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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MP
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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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Cardiff pay price for poor discipline

By BEN JAYCOCK Benetton ……………………. 27pts Tries: Smith 20, Lamaro 56, Watson 68 Conversions: Umaga 21, 57; Albornoz 70 Penalties: Umaga 6, 12 Cardiff ……………………….. […]

Scarlets lock Jake Ball

Regions agree six year deal

A new six-year deal between the Welsh Rugby Union and the nation’s four professional teams has been signed. The deal involving the governing body, Cardiff, […]

Stewart hat-trick in Ulster fightback

By KEVIN FALLON Ulster …………..32 Bulls ……………..23 Ulster hooker Tom Stewart said this hard-earned win over the Bulls at Kingspan Stadium sets them up well […]

Sweet relief for Young as Cardiff cling on

By MATT LLOYD Zebre………………30pts Tries: Gesi 3, Krumov 29, Trulla 68, Kvesic 73 Conversions: Prisciantelli 3, 68 Penalties: Prisciantelli 39, 44 Cardiff ………….. 34pts Tries: […]

Lions find their feet in final 20

Benetton ………28 Lions……………..32 The Lions kept alive their play-off hopes with a comeback win in Treviso having trailed 28-13 going into the final quarter. Tries […]

Domingo Miotti

Glasgow too good for Munster

By DAVE MURPHY Munster ……….26 Glasgow ……….38 Domingo Miotti led Glasgow to a stunning victory over Munster at Thomond Park to strengthen their grip on […]

Connacht make it a high five

By JOHN FALLON Connacht ……..41 Edinburgh …….26 Hat-trick hero Caolin Blade said they knew they had to dig deep when Connacht went down temporarily to […]

Leo Cullen

Draw keeps Leinster at the top

By JOHN FALLON Leinster ………..22 Stormers ………22 Leinster’s 19-match winning run was brought to an end but the leaders secured top spot in the URC, […]

Nohamba boots life out of Bulls

Bulls …………….25 Lions …………….29 Sanele Nohamba scored 24 points as the Lions produced a shock derby win over the Bulls. The opening 20 minutes belonged […]

Stormers keep the Sharks at bay

Stormers ……..29 Sharks …………23 The Stormers completed a double over their South African opposition with a hard-fought win at Cape Town Stadium to strengthen their […]

Ospreys go close but can’t catch Benetton

By HAMISH STUART Ospreys ……………………….. 20pts Tries: Morgan 6, Parry 73, Morgan-Williams 80 Conversions: Walsh 74 Penalties: Myler 25 Benetton………………………..21pts Tries: Riera 22, Watson 51 […]

Another luckless night for Dragons

By ROGER PANTING Dragons………….20pts Tries: Wainwright 11, Rosser 42 Conversions: Reed 11, 42 Penalties: Reed 24, 47 Connacht ……….22pts Tries: Prendergast 20, Butler 51, Heffernan […]

Leinster make it 19 unbeaten

By BRYN PALMER Edinburgh …….27 Leinster ………. 47 Leinster extended their remarkable unbeaten run this season to 19 matches with a seven-try victory over Edinburgh. […]

Brave fightback falls short

By JOHN FALLON Munster ……… 49 Scarlets ……… 42 DWAYNE Peel threw down the gauntlet to his Scarlets when they trailed 35-7 at the break […]

Hat-trick for hooker Matthews

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ……….50 Zebre ……………… 8 Johnny Matthews scored a first-half hat-trick as Glasgow maintained their push for a home URC quarter-final with […]

Muldoon in demand

Connacht have launched a bid to take Bristol forwards coach John Muldoon back to Galway, where he made over 300 appearances as a player under […]

Ulstermen show heart in Durban

By DAN GILMORE Sharks ………… 24 Ulster …………… 31 Ulster proved their character with a superb bonus-point win in Durban in this rearranged fixture from […]

Sharks fly-half Curwin Bosch

Bosch guides the way for Sharks

By BEN JAYCOCK Lions ……………… 7 Sharks …………29 Curwin Bosch inspired the Sharks to a crucial bonus-point victory over the struggling Lions at Ellis Park […]

Libbok drops in to seal Stormers win

By SAM JACKSON Bulls …………….19 Stormers ……..23  The Stormers secured a narrow victory at a packed Lotus Versfield to do the double over their South […]

Cardiff ride luck to stay in the race

By ROGER PANTING Cardiff …………….. 30pts Tries: Lane 2, 6; Ratti 49, Thomas 80 Conversions: Thomas 49, 80 Penalties: Thomas 13, 28 Benetton …………. 13pts […]

Leo Cullen

Ruddock leads way for Leinster

By TOM SHEEDY Leinster ………. 43 Dragons ………..14 Leo Cullen praised his men as their second string side maintained their perfect season with a 14th […]

Warriors move into top four

By BRYN PALMER Glasgow ……….17 Ulster …………… 11 Scotland lock Scott Cummings impressed on his return after a three-month lay-off with a broken toe as […]

Connacht head coach Andy Friend

Late try flurry saves Connacht

By JOHN FALLON Zebre …………… 34 Connacht ……..57 Hooker Dylan Tierney-Martin became the fourth Connacht player in a row to score a hat-trick but they […]

Ospreys suffer nine-try mauling

By JOHN FALLON Munster ……….58 Ospreys………….. 3 Ospreys head coach Toby Booth is hopeful that their heaviest defeat ever in the league is an isolated […]

Champion Stormers earn away-day bonus

By BEN JAYCOCK Sharks …………… 19pts Tries: Grobler 38, 69: Jooste 62 Conversions: Bosch 39, 63 Stormers………. 46pts Tries: Jantjies 1, Van Heerden 17, Dweba […]

Smith leads depleted Ospreys

Preview Zebre v Ospreys Today. 3pm PROP Nicky Smith leads a much-changed Ospreys side to face the URC basement boys Zebre. The 28-year-old, who was […]

Ulster are back – O’Connor

By JOHN FALLON Ulster …………..35 Stormers ………. 5 Skipper Alan O’Connor says his Ulster side are back in business after trouncing the champions in Belfast. […]

Double for Brown as Warriors charge on

By PAUL ROSS Dragons ……………28pts Tries: R Williams 15, Tomkinson 18, Basham 56, Coleman 80 Conversions: Hanrahan 16, 19, 57, 80 Glasgow…………. 42pts Tries: Forbes […]