United Rugby Championship

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s United Rugby Championship news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

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Rank
MP
W
D
L
PF
PA
P
1
12
12
0
0
255
188
56
2
11
8
1
2
255
225
45
3
12
8
0
4
255
255
39
4
11
7
0
4
255
255
38
5
11
7
0
4
255
255
34
7
12
6
0
6
249
198
32
7
9
4
1
4
193
205
23
8
12
5
0
7
255
255
30
9
12
6
0
6
255
255
29
10
10
6
0
4
255
255
29
11
12
5
0
7
228
255
25
12
11
5
0
6
241
255
24
13
12
3
2
7
255
255
24
14
12
3
1
8
255
255
17
15
12
3
0
9
255
255
17
16
12
0
0
12
200
255
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Leinster academy boys step up

By TOM SHEEDY Leinster ………..38 Cardiff …………. 14 Max Deegan praised the attitude of an understrength side as they blew Cardiff away to make it […]

Edinburgh push Sharks all way

By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh ……. 19 Sharks…………..22 Edinburgh came up short in a pulsating contest as their hopes of a top-four finish took a major […]

Connacht cut through Lions

Connacht ……. 43 Lions …………… 24 By JOHN FALLON Hat-trick hero Caolin Blade said this was the perfect way to finish this block of games […]

Drama as Williams steals it at the last

By ROGER PANTING Leicester …………………….. 26pts Tries: van Poortvliet 15, Simmons 48 Conversions: Pollard 15, 48 Penalties: Pollard 3, 19, 67, 69 Ospreys ……………………….. 27pts […]

All over for Sale as Ulster prove worth

By BEN JAYCOCK Ulster …………………………… 22pts Tries: Lyttle 19, Herring 64, Vermeulen 76 Conversions: Cooney 65, 78 Penalties: Doak 38 Sale ………………………………. 11pts Tries: B […]

Classy Leinster put Gloucester to sword

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ……………………14pts Tries: Penalty 25, 64 Leinster……………………….. 49pts Tries: Larmour 4, Ala’alatoa 11, Osborne 27, Doris 40, Keenan 46, van der Flier […]

Rhyno makes Ulster suffer

By KEVIN FALLON Benetton …….. 31 Ulster ……………29 Ulster’s mid-season crisis deepened when they fell to a fifth defeat in six games in the URC […]

Misery for Cardiff as Scarlets triumph

By ROGER PANTING Cardiff ……………..22pts Tries: Faletau 35, Carre 48, Adams 63 Conversions: Evans 35, 48 Penalties: Evans 2 Scarlets …………..28pts Tries: Blacker 3, McNicholl […]

Dai Young

Young fears Wales exodus

Some of Wales’ brightest stars are being allowed to fall through the cracks, while the WRU has leant heavily on player loyalty as its financial […]

Weir keeps his cool to guide Glasgow home

By HAMISH STUART Bath………………….. 19pts Tries: White 22, Lee-Warner 28, Gallagher 61 Conversions: Francis 29, 62 Glasgow……………22pts Tries: Bean 3, Turner 15, Jones 38 Conversions: […]

Warriors end long wait for away win

By BRYN PALMER Zebre ……………. 17 Glasgow………. 45 Glasgow ended a run of 10 consecutive away URC defeats with victory over winless Zebre. After a […]

Porter leads Leinster revival

By KEVIN FALLON Leinster ………..38 Ulster…………….29 Andrew Porter produced a superb display off the bench as Leinster came from 19 points adrift to score a […]

Hard work paying off for Connacht

By JOHN FALLON Connacht ……..38 Benetton………. 19 Connacht’s superb No.8 Paul Boyle was delighted that they finally made chances count as they chalked up a […]

Quickfire 21 puts Munster in control

By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh…….. 17 Munster………..38 Munster’s five-try win, featuring 21 unanswered points from 17-7 down just before half-time, provided more evidence of a corner […]

Smith gives a lesson in class

By BEN JAYCOCK Benetton …….. 24 Edinburgh…….. 17 Edinburgh crashed to defeat despite the Italians playing with 14 men for 70 minutes after Matteo Minozzi […]

No stopping Leinster but Smith sees hope

By TOM SHEEDY Leinster…………..40pts Glasgow…………… 5pts Glasgow Warriors head coach Franco Smith believes his players are improving despite another difficult defeat on the road, this […]

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland

Stewart keeps Ulster going

By RONAN O’NEILL Ulster ……………36 Zebre…………….. 15 Ulster head coach Dan McFarland says a big improvement is needed if they are to topple Leinster next […]

Graham Rowntree

Munster end run of derby defeats

By DARAGH SMALL Munster ……… 34 Connacht……… 17 Another encouraging URC win continued Munster’s turnaround in fortunes. Connacht left Thomond Park with a losing bonus […]

Wainwright and Screech cause stir

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Sam Wainwright and Matthew Screech have caused a massive stir with their respective moves to the Scarlets and Dragons. […]

Kvesic signs for Zebre

Matt Kvesic has signed for Italian side Zebre until the end of the season following the cancellation of his contract with Worcester Warriors. The 30-year-old […]

Connacht have the drop on Ospreys

By ROGER PANTING Ospreys…………. 19pts Tries: Sutton 3, Morgan-Williams 8, Parry 68 Conversions: Walsh 3, 68 Connacht……….22pts Tries: Wootton 34, Blade 38, Porch 42 Conversions: […]

Domingo Miotti

Six-try Warriors get revenge

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ………….. 37 Tries: Vailanu 10, 57; Cancelliere 36, McDowall 39, F Brown 48, McLean 72 Conversions: Miotti 37, 40 Penalties: Miotti […]

Cardiff act on pub rumpus

Cardiff have issued sanctions against a “small number” of players following an investigation into a disturbance at a pub on October 1. Cardiff insist “much […]

Priestland cuts down champions

By ROGER PANTING Cardiff…………….. 30pts Tries: Cabango 16, Harries 43 Conversions: Priestland 43 Penalties: Priestland 9, 15, 33, 52, 69, 80 Stormers………… 24pts Tries: Xaba […]

Johnny Sexton

Sexton: There’s more to come

By JOHN FALLON Leinster …………… 27 Tries: Penny 27, Sheehan 49, McGrath 62, Russell 77. Conversions: Sexton 28, 50 Munster…………… 13 Tries: L Coombes 45 […]

Foolhardy Fifita’s red hands it to Cardiff

By ROGER PANTING Scarlets…………..10pts Tries: McNicholl 71 Conversions: Halfpenny 71 Penalties: Halfpenny 22 Cardiff …………….16pts Tries: T Williams 25 Conversions: Evans 25 Penalties: Evans 6, […]