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United Rugby Championship

The United Rugby Championship (URC) is an annual rugby union competition involving professional teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa and Wales. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in South Africa, and the BKT United Rugby Championship in the competition's other territories, the split branding…

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Formerly known as
Pro14 Pro12 Celtic League
Holders
Leinster (10th title) (2025–26)
Instituted
2001; 25 years ago (2001)
Most titles
Leinster (10 titles)
Nations
Ireland (4 teams) Italy (2 teams) Scotland (2 teams) South Africa (4 teams) Wales (4 teams)
Number of teams
16

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United Rugby Championship

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Triples92
Avg. degree1.99
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United Rugby Championship

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related to List of final venues · 22
United Rugby Championship → As, Aviva, Aviva Stadium/Lansdowne Road, Between, Cape Town Stadium, Celtic, Celtic Park, From, However, In, Ireland, Lansdowne, Leinster Rugby, Old Firm, Pro12, RDS Arena, Scotland, South Africa, Stormers, Two
related to Teams · 22
United Rugby Championship → Aironi, Benetton, Border Reivers, Both, Celtic Warriors, Cheetahs, European Rugby Challenge Cup, Ireland, Italian, Italy, Kings, Praetorians Roma, Scotland, Scottish, South Africa, Southern Kings, The, Treviso, URC, Wales
related to Current format · 19
United Rugby Championship → All, As, Bonus, Championship, For Italy, Irish, It, Italian Shield, May, Scotland, Scottish, September, South African, South African Shield, Teams, The Irish Shield, This, Welsh, Welsh Shield
related to By season and team : URC era · 8
United Rugby Championship → Bulls, Dragons, Glasgow Warriors, In, Leinster, Munster, Stormers, Zebre Parma
related to Career · 6
United Rugby Championship → Bold, Celtic Cup, February, Rainbow Cup, Statistics, United Rugby Championship Updated
Formerly known as · 1
United Rugby Championship → Pro14 Pro12 Celtic League
Holders · 1
United Rugby Championship → Leinster (10th title) (2025–26)
Instituted · 1
United Rugby Championship → 2001; 25 years ago (2001)
Most titles · 1
United Rugby Championship → Leinster (10 titles)
Nations · 1
United Rugby Championship → Ireland (4 teams) Italy (2 teams) Scotland (2 teams) South Africa (4 teams) Wales (4 teams)

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season teams league rugby leinster final cup south celtic competition two team welsh munster four african championship irish top european

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United Rugby ChampionshipFormerly known asPro14 Pro12 Celtic League1.00infobox
United Rugby ChampionshipHoldersLeinster (10th title) (2025–26)1.00infobox
United Rugby ChampionshipInstituted2001; 25 years ago (2001)1.00infobox
United Rugby ChampionshipMost titlesLeinster (10 titles)1.00infobox
United Rugby ChampionshipNationsIreland (4 teams) Italy (2 teams) Scotland (2 teams) South Africa (4 teams) Wales (4 teams)1.00infobox
United Rugby ChampionshipNumber of teams161.00infobox
United Rugby ChampionshipSportRugby union1.00infobox
United Rugby ChampionshipWebsiteunitedrugby.com1.00infobox
Super Rugbyinstance ofin line with other rugby club competitions0.80text
Top 14instance ofin line with other rugby club competitions0.80text
and the English Premiershipinstance ofin line with other rugby club competitions0.80text
the Rugby World Cupinstance ofclear of massive distractions0.80text

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