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Name
United Rugby Championship

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Poster

Established
2001 (24 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

24 Jan	Glasgow	-	Connacht	7:35pm
24 Jan	Ospreys	-	Benetton	7:35pm
25 Jan	Lions Super	-	Bulls Super	12:45pm
25 Jan	Scarlets	-	Edinburgh	3:00pm
25 Jan	Leinster	-	Stormers	5:00pm
25 Jan	Cardiff Rugb	-	The Sharks	5:15pm
25 Jan	Dragons	-	Munster	7:35pm
26 Jan	Ulster	-	Zebre	5:30pm
08 Feb	Stormers	-	Bulls Super	12:00pm
14 Feb	Ospreys	-	Leinster	7:35pm
Results
01 Jan	Cardiff Rugb	13 - 13	Ospreys
01 Jan	Scarlets	32 - 15	Dragons
28 Dec	Zebre	12 - 24	Benetton
28 Dec	Stormers	24 - 20	The Sharks
28 Dec	Connacht	7 - 17	Ulster
28 Dec	Edinburgh	10 - 7	Glasgow
27 Dec	Munster	7 - 28	Leinster
26 Dec	Dragons	22 - 24	Cardiff Rugb
22 Dec	Glasgow	33 - 14	Edinburgh
21 Dec	Benetton	11 - 10	Zebre

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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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