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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

29 Nov	Glasgow	-	Scarlets	7:35pm
29 Nov	Ulster	-	Leinster	7:35pm
30 Nov	The Sharks	-	Stormers	3:00pm
30 Nov	Cardiff Rugb	-	Dragons	5:15pm
30 Nov	Connacht	-	Bulls Super	5:30pm
30 Nov	Zebre	-	Ospreys	7:35pm
30 Nov	Munster	-	Lions Super	7:35pm
30 Nov	Edinburgh	-	Benetton	7:35pm
20 Dec	Ulster	-	Munster	7:35pm
21 Dec	Stormers	-	Lions Super	1:45pm
Results
26 Oct	Ospreys	22 - 13	Edinburgh
26 Oct	Connacht	31 - 7	Dragons
26 Oct	Cardiff Rugb	21 - 19	Ulster
26 Oct	The Sharks	41 - 24	Munster
26 Oct	Leinster	24 - 6	Lions Super
26 Oct	Stormers	17 - 28	Glasgow
25 Oct	Benetton	15 - 17	Bulls Super
25 Oct	Scarlets	30 - 8	Zebre
19 Oct	Stormers	34 - 19	Munster
19 Oct	The Sharks	28 - 24	Glasgow

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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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