PRO14 final kick-off moved forward

Guinness PRO14 organisers have reached agreement with Sky Sports to bring forward the league final by 30 minutes in order to avoid a clash with the Uefa Champions League final.

Liverpool and Real Madrid’s successes in reaching European football’s annual showpiece on Saturday, May 26 had prompted a succession of pleas by supporters of both codes to move the PRO14 decider forward from 6.30pm, just 75 minutes before the game in Kiev is due to start.

Guinness PRO14 chief executive Martin Anayi last week promised he would do everything possible to persuade the rugby game’s host broadcasters Sky Sports to accommodate that switch.