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2024–25 United Rugby Championship
Countries	Ireland  Italy  Scotland  South Africa  Wales
Date	20 September 2024 – 14 June 2025
Matches played	68
Attendance	806,496 (average 11,860 per match)
Official website
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The 2024–25 United Rugby Championship is the 24th season of the professional rugby union competition known as the United Rugby Championship, and the fourth season under that name. It began on 20 September 2024 and will end on 14 June 2025.

Format

The season consists of 21 rounds: 18 rounds of regular season play, followed by three rounds of play-offs.

There are four regional pools: The Irish Shield pool (featuring the four Irish teams), the Italian x Scottish Shield pool (featuring the two Italian and two Scottish sides), the South African Shield pool (featuring the four South African teams) and the Welsh Shield pool (featuring the four Welsh teams). The pools serve two functions; they guarantee a full slate of derby matches for each team, and they award a minor Regional Shield trophy to the top team in each pool, which thereby functions as a national championship in three of the four pools, and a cross-border regional championship in the Scottish–Italian pool. The winner of each Shield will be determined solely from the games played amongst the teams within their regional pool, mirroring the format of the old Interprovincial Championship in Ireland.

Teams play six matches against their regional pool rivals home and away. The remaining twelve matches are made up by a single round robin, consisting of an even number of six home and six away matches against all the sides from the other pools.

For the Championship itself, there is one main league table. The top eight sides in the table will qualify for the quarter-finals, followed by semi-finals and a grand final, with teams seeded 1 to 4 with home advantage for the lowest seeded side. The Regional Shield pools have no direct link to the play-offs and by extension the Championship itself, and it is technically possible to win a Regional Shield but not contest the play-offs, as the Welsh sides showed in 2022 and 2023.

Teams

United Rugby Championship

Team	Country	Coach / Director of Rugby	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Benetton	Italy	Marco Bortolami	Eli Snyman Michele Lamaro	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	5,000
Bulls	South Africa	Jake White	Marcell Coetzee Ruan Nortjé	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	51,762
Cardiff	Wales	Matt Sherratt	Liam Belcher	Cardiff Arms Park	12,125
Connacht	Ireland	Peter Wilkins	Cian Prendergast	The Sportsground McHale Park	8,129* 25,369
Dragons	Wales	Dai Flanagan	Ben Carter	Rodney Parade	8,700
Edinburgh	Scotland	Sean Everitt	Grant Gilchrist Ben Vellacott	Hive Stadium Murrayfield Stadium	7,800 67,144
Glasgow Warriors	Scotland	Franco Smith	Kyle Steyn	Scotstoun Stadium Hampden Park	7,351 51,866
Leinster	Ireland	Leo Cullen	Caelan Doris	RDS Arena Aviva Stadium Croke Park	18,500 51,700 82,300
Lions	South Africa	Ivan van Rooyen	Marius Louw	Ellis Park Stadium	62,567
Munster	Ireland	Graham Rowntree	Tadhg Beirne	Thomond Park Musgrave Park	25,600 8,008
Ospreys	Wales	Mark Jones	Jac Morgan	Swansea.com Stadium Brewery Field	20,827 8,000
Scarlets	Wales	Dwayne Peel	Josh Macleod	Parc y Scarlets	14,870
Sharks	South Africa	John Plumtree	Lukhanyo Am	Kings Park Stadium	52,000
Stormers	South Africa	John Dobson	Salmaan Moerat	Cape Town Stadium Danie Craven Stadium	55,000 16,000
Ulster	Ireland	Richie Murphy	Iain Henderson	Ravenhill Stadium	18,196
Zebre Parma	Italy	Massimo Brunello [it]	Danilo Fischetti	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi	5,000

Locations

Location of Irish, Scottish and Welsh teams: UlsterConnachtLeinsterMunsterGlasgow WarriorsEdinburghScarletsOspreysDragonsCardiff2024–25 United Rugby Championship (the United Kingdom and Ireland)

Location of Italian teams: BenettonZebre Parma2024–25 United Rugby Championship (Northern Italy) Location of South African teams: BullsLionsSharksStormers2024–25 United Rugby Championship (South Africa)

Regional Shield competitions

Regional shield standing will be based entirely on performances against other teams within the same conference. Therefore, only six games for each team will count towards the regional shields.

