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.

2d ago

Cardiff Comes Home: Lineups Set For Zebre Parma In URC Round 2

Cardiff Rugby returns to Cardiff Arms Park looking to build on a winning start to the 2026-27 United Rugby Championship season when Zebre Parma visits in Round 2.

2d ago

Is Rassie Erasmus The Best Rugby Coach Ever? The Rugby Odds Debates

At what point does sustained success turn a great rugby coach into one of the greatest ever?

Sep 25

A Bull Market In Parma? Vodacom Bulls, Zebre Parma Rugby Open Their URC Seasons

Vodacom Bulls Rugby came one win short of a United Rugby Championship title last season. Their next attempt begins in Italy against a Zebre Parma team looking to turn the page after a difficult finish to 2025-26.

Sep 24

URC Rugby Schedule This Weekend: Round 1 Fixtures, Times, How To Watch

The wait is over. The 2026-27 United Rugby Championship season begins this weekend with eight Round 1 matches spread across Friday and Saturday.

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

Vodacom Bulls 2026-27 Season Prediction: Can They Finally Finish The Job?

The Vodacom Bulls Rugby have spent five United Rugby Championship seasons proving they belong near the top and failing to complete the final step.

Sep 21

Zebre Parma 2026-27 Season Prediction: Can Zebre Finally Escape The URC Bottom?

Zebre Parma spent 2025-26 proving two seemingly contradictory things. They were bad enough over 18 rounds to deserve 16th place, yet good enough at their best to suggest another bottom finish is not inevitable.

Sep 20

5 Biggest Vodacom Bulls Storylines For The 2026-27 URC Season

The Vodacom Bulls Rugby enter 2026-27 carrying the strangest kind of pressure: sustained success without the trophy.

Sep 19

5 Biggest Zebre Parma Storylines For The 2026-27 URC Season

Zebre Parma enter 2026-27. Massimo Brunello's first season produced five URC wins, a draw. His second ended 2-16, last in the table and on a 16-match league losing streak. That contradiction defines the new campaign.

Sep 18

3 Reasons To Watch The Vodacom Bulls In The 2026-27 URC Season

The Vodacom Bulls Rugby have become the United Rugby Championship’s great unfinished story. They have reached four Grand Finals in five seasons and won none, including consecutive championship defeats to Leinster.

Sep 16

3 Reasons To Watch Zebre Parma In The 2026-27 URC Season

Zebre Parma are not entering 2026-27 as URC championship contenders.

Sep 16

5 Vodacom Bulls Players To Know For The 2026-27 URC Season

The Vodacom Bulls Rugby enter 2026-27 in a strange place: unquestionably successful, undeniably frustrated.

Sep 14

5 Zebre Parma Players To Know For The 2026-27 URC Season

Zebre Parma enter 2026-27 trying to prove their progress under Massimo Brunello can survive a brutal regression.

Sep 14