a triple header of Friday night games in the battle for top 3 PRO14 places, with Glasgow Warriors at home to Connacht in an intriguing battle at the top of Conference A, Leinster against Southern Kings and also pick of the weekend Ospreys v Munster, with the hosts eager to bounce back in front of home fans and ready to face an in-form Munster side who have won their last six matches in all competitions.
As the Six Nations stars of France and Scotland battle it out in Paris and Wales take on England in Cardiff on Saturday afternoon, the Dragons are in Italy (kick off 1pm) to take on high-flying Benetton who have picked up 23 Championship points from their last six encounters. Saturday night action follows (19:35 KO) with Edinburgh looking to hold their 2nd place in Conference B as they take on Cardiff Blues who are still in the chase; and Ulster take on Zebre at their Kingspan home having lost only once in Belfast in the past 12 months. To wrap up the weekend of rugby, it’s Scarlets v Cheetahs from Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli on Sunday afternoon (kick off 1pm).
This weekend’s seven Guinness PRO14 games live on Premier Sports are:
- Fri 22 Feb Ospreys v Munster kick off 7.35pm Live on Premier Sports 1 (from 7pm)
- Fri 22 Feb Glasgow Warriors v Connacht kick off 7.35pm Live on Premier Sports 2 (from 7pm)
- Fri 22 Feb Leinster v Southern Kings kick off 7.55pm Live on FreeSports (from 7.50pm)
- Sat 23 Feb Benetton v Dragons kick off 1pm Live on Premier Sports 1 (from 12.55pm)
- Sat 23 Feb Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues kick off 7.35pm Live on Premier Sports 2 (from 7pm)
- Sat 23 Feb Ulster v Zebre kick off 7.35pm Live on FreeSports (from 7pm)
- Sun 24 Feb Scarlets v Toyota Cheetahs kick off 1pm Live on Premier Sports 1 (from 12.30pm)
A trio of new faces will join the Premier Sports teams for Round 16 commentary with special guests including injured Scotland and Glasgow Warriors back row Ryan Wilson watching his home club battle Connacht, experienced former Ireland Grand Slam winner and Munster lock Donncha O’Callaghan with the team at the Liberty Stadium for Ospreys v Munster - plus former Scotland and Edinburgh back row Ally Hogg on duty back at Murrayfield alongside John Barclay.
With 430+ international caps on the Premier Sports team, it’s a knowledgeable line-up bringing rugby fans all the inside track on the big rugby weekend:
Fri 22 Feb Glasgow Warriors v Connacht: Dougie Vipond, Rory Lawson, Hugo Southwell, Ryan Wilson
Fri 22 Feb Ospreys v Munster: Ross Harries, Lauren Jenkins, Rhys ap William, Sean Holley, Shane Williams, Donncha O’Callaghan
Sat 23 Feb Edinburgh v Cardiff Blues: Dougie Vipond, Rory Hamilton, John Barclay, Ally Hogg
Sat 23 Feb Ulster v Zebre: Graham Little; Will Slattery, Mark Robson, Andrew Trimble, Stephen Ferris
Sun 24 Feb Scarlets v Cheetahs: Gareth Roberts, Lauren Jenkins, Wyn Gruffydd, Shane Williams, Martyn Williams
Premier Sports is available in 16 million UK homes across Sky and Virgin platforms and to everyone via the Premier Player https://www.premierplayer.tv/ while FreeSports is available to 22 million UK homes across seven different platforms.
Highlights of all this weekend’s Guinness PRO14 action will be broadcast on Sunday at 9.30pm on Premier Sports 2 and repeated at 3.30pm on FreeSports. The PRO14 hour will be shown on Wednesday 27th February at 9pm on Premier Sports 1.
Premier Sports, is the home of the Guinness PRO14 in the UK and will be showing all 152 games from the Guinness PRO14 this season. Rugby fans can subscribe on Sky or the Premier Sports Player for £9.99 per month. As well as all the PRO14 rugby action, Premier Sports customers can also enjoy live coverage of football’s Scottish Cup, Serie A Italian football and NHL as well as a host of other sports. Visit www.premiersports.com to sign up to see all the live action.