2024–25 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield Pools view · watch · edit · discuss
Irish Shield
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts	Pos overall
1	Leinster (S)	5	5	0	0	134	63	+71	19	9	4	0	24	1
2	Ulster	4	2	0	2	88	83	+5	12	13	1	2	11	9
3	Munster	4	2	0	2	76	106	–30	12	16	2	0	10	11
4	Connacht	5	0	0	5	91	137	–46	14	19	2	2	4	13
Italian x Scottish Shield
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts	Pos overall
1	Glasgow Warriors	4	3	0	1	115	37	+78	17	4	3	1	16	2
2	Benetton	4	2	0	2	78	114	-36	11	16	2	0	10	7
3	Edinburgh	3	2	0	1	74	73	+1	10	11	1	0	9	8
4	Zebre Parma	3	0	0	3	25	68	–43	3	10	0	1	1	15
South African Shield
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts	Pos overall
1	Stormers	3	2	0	1	68	51	+17	11	7	2	1	11	10
2	Sharks	3	2	0	1	61	56	+5	7	8	0	1	9	5
3	Bulls	1	0	0	1	17	20	-3	2	2	0	1	1	4
4	Lions	1	0	0	1	10	29	-19	2	5	0	0	0	12
Welsh Shield
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts	Pos overall
1	Cardiff	5	3	1	1	111	98	+13	16	11	3	1	18	3
2	Scarlets	4	2	0	2	94	81	+13	10	11	1	1	10	6
3	Ospreys	3	1	1	1	57	58	–1	6	4	0	1	7	14
4	Dragons	4	1	0	3	83	108	–25	9	14	0	1	5	16
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields. (S) : URC Shield champion

URC league standings

2024–25 United Rugby Championship watch · edit · discuss
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Leinster	9	9	0	0	260	111	+149	38	15	7	0	43
2	Glasgow Warriors	9	6	0	3	255	153	+102	38	19	6	3	33
3	Cardiff	9	5	1	3	198	213	–15	30	28	5	1	28
4	Bulls	7	5	0	2	182	128	+54	25	14	3	2	25
5	Sharks	8	5	0	3	203	208	–5	24	30	2	2	24
6	Scarlets	9	4	1	4	205	172	+33	23	24	2	3	23
7	Benetton	9	4	1	4	187	217	–30	24	29	4	1	23
8	Edinburgh	9	4	0	5	220	220	+0	29	32	4	2	22
9	Ulster	9	4	0	5	206	217	–11	31	33	3	3	22
10	Stormers	8	4	0	4	186	178	+8	24	24	4	1	21
11	Munster	9	4	0	5	192	233	–41	31	32	5	0	21
12	Lions	7	4	0	3	149	141	+8	19	21	2	1	19
13	Connacht	9	3	0	6	196	225	-29	29	29	4	2	18
14	Ospreys	9	3	1	5	164	205	–41	20	25	1	2	17
15	Zebre Parma	9	2	0	7	128	216	–88	16	30	1	3	12
16	Dragons	9	1	0	8	166	260	–94	20	36	1	3	8
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: number of matches won; the difference between points for and points against; the number of tries scored; the most points scored; the difference between tries for and tries against; the fewest red cards received; the fewest yellow cards received.
Green background indicates teams that are in play-off places and earn a place in the 2025–26 European Champions Cup Pink background indicates teams that are in play-off places and earn a place in the 2025–26 European Challenge Cup Yellow background indicates the team that won the 2024–25 European Challenge Cup and thus qualify for the 2025–26 European Champions Cup, but are not in a play-off place Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2025–26 European Challenge Cup. Q: qualified for play-offs. H: home field advantage secured for quarter-and semi-final. h; home field advantage secured for quarter-final X: cannot reach play-offs. E: qualified for Champions Cup.

European qualification

Priority order for European Champions Cup qualification is:

• 2024–25 United Rugby Championship champions
• the European Rugby Champions Cup champions (if a URC team but not already qualified as above)
• the EPCR Challenge Cup champions (if a URC team but not already qualified as above)
• the next highest-ranked teams during regular season play not already qualified as above, until eight overall qualifiers have been selected.

