The 2012 RaboDirect PRO12 Final will be beamed around the world into more than 80 countries as Leinster Rugby attempt to make it third time lucky at the RDS, Dublin on Sunday, 27 May (kick-off 4.00pm).

As the RaboDirect PRO12 Play-Off semi-finals get ready to kick-off in Swansea tonight (Friday, 11 May) RaboDirect PRO12 Chief Executive John Feehan has confirmed the arrangements for the Final on the weekend of 26/27 May.

With the 1,000,000th fan through the gates last weekend, Sunday's first blue and orange Awards evening going off with a bang and our Twitter following reaching 10,000 yesterday, it's been quite a week for the RaboDirect PRO12... and we haven't even had the Play-Offs yet!

Tim Visser followed up his inclusion in the RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team by being named as winner of the tournament's 'Players' Player of the Year' award at the annual presentation evening at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff last night (Sunday, 6 May).

Greig Laidlaw tried his best to upstage Chris Paterson but the Scotland legend had the last laugh scoring a try in his final ever game as Edinburgh brought the curtain down on their RaboDirect PRO12 season with a 44-21 victory over Treviso.

The RaboDirect PRO12 will have more than a million good reasons to celebrate this weekend when the gates for the season break through the seven figure mark in record time.

Benetton Treviso have flown this morning to Edinburgh, where they will play against the home team in the last match of RaboDirect PRO12 2011/2012 regular season.

Edinburgh Rugby's 'Flying Dutchman' Tim Visser has winged his way into the RaboDirect PRO12 Dream Team for the third year in a row

RaboDirect PRO12 are proud to announce the launch of their new app ahead of Round 22 of the competition. The app will be available on iPhone initially with a view of extending it to android phones in the future.

Tommaso Benvenuti, the latest of our RaboDirect PRO12 rising stars, is a 21-year-old Treviso outside centre who, with 17 caps for Italy, is already at home on the international stage.

Chris Paterson insists he will do all he can to end his career on a high as he looks to bow out of Edinburgh with victory in their final RaboDirect PRO12 game of the season against Treviso.

Franco Smith insists Treviso's second season in the RaboDirect PRO12 should be classed as an improvement on last year, despite failing to match their inaugural season's win total.

Winger DTH van der Merwe dived over for a late try to spare Glasgow's blushes and seal a 13-8 win against Treviso that leaves them needing only a draw against Connacht in the final round of fixtures to make the RaboDirect PRO12 play-offs.

Glasgow Warriors head coach Sean Lineen insists his side will have to stamp their authority on Treviso this Sunday if they are to maintain their RaboDirect PRO12 play-off spot.

Fly-half Kris Burton racked up 18 points as Treviso claimed a fourth away RaboDirect PRO12 win of the season in a thrilling 33-32 victory over Newport Gwent Dragons.

Newport Gwent Dragons centre Ashley Smith believes Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 opponents Treviso are far from a one trick pony, insisting his side must be on their mettle to get back to winning ways.

Fly-half Dan Biggar pulled the strings for the Ospreys who continued their fine recent form with a 41-10 RaboDirect PRO12 bonus-point victory against Treviso.

Forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys believes Adam Jones' decision to stay with the Ospreys proves the ambition of the club, calling on his side to prove it against Treviso in the RaboDirect PRO12 on Saturday.

Centre Ian Whitten's last-minute try stunned Treviso and kept Ulster in the chase for a RaboDirect PRO12 play-off spot as the visitors came away with a 27-23 victory at the Stadio di Monigo.

Ulster boss Brian McLaughlin believes Johann Muller and Darren Cave have returned at just the right time ahead of the trip to Benetton Treviso as they look to close in on a top-four finish.