Edinburgh has been chosen as the host city for the 2016 Guinness PRO12 Final on Saturday May 28th 2016. The Final will be played at BT Murrayfield Stadium, the home of Scottish Rugby. It is the second time that the Guinness PRO12 has staged a 'destination final' allowing the host city to prepare for a great festival of rugby on the Final weekend.
Announcing Edinburgh as the chosen host city John Feehan, CEO of PRO12 Rugby said: "Edinburgh is well known as an inspiring host city for sports, arts & cultural events. The BT Murrayfield Stadium is a super venue for the Guinness PRO12 Final. We invited offers from all 12 clubs & their regions to host the Final. The tender from Edinburgh was outstanding and was unanimously agreed as the chosen venue."
"Our competition is truly unique. 12 Clubs, 4 Unions, 1 Trophy – we are delighted to be able to work with our partners to promote the variety of fantastic international destinations that the Guinness PRO12 has to offer. We look forward to working with all our partners in staging a festival of rugby where fans from all four of our countries will enjoy a memorable Final and a great weekend in Edinburgh.”
Dominic McKay, Scottish Rugby's Director of Commercial Operations, Communications and Public Affairs and Board Director of Guinness PRO12 said: "We are extremely pleased that our bid was successful and we have the privilege of hosting such a prestigious Final."
"Bringing the match to Scotland and BT Murrayfield in Edinburgh is a great way to grow the tournament and our focus will be on attracting a record crowd for a PRO12 final, which for the first time is being held outside of Ireland. We want to celebrate the climax to the season by welcoming fans from all PRO12 clubs to the Final, to what promises to be a fantastic sporting event.”
BREAKING NEWS: We are delighted to announce the 2016 @PRO12rugby Final will be played at BT Murrayfield, Sat 28 May. pic.twitter.com/Sc4cbWKivL
— Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) September 8, 2015
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