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Name
United Rugby Championship

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Poster

Established
2001 (23 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-09-05

Current Season
2024-2025

Sport
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Rugby

Location
Worldwide

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2018-2021]
Asia - Premier Sports [2020-present]
Germany - DAZN [2018-present]
Ireland - RTÉ Sport [2021-present]
Ireland - TG4 [2010-present]
Ireland - URC TV [2021-present]
Ireland - Premier Sports [2021-present]
Italy - Sky Sport [2023-present]
Latin America - Star+ [2022-present]
New Zealand - TVNZ [2023-present]
Northern Ireland - BBC [2021-present]
Rest of World - URC TV [2021–present]
South Africa - SuperSport [2017-present]
UK - Premier Sports [2018-present]
USA - FloSports [2022-present]
Wales - BBC [2021-present]
Wales - S4C [2001-present]

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Upcoming

20/09	Cardiff Rugb	-	Zebre	6:35pm
20/09	Edinburgh	-	Leinster	6:35pm
21/09	The Sharks	-	Lions Super	1:45pm
21/09	Dragons	-	Ospreys	2:00pm
21/09	Stormers	-	Bulls Super	4:15pm
21/09	Munster	-	Connacht	4:30pm
21/09	Benetton	-	Scarlets	6:35pm
21/09	Ulster	-	Glasgow	6:45pm
27/09	Leinster	-	Dragons	6:35pm
27/09	Glasgow	-	Benetton	6:35pm
Results
22/06	Bulls Super	16 - 21	Glasgow
15/06	Bulls Super	25 - 20	Leinster
15/06	Munster	10 - 17	Glasgow
08/06	Bulls Super	30 - 23	Benetton
08/06	Leinster	43 - 20	Ulster
08/06	Glasgow	27 - 10	Stormers
07/06	Munster	23 - 7	Ospreys
01/06	Benetton	31 - 6	Edinburgh
01/06	Stormers	29 - 24	Lions Super
01/06	Scarlets	32 - 15	Dragons

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The United Rugby Championship is an annual rugby union competition involving professional sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales. The league is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe (along with the English Premiership and the French Top 14), the most successful European teams from which go forward to compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup, the pan-European championship which replaced the Heineken Cup after the 2013–14 season.

Beginning with the creation of the Welsh–Scottish League in 1999, the league would become known as the Celtic League when it grew to include teams from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The league was sponsored by Irish cider makers Magners from the 2006–07 season until 2010–11. At the start of the 2010–11 season, the league expanded from 10 to 12 teams, adding two Italian teams. Following the end of Magners' sponsorship, the league was sponsored by RaboDirect from 2011–12 through to 2013–14. The Pro12 name was adopted in 2011 to reflect that the league now included teams from outside the Celtic nations. A further expansion to 14 teams took place from the 2017–18 season, with two South African teams joining the Championship. The current sponsorship deal with Guinness commenced at the beginning of the 2014–15 season.

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