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

28 Mar	Edinburgh	-	Dragons	7:35pm
28 Mar	Ulster	-	Stormers	7:35pm
29 Mar	Connacht	-	Munster	2:30pm
29 Mar	Bulls Super	-	Zebre	12:45pm
29 Mar	Scarlets	-	Ospreys	3:00pm
29 Mar	The Sharks	-	Leinster	5:15pm
29 Mar	Benetton	-	Cardiff Rugb	7:35pm
29 Mar	Glasgow	-	Lions Super	7:35pm
18 Apr	Edinburgh	-	The Sharks	6:35pm
19 Apr	Lions Super	-	Benetton	11:45am
Results
22 Mar	Dragons	30 - 34	Ulster
22 Mar	The Sharks	35 - 34	Zebre
22 Mar	Bulls Super	21 - 20	Leinster
22 Mar	Ospreys	43 - 40	Connacht
22 Mar	Benetton	21 - 18	Edinburgh
22 Mar	Scarlets	17 - 29	Stormers
21 Mar	Cardiff Rugb	20 - 17	Lions Super
21 Mar	Glasgow	28 - 25	Munster
08 Mar	The Sharks	25 - 22	Lions Super
01 Mar	Bulls Super	16 - 19	Stormers

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.

Seasons