Leinster should be declared PRO14 champions according to Glasgow head coach Dave Rennie
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Glasgow Warriors head coach Dave Rennie believes that the PRO14 season should be ended and Leinster declared champions.
Awarding Leinster the PRO14 title is the fairest and safest way of wrapping up the current PRO14 season, the outgoing Glasgow coach believes.
The Warriors boss is convinced that crowning the Irish province champions would be better for player welfare and the integrity of the competition than allowing the campaign to drag on into late summer or autumn.
Leinster won all 13 of their opening games and sit on 61 points in Conference A. Ulster are 20 points behind Leinster with Edinburgh 14 points behind Leinster at the top of Conference B.
"Clearly, in the time frames that we started with, we are not going to be playing rugby in June," he said.
"So that complicates issues obviously for players and the coaching staff who may or may not be here beyond that point.
"There's a lot of people dying and all over the world people have lost their jobs, the whole world is taking pay cuts. I guess the importance of getting back playing doesn't really rank with the things I have mentioned.
"Whatever decision is made needs to have integrity involved because to try and push the finals back in August and play with whoever is here, I'm just not sure that will do it justice.
"We have seen other comps just reward the team that's leading. It's hard to argue that Leinster, unbeaten all year, miles in front of the competition, it's hard to not just award them the comp."
