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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

22 Dec	Glasgow	-	Edinburgh	3:00pm
26 Dec	Dragons	-	Cardiff Rugb	5:15pm
27 Dec	Munster	-	Leinster	7:35pm
28 Dec	Stormers	-	The Sharks	3:00pm
28 Dec	Connacht	-	Ulster	7:35pm
28 Dec	Edinburgh	-	Glasgow	3:00pm
28 Dec	Zebre	-	Benetton	3:00pm
01 Jan	Scarlets	-	Dragons	5:15pm
01 Jan	Cardiff Rugb	-	Ospreys	3:00pm
24 Jan	Glasgow	-	Connacht	7:35pm
Results
21 Dec	Benetton	11 - 10	Zebre
21 Dec	The Sharks	20 - 17	Bulls Super
21 Dec	Stormers	29 - 10	Lions Super
21 Dec	Ospreys	23 - 22	Scarlets
21 Dec	Leinster	20 - 12	Connacht
20 Dec	Ulster	19 - 22	Munster
30 Nov	Zebre	22 - 17	Ospreys
30 Nov	Munster	17 - 10	Lions Super
30 Nov	Connacht	14 - 28	Bulls Super
30 Nov	Cardiff Rugb	31 - 23	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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