URC Rugby Schedule This Weekend: Round 2 Fixtures, Times, How To Watch

The United Rugby Championship season is one week old, and already we've got a playoff rematch, a Welsh derby and the defending champions looking for their first win.

1d ago

No. 150 For Jacob Stockdale: Glasgow Warriors vs. Ulster Rugby Lineups For URC Round 2

Jacob Stockdale is set to reach a major Ulster Rugby milestone Saturday, and he'll have to do it at one of the United Rugby Championship's toughest places to visit.

1d ago

Friday Night In Belfast: Ulster, Edinburgh Rugby Open The URC Season

Ulster Rugby came painfully close to the United Rugby Championship playoffs last season. Now, the road back starts at home against an Edinburgh Rugby side bringing plenty of new faces to Belfast.

Sep 24

FloRugby Power Rankings: Ranking All 40 PREM, URC And Top 14 Teams

There are 40 teams across the Gallagher PREM, United Rugby Championship and Top 14, but putting them into one ranking requires something more complicated than comparing league tables. Toulouse plays a different schedule from Leinster. Northampton does not have to survive 26 rounds of the Top 14. The Vodacom Bulls deal with travel challenges that Bath never will. The question here is simpler: Which clubs look strongest entering the 2026-27 season?

Sep 23

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.

Sep 23

Edinburgh Rugby 2026-27 Season Prediction: Can They Return To The Playoffs?

Edinburgh Rugby enter 2026-27 trying to prove that last season’s 12th-place finish was not the level this roster should accept.

Sep 22

Ulster Rugby 2026-27 Season Prediction: Playoffs, But Not Yet A Title

Ulster Rugby enter 2026-27 having reached the point where improvement alone is insufficient. Richie Murphy's side rose from 14th to ninth in the URC last season, increased its table return from 38 points to 52 and transformed a minus-92 points differential into plus-74.

Sep 22

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

Edinburgh Rugby enter 2026-27 facing a question that their roster alone cannot answer: when will the results finally match the talent? Sean Everitt’s team finished 12th in the United Rugby Championship last season at 7-11, missing the playoffs after reaching the quarterfinals one year earlier.

Sep 20

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

Ulster Rugby enter 2026-27 with expectations. Richie Murphy's side climbed from 14th to ninth in the URC last season, improved from 38 table points to 52, swung its points differential from minus-92 to plus-74 and reached the EPCR Challenge Cup final.

Sep 20

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

Edinburgh Rugby enter 2026-27 as one of the URC’s easiest teams to become curious about. They have major Scotland names, a rebuilt coaching staff, intriguing new signings and a straightforward challenge: prove that a roster that looks playoff quality can actually beat playoff teams.

Sep 15

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

Ulster Rugby enter 2026-27 in an intriguing position: clearly better, clearly dangerous and still unproven as a contender.

Sep 15

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

Edinburgh Rugby enter the 2026-27 United Rugby Championship season with playoff-level talent. They finished 12th last season, went 0-9 against the eventual playoff field and now must show that a rebuilt coaching staff can turn recognizable names into a coherent, repeatable team.

Sep 12

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

Ulster Rugby enter 2026-27 with a straightforward challenge: turn obvious progress into a URC playoff place. Richie Murphy's team jumped from 14th to ninth last season, improved its points differential from minus-92 to plus-74 and reached the Challenge Cup final, yet still finished two points outside the URC top eight.

Sep 12

Edinburgh Rugby 2026-27 Season Preview: Can Talent Finally Translate?

Edinburgh Rugby enter 2026-27 with a problem that is simultaneously encouraging and damning: their best team looks like a United Rugby Championship playoff team, but last season they played nothing like one.

Sep 9

Ulster Rugby 2026-27 Season Preview: The Rebuild Has Reached Its Results Phase

Ulster Rugby spent 2025-26 proving their rebuild had substance. Now comes the harder part: proving it can win.

Sep 8