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2026-2027

Season Description
The 2026–27 United Rugby Championship is the upcoming 26th season of the professional rugby union competition currently known as the United Rugby Championship, the highest level domestic club rugby competition in South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy. This season will also be the sixth season under that name, and the sixth with the current collection of teams. It begins on 19 September 2026 and will end on 19 June 2027.

Leinster, Glasgow Warriors, Lions and Ospreys are defending the Irish, Scottish-Italian, South African and Welsh Shields respectively.

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25 Sep 26	r01	Benetton Benetton	-	Dragons Dragons
25 Sep 26	r01	Connacht Connacht	-	Stormers Stormers
25 Sep 26	r01	Ulster Ulster	-	Edinburgh Edinburgh
26 Sep 26	r01	Lions Lions	-	Leinster Leinster
26 Sep 26	r01	The Sharks The Sharks	-	Ospreys Ospreys
26 Sep 26	r01	Munster Munster	-	Glasgow Glasgow
26 Sep 26	r01	Zebre Zebre	-	Bulls Bulls
26 Sep 26	r01	Scarlets Scarlets	-	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby

02 Oct 26	r02	Benetton Benetton	-	Connacht Connacht
02 Oct 26	r02	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby	-	Zebre Zebre
02 Oct 26	r02	Edinburgh Edinburgh	-	Stormers Stormers
03 Oct 26	r02	Lions Lions	-	Ospreys Ospreys
03 Oct 26	r02	Dragons Dragons	-	Scarlets Scarlets
03 Oct 26	r02	The Sharks The Sharks	-	Leinster Leinster
03 Oct 26	r02	Glasgow Glasgow	-	Ulster Ulster
03 Oct 26	r02	Munster Munster	-	Bulls Bulls

09 Oct 26	r03	Glasgow Glasgow	-	Connacht Connacht
09 Oct 26	r03	Dragons Dragons	-	Ospreys Ospreys
10 Oct 26	r03	Bulls Bulls	-	Lions Lions
10 Oct 26	r03	Stormers Stormers	-	The Sharks The Sharks
10 Oct 26	r03	Zebre Zebre	-	Edinburgh Edinburgh
10 Oct 26	r03	Scarlets Scarlets	-	Benetton Benetton
10 Oct 26	r03	Ulster Ulster	-	Munster Munster
10 Oct 26	r03	Leinster Leinster	-	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby

23 Oct 26	r04	Edinburgh Edinburgh	-	Lions Lions
23 Oct 26	r04	Connacht Connacht	-	Zebre Zebre
23 Oct 26	r04	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby	-	The Sharks The Sharks
24 Oct 26	r04	Bulls Bulls	-	Ulster Ulster
24 Oct 26	r04	Benetton Benetton	-	Glasgow Glasgow
24 Oct 26	r04	Stormers Stormers	-	Scarlets Scarlets
24 Oct 26	r04	Leinster Leinster	-	Munster Munster
24 Oct 26	r04	Ospreys Ospreys	-	Dragons Dragons

30 Oct 26	r05	Connacht Connacht	-	Leinster Leinster
30 Oct 26	r05	Glasgow Glasgow	-	Lions Lions
31 Oct 26	r05	Stormers Stormers	-	Ulster Ulster
31 Oct 26	r05	Bulls Bulls	-	Scarlets Scarlets
31 Oct 26	r05	Benetton Benetton	-	Edinburgh Edinburgh
31 Oct 26	r05	Dragons Dragons	-	Zebre Zebre
31 Oct 26	r05	Munster Munster	-	The Sharks The Sharks
31 Oct 26	r05	Ospreys Ospreys	-	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby

04 Dec 26	r06	Edinburgh Edinburgh	-	Dragons Dragons
04 Dec 26	r06	Ospreys Ospreys	-	Leinster Leinster
05 Dec 26	r06	Lions Lions	-	Bulls Bulls
05 Dec 26	r06	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby	-	Ulster Ulster
05 Dec 26	r06	The Sharks The Sharks	-	Stormers Stormers
05 Dec 26	r06	Scarlets Scarlets	-	Connacht Connacht
05 Dec 26	r06	Glasgow Glasgow	-	Benetton Benetton
05 Dec 26	r06	Zebre Zebre	-	Munster Munster

