Eleven Clubs Represented In The PRO14 Dream Team

May 24, 2019
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Ultimate Rugby

The PRO14 Dream Team for the 2018/19 season was revealed on Thursday evening after a media vote determined the best performing players from the current campaign.

In total, 11 clubs are represented in a XV where competition in the voting was incredibly close, and only a handful of positions were selected with a clear majority.

Edinburgh, Munster, Connacht and Ulster were the only teams with more than one player in the Dream Team which includes the Players’ Player of the Season – Bill Mata of Edinburgh. Rabz Maxwane of the Cheetahs is another award winner included, the Cheetahs winger scored a record-equaling 14 tries in the PRO14 season – nine of them scored away from home – and was voted in as the left wing.

"He was just relentless"@Murray_Kinsella takes an in-depth look Bill Mata and why he is the #PRO14DreamTeam number 8 ahead of CJ Stander & Marcell Coetzee. #GuinnessPRO14 pic.twitter.com/HSwv1LIcYH
— eir Sport (@eirSport) May 23, 2019

Only three players from last season’s PRO14 Dream Team have been selected with the second row pairing of Tadhg Beirne (Munster) and Scott Fardy (Leinster) getting the nod while John Cooney’s impressive performances at Ulster have kept him in the No 9 shirt.

To be eligible for selection players had to appear in a minimum of PRO14 games. A media panel of over 75 including former players and coaches from across Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales were invited to vote for the Dream Team.

#GuinnessPRO14 Dream Team Revealed on @PremierSportsTV & @eirSport

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— PRO14 RUGBY (@PRO14Official) May 23, 2019