Celtic League

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professional sports league rugby union competition

The Celtic League was a professional rugby union competition featuring top provincial and regional teams from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and later Italy, which evolved into what is now known as the United Rugby Championship.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Celtic League 2002–03 1
Celtic League 2005–06 1
Celtic League 2008–09 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional sports league ⓘ
rugby union competition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guinness PRO12 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guinness PRO14 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magners League NERFINISHED ⓘ
RaboDirect Pro12 NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitionLevel professional ⓘ
competitionType cross-border league ⓘ
confederation European Professional Club Rugby NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
evolvedInto United Rugby Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuredTeamsFrom Irish provinces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian professional teams ⓘ
Scottish professional teams ⓘ
Welsh regions ⓘ
format league ⓘ
play-offs ⓘ
governingBody Irish Rugby Football Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Rugby Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Rugby Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Welsh Rugby Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 2001 ⓘ
initialParticipatingCountries Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterExpandedToInclude Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingCountries 4 ⓘ
organisedBy Celtic Rugby Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryObjective provide professional competition for Celtic nations' teams ⓘ
professionalEra post-1995 rugby union era ⓘ
qualificationFor European Rugby Champions Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heineken Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
replacedBy Pro12 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pro14 NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Rugby Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsor Guinness NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magners NERFINISHED ⓘ
RaboDirect NERFINISHED ⓘ
sport rugby union ⓘ
succeededBy United Rugby Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ospreys → formerLeague → Celtic League ⓘ
Dragons → formerCompetition → Celtic League ⓘ
Leinster Rugby → formerLeague → Celtic League ⓘ
Leinster Rugby → hasWon → Celtic League ⓘ
United Rugby Championship → predecessor → Celtic League ⓘ
United Rugby Championship → isSuccessorTo → Celtic League ⓘ
Ronan O'Gara → wonCompetitionWithMunster → Celtic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Celtic League 2002–03
Ronan O'Gara → wonCompetitionWithMunster → Celtic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Celtic League 2008–09
John Kelly (rugby union) → league → Celtic League ⓘ
Donncha O'Callaghan → leagueParticipatedIn → Celtic League ⓘ
Neil Best → league → Celtic League ⓘ
Ulster Rugby → historicalCompetition → Celtic League ⓘ
Ulster Rugby → wonCompetition → Celtic League ⓘ
this entity surface form: Celtic League 2005–06