18 Dec 26	r07	Munster Munster	-	Scarlets Scarlets
18 Dec 26	r07	Ulster Ulster	-	Ospreys Ospreys
19 Dec 26	r07	Zebre Zebre	-	Benetton Benetton
19 Dec 26	r07	Stormers Stormers	-	Lions Lions
19 Dec 26	r07	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby	-	Dragons Dragons
19 Dec 26	r07	The Sharks The Sharks	-	Bulls Bulls
19 Dec 26	r07	Leinster Leinster	-	Glasgow Glasgow
19 Dec 26	r07	Connacht Connacht	-	Edinburgh Edinburgh

26 Dec 26	r08	Dragons Dragons	-	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby
26 Dec 26	r08	Ospreys Ospreys	-	Scarlets Scarlets
27 Dec 26	r08	Benetton Benetton	-	Zebre Zebre
27 Dec 26	r08	Edinburgh Edinburgh	-	Glasgow Glasgow
27 Dec 26	r08	Ulster Ulster	-	Connacht Connacht
27 Dec 26	r08	Munster Munster	-	Leinster Leinster

02 Jan 27	r09	Zebre Zebre	-	Glasgow Glasgow
02 Jan 27	r09	The Sharks The Sharks	-	Lions Lions
02 Jan 27	r09	Scarlets Scarlets	-	Dragons Dragons
02 Jan 27	r09	Connacht Connacht	-	Munster Munster
02 Jan 27	r09	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby	-	Ospreys Ospreys
02 Jan 27	r09	Edinburgh Edinburgh	-	Benetton Benetton
02 Jan 27	r09	Leinster Leinster	-	Ulster Ulster
03 Jan 27	r09	Stormers Stormers	-	Bulls Bulls

22 Jan 27	r10	Glasgow Glasgow	-	Scarlets Scarlets
22 Jan 27	r10	Ulster Ulster	-	The Sharks The Sharks
23 Jan 27	r10	Lions Lions	-	Zebre Zebre
23 Jan 27	r10	Ospreys Ospreys	-	Edinburgh Edinburgh
23 Jan 27	r10	Stormers Stormers	-	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby
23 Jan 27	r10	Benetton Benetton	-	Bulls Bulls
23 Jan 27	r10	Leinster Leinster	-	Dragons Dragons
23 Jan 27	r10	Munster Munster	-	Connacht Connacht

29 Jan 27	r11	Dragons Dragons	-	Munster Munster
29 Jan 27	r11	Glasgow Glasgow	-	Ospreys Ospreys
30 Jan 27	r11	Lions Lions	-	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby
30 Jan 27	r11	Scarlets Scarlets	-	Edinburgh Edinburgh
30 Jan 27	r11	Stormers Stormers	-	Zebre Zebre
30 Jan 27	r11	Leinster Leinster	-	Bulls Bulls
30 Jan 27	r11	Benetton Benetton	-	The Sharks The Sharks
30 Jan 27	r11	Connacht Connacht	-	Ulster Ulster

20 Feb 27	r08	Lions Lions	-	The Sharks The Sharks
21 Feb 27	r08	Bulls Bulls	-	Stormers Stormers

26 Feb 27	r12	Dragons Dragons	-	Ulster Ulster
26 Feb 27	r12	Munster Munster	-	Benetton Benetton
27 Feb 27	r12	Lions Lions	-	Stormers Stormers
27 Feb 27	r12	Bulls Bulls	-	The Sharks The Sharks
27 Feb 27	r12	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby	-	Glasgow Glasgow
27 Feb 27	r12	Ospreys Ospreys	-	Connacht Connacht
27 Feb 27	r12	Zebre Zebre	-	Scarlets Scarlets
27 Feb 27	r12	Edinburgh Edinburgh	-	Leinster Leinster

19 Mar 27	r13	The Sharks The Sharks	-	Edinburgh Edinburgh
19 Mar 27	r13	Connacht Connacht	-	Cardiff Rugby Cardiff Rugby
19 Mar 27	r13	Glasgow Glasgow	-	Stormers Stormers
20 Mar 27	r13	Bulls Bulls	-	Dragons Dragons

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