New Season, New Hope: Benetton And Dragons Meet In United Rugby Championship Opener

The 2026-27 United Rugby Championship season begins in Treviso with Benetton Rugby and Dragons Rugby both looking for a fresh start after finishing near the bottom of the table last season.

2d ago

URC Predictions: Full Table, Playoff Picks And Championship Forecast

The United Rugby Championship enters 2026-27 with a familiar group of title contenders and what could be a brutal race just to make the playoffs.

3d ago

Benetton Rugby 2026-27 Season Prediction: Can Pivac Take Them Back To The Playoffs?

Benetton Rugby enter 2026-27 as difficult to project. They finished 13th last season at 6-2-10 and 33 points, 21 points behind eighth-place Connacht, yet also beat eventual champion Leinster and went 5-1 in the Challenge Cup.

Sep 22

5 Biggest Dragons RFC Storylines For The 2026-27 URC Season

Dragons Rugby enter 2026-27 with a problem that is more interesting than their 15th-place finish suggests.

Sep 20

Dragons RFC 2026-27 Season Prediction: Can They Finally Climb The URC Table?

Dragons Rugby enter 2026-27 with a deceptive baseline. They finished 15th last season at 3-4-11, yet their underlying performance improved. Dragons collected 28 table points instead of nine, improved their points differential from minus-302 to minus-131 and conceded 156 fewer points.

Sep 18

5 Biggest Dragons RFC Storylines For The 2026-27 URC Season

Dragons Rugby enter 2026-27 with a problem that is more interesting than their 15th-place finish suggests.

Sep 18

5 Biggest Benetton Rugby Storylines For The 2026-27 URC Season

Benetton Rugby enter 2026-27 with a new head coach, a reinforced roster and a less flattering starting point than their European runs might suggest. Benetton finished 13th in the 2025-26 URC at 6-2-10 and 33 points, yet went 5-1 in the Challenge Cup and beat eventual URC champion Leinster at Monigo.

Sep 17

3 Reasons To Watch Dragons RFC In The 2026-27 URC Season

Dragons Rugby finished 15th in the United Rugby Championship last season, but that number hides a intriguing improvement stories. Filo Tiatia's team jumped from one URC win and nine table points in 2024-25 to three wins, four draws and 28 points, while cutting its points conceded from 637 to 481.

Sep 16

3 Reasons To Watch Benetton Rugby In The 2026-27 URC Season

Benetton Rugby might be one of the URC’s most intriguing contradiction teams entering 2026-27.

Sep 15

5 Dragons RFC Players To Know For The 2026-27 URC Season

Dragons Rugby enter 2026-27 in a more interesting position than 15th place suggests. They won only three URC matches last season, but improved their points differential from minus-302 to minus-131 and reached the Challenge Cup semifinals.

Sep 13

5 Benetton Rugby Players To Know For The 2026-27 URC Season

Benetton Rugby enter 2026-27 trying to prove their best performances can become their normal level. A 13th-place URC finish last season exposed severe inconsistency, especially away from Treviso, even as Benetton went 5-1 in the Challenge Cup and beat eventual URC champion Leinster at Monigo.

Sep 12

Dragons RFC 2026-27 Season Preview: Can Better Rugby Finally Become Winning Rugby?

Dragons Rugby enter 2026-27 in a strange, revealing position. They are still a 15th-place United Rugby Championship team, but they no longer look like the hopeless version that won once and posted a minus-302 points differential in 2024-25.

Sep 10

Benetton Rugby 2026-27 Season Preview: Can Wayne Pivac Turn Talent Into Consistency?

Benetton Rugby enter 2026-27 with a contradiction Wayne Pivac must solve. The Treviso club has enough talent to beat Leinster, Glasgow and South African opposition, enough European pedigree to make knockout runs, and enough Italy internationals to look like a playoff roster on paper.

Sep 9

How to Watch: 2026 Benetton Rugby vs Dragons | Rugby

Here's how to watch the 2026 Benetton Rugby vs Dragons on FloRugby.

May 26