2025–26 United Rugby Championship

Uncommon card · No. 198107

The 2025–26 United Rugby Championship was the 25th season of the professional rugby union competition currently known as the United Rugby Championship, the highest level domestic club rugby competition in South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy. This season was also the fifth season under that name, and the fifth with the current collection of teams. It began on 26 September 2025 and will end on 20 June 2026. Leinster entered the competition as the reigning champions, and holders of the URC Irish Shield and kicked off the competition with the first match away to Stormers. Glasgow Warriors, Sharks and Cardiff were defending the Scottish-Italian, South African and Welsh Shields respectively. In a repeat of the 2025 Grand Final, Leinster beat Bulls 36–7 at Croke Park in the 2026 United Rugby Championship Grand Final to become the first two-time winner in the URC era, and a record ten-time winner of the competition in all its formats.

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