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United Rugby Championship

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Established
2001 (25 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-09-05

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
125

Sport
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]

Logo

		Upcoming
06 Jun 26	GlasgowGlasgow	1:30pm	BullsBulls
06 Jun 26	LeinsterLeinster	4:30pm	StormersStormers
		Results
30 May 26	LeinsterLeinster	59 - 10	LionsLions
30 May 26	StormersStormers	44 - 21	Cardiff RCardiff Rugby
30 May 26	BullsBulls	45 - 14	MunsterMunster
29 May 26	GlasgowGlasgow	33 - 21	ConnachtConnacht
16 May 26	MunsterMunster	24 - 17	LionsLions
16 May 26	ScarletsScarlets	35 - 35	DragonsDragons
16 May 26	LeinsterLeinster	68 - 14	OspreysOspreys
16 May 26	BullsBulls	45 - 19	BenettonBenetton
16 May 26	The SharkThe Sharks	54 - 19	ZebreZebre
15 May 26	UlsterUlster	22 - 26	GlasgowGlasgow

Description

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.


Seasons

Teams

Benetton		Bulls		Cardiff Rugby
Connacht		Dragons		Edinburgh
Glasgow		Leinster		Lions
Munster		Ospreys		Scarlets
Stormers		The Sharks		Ulster
Zebre

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Last 5 winners
Leinster (2024-2025)
Glasgow (2023-2024)
Munster (2022-2023)
Stormers (2021-2022)
Leinster (2020-2021)

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