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The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in South Africa, and the BKT United Rugby Championship in the competition's other territories, the split branding mirroring the format previously adopted ...
No URC side won a place with victory in the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup, Leinster losing in the final to Toulouse. The following teams therefore confirmed their qualification for the European Rugby Champions Cup for the 2024–25 season by placement in the URC regular season: Ireland. Munster, 1st in the regular season table ...
Munster had an up-and-down season, at one point being fourteenth in the table after losing five of their seven opening rounds of the season, but a strong finish to the season, including an away win against the Stormers and an away draw against the Sharks, saw Munster qualify for the knockout stage of the competition and finish fifth overall.
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The season consists of 21 rounds: 18 rounds of regular season play, followed by three rounds of play-offs. There are four regional pools: The Irish Shield pool (featuring the four Irish teams), the Italian x Scottish Shield pool (featuring the two Italian and two Scottish sides), the South African Shield pool (featuring the four South African teams) and the Welsh Shield pool (featuring the ...
Glasgow fly-half Duncan Weir and operations manager John Manson join Andy Burke on the BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast to relive Warriors' journey to URC glory in the 2023-24 season.
The 2024 United Rugby Championship final was the final match of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship (URC) season. It was contested by the Bulls from South Africa and Scotland's Glasgow Warriors. [3] Glasgow won the match 21–16, coming back from 13–0 down just before half-time to claim their second URC title.