2025–26 United Rugby Championship
| 2025–26 United Rugby Championship | |
|---|---|
| Countries | Ireland Italy Scotland South Africa Wales |
| Date | 26 September 2025 – 14 June 2026 |
| Matches played | 93 |
| Attendance | 1,048,078 (average 11,270 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 53,682 (Stormers v Bulls, Round 9) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,711 (Lions v Scarlets, Round 4) |
| Tries scored | 564 (average 6.1 per match) |
| Top point scorer | 78 : Jurie Matthee (Stormers) |
| Top try scorer | 7: Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors) |
| Official website | |
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The 2025–26 United Rugby Championship is the ongoing 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 is 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 in 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 are defending the Scottish-Italian, South African and Welsh Shields respectively.