Matches

The following are the match results for the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship regular season:

Colours: Green: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win; Blue: upcoming matches

Regular season

Round 1

(1 BP) Cardiff	22–17	Zebre Parma (1 BP)
Try: Winnett 9' c Stephens 18' m D. Thomas 23' m McNally 56' m Con: Sheedy 10' (1/4)		Try: Bertaccini 64' c Locatelli 81' c Con: Da Re (2/2) 65', 82' Pen: Montemauri 8'

(2 BP) Edinburgh	31–33	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Schoeman 11' c van der Merwe (2) 32' m, 66' m Cherry 42' c M. Scott 80' c Con: Thompson (2/3) 11', 43' Healy 81' (1/2)		Try: T. O'Brien 15' m Tector 26' c Larmour 46' c Gibson-Park 53' c Conan 56' c Con: Prendergast (4/5) 27', 47', 54', 58'

Dragons	23–21	Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Keddie 26' c Yendle 83' c Con: L. Evans (2/2) 27', 84' Pen: L. Evans (3) 1', 23', 77'		Try: K. Williams 19' c Conbeer 45' m Con: Edwards 20' (1/2) Pen: Edwards (3) 7', 33', 37'

(1 BP) Munster	35–33	Connacht (2 BP)
Try: Nankivell 28' c Haley 31' c Hodnett 44' c Coombes 58' c Daly 69' c Con: Burns (3/3) 28', 32', 45' Butler (2/2) 59', 70'		Try: Ioane 13' m B. Murphy (2) 20' c, 39' c Hawkshaw 53' c Forde 63' c Con: Ioane (3/4) 21', 54', 64' Forde 40' (1/1)

Benetton	20–20	Scarlets
Try: Ratave (2) 21' m, 78' m Smith 31' c Con: Umaga 32' (1/3) Pen: Umaga 48'		Try: Page 40' c Taylor 52' c Con: Lloyd (2/2) 41', 53' Pen: Lloyd (2) 59', 67'

Ulster	20–19	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Morgan 18' c McCann 72' m Shanahan 84' m Con: Doak 19' (1/1) Pen: Doak 16'	Report	Try: Matthews 5' m Venter 25' c Steyn 74' c Con: Jordan 26' (1/2) Hastings 75' (1/1)

Stormers	v	Bulls

Sharks	v	Lions

Round 2

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	42–10	Benetton
Try: Steyn 5' c, 63' c M. Fagerson 16' c Darge 46' c Dobie 50' Ferrie 80'+1 c Con: Hastings (2/2) 6', 17' Weir (4/4) 47', 51', 64' 80'+3		Try: Spagnolo 32' Con: Umaga (1/1) 34' Pen: Umaga (1) 43'

(1 BP) Leinster	34–6	Dragons
Try: Conan 17' m R. Byrne 37' m Deegan 46' c McCarthy 64' m Larmour 68' c King 81' m Con: R. Byrne (2/6) 46', 65'		Pen: L. Evans (2/3) 25', 40'

(1 BP) Lions	35–22	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Maxwane 10' m F. Horn 34' c Marais 46' m van Wyk 49' c Wolhuter 79' m Con: Wolhuter (2/4) 35', 51' Pen: Wolhuter (2/2) 14', 57'		Try: Cooney 40+3' m Morgan 42' m Kok 59' m Barrett 77' c Con: Doak (1/2) 78'

Bulls	22–16	Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Kirsten 29' c van der Walt 32' m Moodie 63' c Con: van der Walt (1/2) 29' Chamberlain (1/1) 65' Pen: Chamberlain (1/1) 68'		Try: Ashman 38' c Con: Thompson (1/1) 40' Pen: Thompson (3/3) 14', 47', 74'

(1 BP) Zebre Parma	42–33	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Trulla (2) 22' m, 41' m Fusco (2) 26' c, 59' c Licata 51' c Prisciantelli 62' m Con: Montemauri (3/6) 27', 52' 60' Pen: Montemauri 11' Da Re 80'		Try: Coombes (2) 19' c, 30' c Haley 33' c Fitzgerald 40' c McCarthy 76' m Con: Butler (4/5) 20', 31', 34', 41'

Scarlets	15–24	Cardiff (1 BP)
Try: Page 1' c Plumtree 10' m Con: Costelow (1/2) 1' Pen: Costelow (1) 4'		Try: Belcher 17' m Grady 21' c Millard 56' B. Thomas 62' Con: Sheedy (2/4) 21', 63'

