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Tight Contests Across URC Impress Title-Winning Coach

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

It’s been a tale of tight affairs and close contests in the BKT URC so far this season. In the first four rounds, there have been no fewer than 18 matches where the margin between the sides was...

URC Round 4 Stats

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

After an exciting weekend of the United Rugby Championship, URC StatMaster has identified the top players from R4 along with the overall top team and player performances from the league so far.   Top...

United Rugby Championship Match Officials and Broadcasters for Round 5

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The match officials appointments of the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 5 fixtures have been confirmed and are available alongside TV listings below.   FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17   Edinburgh...

Connacht travelling squad to South Africa named

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Connacht management team have named a 29-man travelling squad to South Africa for the BKT United Rugby Championship fixtures against the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Vodacom Bulls. This evening the squad...

United Rugby Championship Round 4 Wrap-Up

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Tears of joy amid double delight   What a weekend for Italian rugby!First, Zebre Parma ended their 22-match losing run in the BKT URC with a 12-10 win over the Hollywoodbets Sharks on a night of...

Tough weekend for SA URC sides in Italy as Stormers go down to Benetton

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Stormers’ failure to capitalise on their opportunities led to their second defeat in the early stages of the United Rugby Championship (URC) season. The 2022 champions of the URC went down 20-17...

Round 4 United Rugby Championship Previews

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Ahead of Round 4 of the BKT United Rugby Championship journalist Simon Thomas provides his Previews. Zebre Parma v Hollywoodbets Sharks 17.30 UK & IRE / 18:30 ITA / 19:30 SA, Friday While both teams...

Italian beauty hiding deadly URC beasts

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Treviso and Parma are popular tourist destinations but Benetton and Zebre Parma have turned the breath-taking landscapes of northern Italy into a treacherous hunting ground for travelling teams in the...

URC Match Day Programme: Ulster vs Munster

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

In a fixture that never lacks in physicality or intensity, Munster versus Ulster is a rivalry that dates back to the foundation of the game in Ireland in 1879. Games between the two have occurred on an...