From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2011–12 Pro12

none

Field	Value
countries	Ireland Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
date	2 September 2011 – 27 May 2012
champions	Wales Ospreys
count	4
runnersup	Ireland Leinster
matches	135
attendance
tries
top point scorer	Dan Biggar (Ospreys)
(257 points)
top try scorer	Tim Visser (Edinburgh)
(13 tries)
website	www.rabodirectpro12.com
prevseason	[2010–11 Celtic League](2010-11-celtic-league)
nextseason	[2012–13](2012-13-pro12)

Italy Scotland Wales (257 points) (13 tries) The 2011–12 Pro12 League (also known as the RaboDirect Pro12 for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League, the second with its current 12-team format, and also the first with RaboDirect as title sponsor.

The twelve teams competing were the four Irish provinces, Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster; two Scottish regions, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors; four Welsh regions, Cardiff Blues, Newport Gwent Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets; and two Italian clubs Aironi and Benetton Treviso.

The competition was won by Ospreys, who defeated Leinster in the final 31–30.

Teams

[[File:Red pog.svg	8px]] Winners; [[File:Yellow pog.svg	8px]] 2nd–4th place; [[File:Blue pog.svg	8px]] Other teams.

Team	Coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
ITA Aironi	WAL Rowland Phillips	ITA Quintin Geldenhuys	Stadio Luigi Zaffanella	6,000
ITA Benetton Treviso	RSA Franco Smith	ITA Antonio Pavanello	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	6,700
WAL Cardiff Blues	WAL Gareth Baber
WAL Justin Burnell	NZL Paul Tito	Cardiff City Stadium	26,828
Ireland Connacht	IRE Eric Elwood	Ireland Gavin Duffy	Galway Sportsgrounds	7,500
SCO [Edinburgh](2011-2012-edinburgh-rugby-season)	IRE Michael Bradley	SCO Greig Laidlaw	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144
SCO Glasgow Warriors	SCO Sean Lineen	SCO Alastair Kellock	Firhill Stadium	10,887
Ireland Leinster	NZL Josef Schmidt	IRE Leo Cullen	RDS Arena
Aviva Stadium	18,500
51,700
Ireland Munster	AUS Tony McGahan	IRE Paul O'Connell	Thomond Park
Musgrave Park	26,500
9,251
WAL Newport Gwent Dragons	WAL Darren Edwards	NZL Tom Willis	Rodney Parade	11,676
WAL Ospreys	AUS Scott Johnson	WAL Alun Wyn Jones	Liberty Stadium	20,532
WAL Scarlets	WAL Nigel Davies	WAL Matthew Rees	Parc y Scarlets	14,870
Ireland Ulster	IRE Brian McLaughlin	RSA Johann Muller	Ravenhill	12,300

Table

Fixtures

All times are local.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

1872 Cup 1st round

Round 12

1872 Cup 2nd round

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Rearranged fixtures

PostAirMun

PostNGDCar

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Fotuali'i 40' c Dirksen 55' m Bishop 63' c Webb 71' c

Hogg 80' c

Final

Main article: 2012 Pro12 Grand Final

Nacewa (2) 35' c, 61' c Williams (2) 59' m, 78' c

NZL Joe Schmidt

Sean Holley

Leading scorers

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

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	WAL Dan Biggar	WAL Ospreys	257
2	SCO Duncan Weir	SCO Glasgow Warriors	198
3	IRE Ian Keatley	Ireland Munster	187
4	SCO Greig Laidlaw	SCO Edinburgh	171
5	ITA Kris Burton	ITA Benetton Treviso	154

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	NLD Tim Visser	SCO Edinburgh	13
2	WAL Alex Cuthbert	WAL Cardiff Blues	10
3	Ireland Simon Zebo	Ireland Munster	8
4	Ireland Ian Madigan	Ireland Leinster	7
5	RSA Hanno Dirksen	WAL Ospreys	6

2011/2012 Dream Team

Pos	Player	Team
FB	15	FJI Isa Nacewa
RW	14	SCO Tim Visser
OC	13	NZL Casey Laulala
IC	12	WAL Ashley Beck
LW	11	WAL Alex Cuthbert
FH	10	SCO Duncan Weir
SH	9	SAF Ruan Pienaar
N8	8	ENG Ben Morgan
OF	7	WAL Justin Tipuric
BF	6	SCO David Denton
RL	5	SCO Tom Ryder
LL	4	IRE Dan Tuohy
TP	3	SAF BJ Botha
HK	2	IRE Richardt Strauss
LP	1	SCO Jon Welsh

Broadcasting rights

Setanta Sports Australia broadcasts live RaboDirect Pro12 matches in Australia. Setanta Sports Asia broadcast live RaboDirect Pro12 matches in Asia also.

Notes

References

"Leading Points-Scorers". RaboDirect Pro12.
"Leading Try-Scorers". RaboDirect Pro12.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/13693548 BBC News]
(8 June 2011). "Dutch bank to replace Magners as sponsors of Celtic League from next season". Daily Telegraph.
(27 May 2012). "Super Shane leads Ospreys to PRO12 glory". [[ESPN Inc.]].
Pope, Bruce. (27 May 2012). "RaboDirect Pro12 Final: Leinster 30-31 Ospreys". BBC.
Ward, Tony. (28 May 2012). "No complaints as Ospreys time run to perfection". [[Independent News & Media]].
"2011–2012 RaboDirect PRO12 Fixtures & Results". Celtic Rugby.
Hannan, Martin. (10 July 2011). "Scottish cap is in Tim Visser's sights". [[Scotland on Sunday]].
"BBC Sport - Ospreys wing Hanno Dirksen reveals his Wales ambitions".
(3 May 2012). "2012 RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team 2011/12". The Rugby Blog.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2011–12-pro12 2011–12-in-european-rugby-union-leagues united-rugby-championship-seasons 2011–12-in-irish-rugby-union 2011–12-in-welsh-rugby-union 2011–12-in-scottish-rugby-union 2011–12-in-italian-rugby-union

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2011–12 Pro12 — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report