(1 BP) Connacht	36–30	Sharks (1 BP)
Try: Heffernan (2) 3' c, 50' m Forde 42' c Jennings 54' c Dowling 70' c Con: Ioane (1/1) 4' Forde (3/4) 43', 55', 71' Pen: Forde (1) 79'		Try: Esterhuizen (2) 21' c, 28' c Grobler 37' c Con: Masuku (3/3) 22', 30', 39' Pen: Jo. Hendrikse (2) 24', 34' Masuku 80'+1

(1 BP) Ospreys	37–24	Stormers
Try: J. Morgan 25' c Morgan-Williams48' c Edwards 64' c Penalty try 80' Con: Edwards (3/3) 26', 49', 65' Pen: Edwards (2) 8', 36' Drop: Edwards 52'		Try: Zas 5' c Schickerling 70' m Con: Matthee (1/2) 6' Pen: Matthee (3/3) 11', 22', 41' Drop: Willemse 44'

Round 3

(1 BP) Scarlets	23–24	Connacht
Try: G. Davies (2) 21' c, 29' c Con: Costelow (2/2) 22', 30' Pen: Costelow (2) 42', 73' Lloyd 52'		Try: O'Conor 9' c Hansen 15' c J. Murphy 37' c Con: Carty (3/3) 10', 16', 38' Pen: Forde 77'

(1 BP) Cardiff	36–52	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: D. Thomas 11' c Winnett 19' m Byrne 46' c Martin 52' c Donnell 67' c Con: Sheedy (1/2) 12' de Beer (3/3) 47', 54' 69' Pen: de Beer (1/1) 59'		Try: Dobie 5' c Rowe (2) 21' m, 74' m Jordan (2) 29' c, 74' m Tuipulotu 34' c Jones 37' c M. Fagerson 74' m Con: Jordan (5/6) 6', 30', 35', 39', 64' Weir (1/2) 72'

(1 BP) Lions	55–21	Edinburgh
Try: Q. Horn 5' m Maxwane (3) 12' c, 31' c, 71' c van der Merwe (2) 20' c, 39' c Jonker 26' c F. Horn 35' m Con: Wolhuter (4/5) 13', 21', 27', 31' Nohamba (2/3) 40', 73' Pen: Wolhuter (1/1) 2'		Try: Gilchrist 44' c Harrison 50' c Muncaster 66' c Con: Healy (2/2) 44', 51' Ross Thompson (1/1) 67'

(1 BP) Bulls	47–21	Ulster
Try: Arendse 5' c Kriel 13' c Grobbelaar 33' c Moodie 41' c Hanekom 55' m Chamberlain 60' c E. Louw 77' c Con: Chamberlain (3) 6', 14', 34' Kriel (2) 42', 61' Johannes 78'		Try: Stockdale 8' c Carson 68' c Moore 71' c Con: Doak (1/1) 9' Humphreys (2/2) 69', 72'

Benetton	5–35	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Manfredi 65' m		Try: Penalty try 9' Frawley 11' c Conan 18' c Doris 25' c Barron 79' c Con: Frawley (3/3) 11', 19', 26' R. Byrne (1/1) 80'

(1 BP) Dragons	30–33	Sharks (1 BP)
Try: Basham 17' c Coleman 26' m R. Williams 37' c Carter 54' m Con: L. Evans (2/3) 17', 38' Pen: L. Evans 3' Reed 58'		Try: V. Tshituka 21' m Ja. Hendrikse 39' c Julius 44' c Hooker 48' c Mbatha 80'+4 Con: Masuku (4/5) 40', 45', 49', 80'+7

(1 BP) Munster	23–0	Ospreys
Try: McCarthy 1' m Farrell 26' m Nash 39' m O'Donoghue 63' m Pen: Crowley 9'

Zebre Parma	5–36	Stormers (1 BP)
Try: Gesi 75' m		Try: Zas 40' c, 72' m Hartzenberg 59' m Davids 78' Con: Matthee 41' Willemse 79' Pen: Matthee (4) 2', 23', 27', 43'

Round 4

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	33–3	Zebre Parma
Try: Matthews 13' c Dobie 17' c Jones (2) 33' c, 52' c Stewart 60' m Con: Hastings (4/5) 14', 18', 34', 52'		Pen: Da Re (1/1) 27'

(1 BP) Benetton	38–10	Sharks
Try: Odogwu 23' c Smith (2) 29' c, 68' c Mendy 37' c Marin 75' c Con: Umaga (5/5) 24', 31', 38', 69', 76' Pen: Umaga (1) 10'		Try: Mchunu 80' c Con: Cronjé 80' (1/1) Pen: Masuku 17'

