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MHR vs Racing 92
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Ospreys vs Scarlets
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URC Lineups In Round 1 For Leinster Rugby Vs. Edinburgh And All Six Matches

URC Lineups In Round 1 For Leinster Rugby Vs. Edinburgh And All Six Matches

Here the lineups for all the United Rugby Championship matches in Round 1 of the 2024-2025 opening week.

Sep 20, 2024 by Joe Harrington
Glasgow's Duncan Weir Try vs Vodacom Bulls

Round 1 of the United Rugby Championship begins in Scotland and Wales on Sept. 20 with two matches on Day 1. 

Leinster Rugby travels to Scotland to face Edinburgh Rugby, while Zebre Parma heads to Wales to face Cardiff Rugby, with both matches starting at 2:35 p.m. ET. 

The remaining four matches in the first round are on Saturday. 

The South Africa Shield is not playing in Round 1 due to the Currie Cup Championship (streaming on FloRugby) and the South Africa vs. Argentina match (also streaming on FloRugby) on Saturday. 

2024 Ulster Rugby vs Glasgow Warriors


With the international season affecting several clubs and their roster decisions, and of course the injuries that come with that season, the lineups for some teams may look a little different in Round 1 than say Round 5 or Round 10. Here's a look at the lineups this week:

Leinster Rugby Lineup Vs. Edinburgh

Edinburgh Rugby Lineup Vs. Leinster

Zebra Parma Lineup Vs. Cardiff Rugby

  • 15. Geronimo Prisciantelli
  • 14. Ben Cambriani
  • 13. Giulio Bertaccini (Permit Valorugby Emilia)
  • 12. Luca Morisi
  • 11. Jacopo Trulla
  • 10. Giovanni Montemauri
  • 9. Ratko Jelic
  • 8. Giovanni Licata (Captain)
  • 7. Samuele Locatelli (Permit Rugby Viadana)
  • 6. Davide Ruggeri
  • 5. Leonard Krumov
  • 4. Matteo Canali
  • 3. Matteo Nocera
  • 2. Tommaso Di Bartolomeo
  • 1. Luca Rizzoli

Available

  • 16. Giampietro Ribaldi
  • 17. Danilo Fischetti
  • 18. Juan Pitinari
  • 19. Andrea Zambonin
  • 20. Giacomo Ferrari
  • 21. Patricio Baronio (Permit Rugby Viadana)
  • 22. Francesco Ruffolo (Permit Rugby Colorno)
  • 23. Giacomo Da Re

Cardiff Rugby Lineup Vs. Zebre Parma

Saturday URC Matches

Here are the announced lineups for the Sept. 21 matches: 

RFC Dragons Vs. Ospreys Rugby Lineups: 

Ospreys Lineup: 

Munster Rugby Vs. Connacht Rugby Lineups

Connacht: 

Benetton Rugby Vs. Scarlets Lineups

Scarlets: 

Ulster Rugby Vs. Glasgow Warriors Lineups

Glasgow: 

United Rugby Championship Round 1 Fixtures and Streaming Schedule

September 20, 2024

September 21, 2024

How To Watch URC Rugby In The United States

Every URC match is streaming live in the United States on FloRugby and the FloSports app. Replays, highlights and breaking news will be on both platforms.

What Is The United Rugby Championship Format?

The URC is 16 clubs divided into four shields: 

Irish Shield: 

  • Leinster Rugby 
  • Munster Rugby 
  • Ulster Rugby
  • Connacht Rugby

Italian And Scottish Shield: 

  • Glasgow Warriors 
  • Edinburgh Rugby 
  • Zebre Parma 
  • Benetton Rugby 

South African Shield: 

  • Vodacom Bulls
  • DHL Stormers
  • Emirates Lions
  • Hollywoodbets Sharks

Welsh Shield: 

  • Ospreys 
  • Scarlets
  • Cardiff Rugby 
  • Dragons RFC

The shields used to play a bigger role in the EPCR qualifications, but Investec Champions Cup more or less ignores the shield winners and takes the top eight teams. 

How Do URC Teams Make The Playoffs?

The top eight teams in the standings, or table, advance to the playoffs. The team with the best record in the regular season will host the playoff game. 

How Does The 2024-2025 URC Season Schedule Work?

The rugby schedule in general can be a difficult one to understand, especially for sports fans in the United States used to seeing teams play in one league for eight months straight. 

The URC plays 16 rounds from Sept. 20 to May 17. In that span, the league will enter several hiatuses.

The teams that finished in the top eight of the standings the previous season will play for the Investec Champions Cup-- the European Professional Club Championship. The bottom eight teams will play in the EPCR Challenge Cup. Last year, Leinster Rugby lost for the third straight year in the Champions Cup Final, while the Hollywoodbets Sharks won the Challenge Cup. 

