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United Rugby Championship

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Established
2001 (25 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-09-05

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
3

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
23 Oct 26	EdinburgEdinburgh	6:45pm	LionsLions
23 Oct 26	ConnachtConnacht	6:45pm	ZebreZebre
23 Oct 26	Cardiff Cardiff Rugby	6:45pm	The SharThe Sharks
24 Oct 26	BullsBulls	11:45am	UlsterUlster
24 Oct 26	BenettonBenetton	2:00pm	GlasgowGlasgow
24 Oct 26	StormersStormers	2:00pm	ScarletsScarlets
24 Oct 26	LeinsterLeinster	5:00pm	MunsterMunster
24 Oct 26	OspreysOspreys	6:45pm	DragonsDragons
30 Oct 26	ConnachtConnacht	7:45pm	LeinsterLeinster
30 Oct 26	GlasgowGlasgow	7:45pm	LionsLions
		Results
10 Oct 26	LeinsterLeinster	29 - 5	Cardiff RCardiff Rugby
10 Oct 26	UlsterUlster	26 - 26	MunsterMunster
10 Oct 26	ScarletsScarlets	27 - 26	BenettonBenetton
10 Oct 26	ZebreZebre	12 - 29	EdinburghEdinburgh
10 Oct 26	StormersStormers	39 - 22	The SharkThe Sharks
10 Oct 26	BullsBulls	57 - 15	LionsLions
09 Oct 26	DragonsDragons	31 - 38	OspreysOspreys
09 Oct 26	GlasgowGlasgow	36 - 19	ConnachtConnacht
03 Oct 26	MunsterMunster	26 - 22	BullsBulls
03 Oct 26	GlasgowGlasgow	33 - 33	UlsterUlster

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 (2025-2026)
Leinster (2024-2025)
Glasgow (2023-2024)
Munster (2022-2023)
Stormers (2021-2022)

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