(1 BP) Cardiff	19–25	Scarlets
Try: Millard 22' c, 43' m Penalty try 66' Con: de Beer 23' (1/1)		Try: G. Davies (2) 32' m, 46' c J. Williams 59' c Con: Lloyd (2/3) 47', 60' Pen: Lloyd (2) 8', 16'

(1 BP) Edinburgh	38–7	Stormers
Try: Harrison 18' c Muncaster (2) 21' c, 79' c Graham 58' c Gilchrist 62' c Con: Thompson (4/4) 19', 22', 58', 63' C. Scott (1/1) 80' Pen: Thompson (1) 74'		Try: Nel 31' c Con: Willemse 32' (1/1)

(1 BP) Leinster	26–12	Munster
Try: Lowe 5' c' Doris 10' c Keenan 14' c Snyman 40' m Con: Frawley (3/4) 6', 11', 15'		Try: O'Brien 34' m Haley 65' c Con: Crowley (1/2) 66'

Ospreys	19–29	Bulls (1 BP)
Try: Lake 26' m Conbeer 54' c Morris 79' c Con: Edwards (1/2) 55' Walsh (1/1) 79'		Try: E. Louw 2' c' Arendse (2) 10' m, 22' c Papier 12' c Con: Chamberlain (3/4) 3', 13', 23' Pen: Chamberlain 76'

(1 BP) Ulster	32–27	Connacht (2 BP)
Try: Andrew 2' c Postlethwaite 20' m Cooney 27' c McCann 49' m Timoney 75' m Con: Cooney (2/5) 3', 28' Pen: Cooney 71'		Try: Bolton 10' m Joyce 30' m B. Murphy 40' c Tierney-Martin 60' c Con: Ioane (2/4) 42', 62' Pen: Ioane 79'

(1 BP) Dragons	19–23	Lions
Try: Keddie 14' c Basham (2) 24' m, 42' c Con: Evans (2/3) 15', 43'		Try: Q. Horn 10' c Cairns 51' c Con: Steyn (1/1) 11' Nohamba (1/1) 52' Pen: Steyn (2/2) 28', 40+1' Nohamba (1/1) 49'

Round 5

Scarlets	23–22	Bulls (1 BP)
Try: Macleod 11' c Murray 41' m Rogers 71' m Con: Lloyd 12' Pen: Lloyd (2) 40', 52'		Try: Moodie 1' c Burger 15' m Arendse 29' c Con: Chamberlain 2', 30' Pen: Chamberlain 49'

(1 BP) Ulster	36–12	Ospreys
Try: McCormick (2) 4' m, 50' m Stockdale (2) 9' m, 64' c Penalty try Mar. Rea 31' c Con: Cooney 33' Doak 65'		Try: Parry 39' c Giles 61' m Con: Edwards 40'

(1 BP) Zebre Parma	9–10	Lions
Try: Montemauri (3/4) 14', 21', 46'		Try: van der Merwe 27' c Con: Nohamba (1/1) 28' Pen: Nohamba (1/2) 42'

Sharks	28–24	Glasgow Warriors (2 BP)
Try: Kolisi 26' c Fassi 33' m Williams 70' Con: Jo. Hendrikse (2/3) 27', 71' Pen: Jo. Hendrikse (3/4) 11', 45', 66'		Try: Horne (2) 17' c, 36' Darge 79' m Matthews 80'+1 c Con: Horne (1/2) 18' Hastings (1/2) 80'+2

Stormers	34–19	Munster
Try: Hartzenberg 5' c Theunissen 33' c R. Nel (2) 46' c, 80'+2 Con: Willemse (4/4) 6', 34', 47', 80'+3 Pen: Willemse 75' Drop: Willemse 76'		Try: Farrell 17 c' Clarke 26' m Coombes 67' c Con: Crowley (2/3) 19', 68'

(1 BP) Edinburgh	27–8	Cardiff
Try: van der Merwe 45' c Schoeman 61' m Graham 64' m Ashman 78' c Con: Thompson (2/4) 46', 79' Pen: Thompson 6'		Try: Young 28' m Pen: Sheedy 57'

