Watch the finest teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales collide in the United Rugby Championship.
The United Rugby Championship is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe (alongside the Premiership and the Top 14 in France). In 2021, the competition replaced the PRO14, when sides from South Africa joined the tournament.
Read on to discover even more about the United Rugby Championship. On this page, you’ll also find the latest United Rugby Championship fixtures and results.
Former Scarlets prop Phil John has been revealed as the club's new Academy skills coach, a role normally reserved for former backs.
Glasgow co-captain Fraser Brown is relishing the fresh dimension the four new South African teams will bring to the revamped United Rugby Championship.
The formation of the United Rugby Championship can be traced back to 2001, when the Celtic League started to include teams from Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
However, the format of the competition has changed several times over the years. In 2010, the league expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams, when two Italian sides joined the competition. At this point, the league officially became known as the PRO12. In 2017, a further expansion took place and two South African teams joined. At this point, it became known as the PRO14.
In 2021, the competition expanded to its current format. It now includes 16 teams, including the four South African franchises that used to compete in Super Rugby. For the first time, it also became known as the United Rugby Championship.
| Round 0 | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP T | BP -7 | BP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-  Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Zebre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Benetton Treviso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Glasgow Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Munster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Leinster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Connacht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Ulster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Stormers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Ospreys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Scarlets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Gwent Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Cardiff Blues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round 0 |
|---|
| - Edinburgh |
| - Zebre |
| - Benetton Treviso |
| - Glasgow Warriors |
| - Munster |
| - Leinster |
| - Connacht |
| - Ulster |
| - Stormers |
| - Bulls |
| - Sharks |
| - Lions |
| - Ospreys |
| - Scarlets |
| - Gwent Dragons |
| - Cardiff Blues |
From 2021, the format of the United Rugby Championship will involve 18 rounds of competition and four regional pools. These will be the Irish pool (featuring the four Irish teams), the Welsh pool (featuring the four Welsh teams), the South African pool (featuring the four South African teams) and the Italian and Scottish pool (featuring the two Italian and two Scottish sides).
Each side will play the other teams in their own pool home and away. They will also play an even number of home and away games against sides from the other pools.
One combined league table will be used for scoring purposes. At the end of the pool stage, the top eight sides in the table will qualify for the quarter finals, followed by semi-finals and a grand final. The winner of this game will be crowned as the champion of the United Rugby Championship.
The top side in each pool will also qualify automatically for the Heineken Champions Cup and a further four places will then go to the highest ranked teams in the main table (who haven't already qualified). Sides who fail to qualify for the Heineken Champions Cup will automatically qualify for the European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Edinburgh 
Zebre 
Benetton 
Glasgow 
Munster 
Leinster 
Connacht 
Ulster 
Stormers 
Bulls 
Sharks 
Lions 
Ospreys 
Scarlets 
Gwent Dragons 
Cardiff Blues 