This year there will be nearly a month between Round 7 and Round 8 (Nov. 30-Dec. 20) as the European championship tournaments pool play begins on Dec. 6. Another month gap will be between Round 9 and Round 10 (Jan. 1-Jan. 24).

The URC season also deal with international teams taking players for the Autumn Nations and Six Nations tournaments. 

Here's Where To Find The URC Schedule On FloRugby

Where Are The United Rugby Championship Teams From?

Some teams bear the name of the cities they are from. The Scottish teams are from Glasgow and Edinburgh. But the rest can be confusing. 

Irish Shield: 

Irish teams are named after their provinces in Ireland. Leinster in the east, Munster in the south, Connacht in the west and Ulster in the north. Here are the cities they call home:

  • Leinster Rugby: Dublin
  • Munster Rugby: Limerick and Cork
  • Ulster Rugby: Belfast
  • Connacht Rugby: Galway

Italian And Scottish Shield: 

The Scottish clubs keep things easy. The Italians not so much. Zebra Parma is named after the town in which they play, Parma, Italy, but the first name comes from the Zebra-like stripes the club wears. Benetton is named after the clothing company that has owned the team since 1979, though it used to be named "Benetton Rugby Treviso" after the town in which it plays. Here's where the teams play:

  • Glasgow Warriors
  • Edinburgh Rugby
  • Zebre Parma: Parma
  • Benetton Rugby: Treviso

South African Shield: 

South African clubs have sponsorship deals that provide the names. Here's where the clubs play:

  • Vodacom Bulls: Pretoria
  • DHL Stormers: Cape Town
  • Emirates Lions: Johannesburg
  • Hollywoodbets Sharks: Durban

Welsh Shield: 

Here's where the clubs are from: 

  • Ospreys: Swansea
  • Scarlets: Llanelli
  • Cardiff Rugby: Cardiff 
  • RFC Dragons: Newport

What Were The 2023-2024 URC Final Standings?

Here is the table from last season: 


URC ClubsPLWDLBPPFPADIFFPTS
1MUNSTER RUGBY1813141448331816568
2VODACOM BULLS1813051463943320666
3LEINSTER RUGBY1813051355435020465
4GLASGOW WARRIORS1813051351935316665
5DHL STORMERS1812061146834812059
6ULSTER RUGBY181107104374092854
7BENETTON RUGBY18111684114001154
8OSPREYS18100810414449-3550
9EMIRATES LIONS189091452639812850
10EDINBURGH RUGBY18110754163971949
11CONNACHT RUGBY189099404432-2845
12CARDIFF RUGBY18411314389414-2532
13SCARLETS1850137313575-26227
14HOLLYWOODBETS SHARKS1840149343431-8825
15DRAGONS RFC1830154300611-31116
16ZEBRE PARMA1811169345643-29815

When Does The 2024-2025  Investec Champions Cup Begin? When Is The Champions Cup Final?

The Investec Champions Cup and the EPCR Challenge Cup begin on Dec. 6 and the four-round pool play action ends on Jan. 19, 2025. The Round of 16 starts on April 4, while the quarterfinals are April 11-13 and the semifinals are May 2-4. 

The EPCR Championships weekend is in Cardiff, Wales at Principality Stadium. There are championship games on May 23 (EPCR Challenge Cup) and May 24 (Investec Champions Cup). 

What Are The Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup Pools?

Here are the pools. 

Investec Champions Cup: 

  • Toulouse (Stade Toulousain)
  • Bordeaux-Bègles (Union Bordeaux-Bègles)
  • Hollywoodbets Sharks
  • Exeter Chiefs
  • Leicester Tigers
  • Ulster Rugby

Pool 2:

  • Leinster Rugby
  • Clermont Auvergne (ASM Clermont Auvergne)
  • La Rochelle (Stade Rochelais)
  • Bristol Bears
  • Benetton Rugby
  • Bath Rugby

Pool 3:

  • Northampton Saints
  • Munster Rugby
  • Vodacom Bulls
  • Stade Français Paris
  • Saracens
  • Castres Olympique

Pool 4:

  • Glasgow Warriors
  • Racing 92
  • Sale Sharks
  • DHL Stormers
  • Toulon (RC Toulon)
  • Harlequins

EPCR Challenge Cup

Pool 1:

  • Cardiff Rugby
  • Connacht Rugby
  • Toyota Cheetahs
  • Perpignan (USAP)
  • Lyon Olympique Universitaire (Lyon O.U.)
  • Zebre Parma

Pool 2:

  • Montpellier Hérault Rugby
  • Pau (Section Paloise)
  • Newcastle Falcons
  • Dragons RFC
  • Emirates Lions
  • Ospreys

Pool 3:

  • RC Vannes
  • Black Lion
  • Bayonne (Aviron Bayonnais)
  • Scarlets
  • Edinburgh Rugby
  • Gloucester Rugby

How To Watch Rugby Matches In the United States On FloRugby

FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to: 

FloRugby also is home to match archives and match replays. 

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