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

18 Apr	Edinburgh	-	The Sharks	6:35pm
19 Apr	Lions Super	-	Benetton	11:45am
19 Apr	Stormers	-	Connacht	2:00pm
19 Apr	Ospreys	-	Cardiff Rugb	2:00pm
19 Apr	Munster	-	Bulls Super	4:15pm
19 Apr	Dragons	-	Scarlets	4:30pm
19 Apr	Leinster	-	Ulster	6:35pm
19 Apr	Zebre	-	Glasgow	6:35pm
25 Apr	Cardiff Rugb	-	Munster	6:35pm
25 Apr	Glasgow	-	Bulls Super	6:35pm
Results
29 Mar	Glasgow	42 - 0	Lions Super
29 Mar	Scarlets	38 - 22	Ospreys
29 Mar	Connacht	24 - 30	Munster
29 Mar	Benetton	20 - 19	Cardiff Rugb
29 Mar	The Sharks	7 - 10	Leinster
29 Mar	Bulls Super	63 - 24	Zebre
28 Mar	Edinburgh	38 - 5	Dragons
28 Mar	Ulster	38 - 34	Stormers
22 Mar	The Sharks	35 - 34	Zebre
22 Mar	Bulls Super	21 - 20	Leinster

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.

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