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United Rugby Championship Round 2 Previews

If Round 1 is anything to go by, United Rugby Championship fans are in for a real treat this season. With teams welcoming fans back into the stadiums, more than 400 points were accumulated across the eight...

Friday's United Rugby Championship Line Ups

The teams for Friday night's Round 2 fixtures of the United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below.     TEAM NEWS HEADLINES #CONvBUL Papali’i...

URC Wrap-up: Round 1

Lions vs Zebre:  The Emirates Lions got their Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaign off to a perfect start with a superb 38-26 victory over Zebre in Parma on Friday evening, despite a strong...

SA teams' rude awakening in Europe

The four South African sides in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship were given a baptism of fire on the opening weekend of the new competition, with only the Emirates Lions getting a victory in the Northern...

How The URC Shields & Champions Cup Qualification Works

The regional pools that form part of the United Rugby Championship format will be known as ‘Shields’ and the winners of each will presented with a shield trophy at the end of the season.   The...

QUINLAN: Previewing the United Rugby Championship | O'Gara in France | Ireland vs Scotland

2021/22 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup fixtures announced

European Professional have annonced the fixtures for the 2021/22 Champions Cup and Challenge Cup.     Toulouse, who secured an historic double of Heineken Champions Cup and TOP 14 successes...

Premiership Rugby Ins And Outs

BATH RUGBY Ins: Will Butt (academy), Arthur Cordwell (academy), Johannes Jonker (Ealing Trailfinders), D’Arcy Rae (Glasgow Warriors), Kieran Verden (academy), Jaco Coetzee (The Stormers), Danny...

Joe Schmidt to step down from World Rugby role

World Rugby can confirm that Joe Schmidt has decided to leave the organisation at the end of the year to spend more time at home in New Zealand with his family.       The former Ireland...

Lions omission still haunts Sexton

Legendary Irish flyhalf Johnny Sexton has confessed that being overlooked for the 2021 Lions tour will stay with him forever.    Sexton, who turned 36 in July, is back training with Leinster...