Connacht	12–33	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: O'Brien 33' m Forde 64' c Con: Ioane (1/2) 64'		Try: J. Osborne 5' c Turner 15' c Snyman 38' c Deegan 45' m A. Osborne 65' c Con: Frawley 6' (1/1) R. Byrne (3/4) 16', 40', 66'

Dragons	21–31	Benetton (1 BP)
Try: Westwood 26' c L. Evans 49' c Lewis-Hughes 72' c Con: L. Evans (2/2) 28', 50'. O'Brien 73'		Try: Bernasconi 36' c Avaca 45' c Manfredi 60' c Cannone 67' c Con: Umaga (2/2) 37', 47' Albornoz (2/2) 61', 68' Pen: Umaga 32'

Round 6

(1 BP) Scarlets	30–8	Zebre Parma
Try: Rogers 27'm Page 42' m Murray 46' c Macleod 56' c Con: Lloyd (2/4) 44', 58' Pen: Lloyd (2) 4', 23'		Try: Cambriani 8' m Drop: Prisciantelli 5'

(1 BP) Benetton	15–17	Bulls
Pen: Albornoz (4) 1', 34', 62', 72' Smith 3'		Try: Ludwig 67' c van der Merwe 77' c Con: Kriel (2/2) 68', 79' Pen: Johannes 22'

Stormers	17–28	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Willemse 33' c du Plessis 54' c Con: Libbok (2/2) 34', 55' Pen: Libbok 63'		Try: Matthews 37' c Tuipulotu 47' c Rowe 63' c Venter 70' c Con: Hastings (2/2) 38', 48' Jordan (2/2) 65', 72'

Ospreys	22–13	Edinburgh
Try: Lake 3' c Thomas 52' m Parry 74' c Con: O. Williams (2/3) 5', 75' Pen: O. Williams 59'		Try: Vellacott 22' c Con: Thompson (1/1) 22' Pen: Thompson (2) 16', 65'

(1 BP) Sharks	41–24	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Fassi 0' c Mapimpi 4' c Williams 23' c Esterhuizen 36' c Tshituka 65' c Con: Jo. Hendrikse (5/5) 1', 5', 24', 37', 66' Pen: Jo. Hendrikse (2) 13', 48'		Try: Ahern 18' m Haley 30' m Nash 73' c Beirne 80' Con: Burns (2/2) 73', 80'+1

Leinster	24–6	Lions
Try: van der Flier 31' c Doris 57' c Penalty try 80'+1 Con: Prendergast (2/2) 32', 58' Pen: Prendergast 2'		Pen: Wolhuter (2) 12', 17'

(1 BP) Connacht	31–7	Dragons
Try: Boyle 5' c Blade 19' c Prendergast 38' m Forde 73' c Devine 80' m Con: Forde (3/5) 7', 20', 74'		Try: Basham 77' c Con: O'Brien 78'

Cardiff	21–19	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: Stephens 48' c Hughes 64' c Young 67' c Con: Sheedy (3/3) 49', 65', 68'		Try: Izuchukwu 13' c Postlethwaite (2) 17' c, 23' m Con: Doak (2/3) 14', 18'

Round 7

Glasgow Warriors	17–15	Scarlets (1 BP)
Try: Matthews 35' c Venter 49' c Con: Weir (2/2) 36', 51' Pen: Weir 65'		Try: Macleod 10' m Nicholas 46' c Con: Lloyd (1/2) 47' Pen: Lloyd 7'

(1 BP) Ulster	20–27	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Carson (2) 4' c, 55' c Con: Doak 6', 56' (2/2) Pen: Doak 12', 29' (2)		Try: McGrath 9' c Larmour 49' c J. O'Brien 59' m Culhane 72'm Con: R. Byrne (2/4) 10', 49' Pen: R. Byrne 16'

Sharks	21–15	Stormers (1 BP)
Try: Hooker 11' c Kolisi 16' c Esterhuizen 58' c Con: Masuku (2/2) 12', 17' Jo. Hendrikse (1/1) 60'		Try: Zas 44' m penalty try 79' Drop: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 24'

(1 BP) Cardiff	31–23	Dragons
Try: Mann 31' c Millard 42' c Sheedy 42' c Lee-Lo 49' c Con: Sheedy (4/4) 32', 43', 43', 50' Pen: Sheedy 7'		Try: Lloyd 64' c Seiuli 71' c Con: O'Brien (2/2) 65', 72' Pen: O'Brien (3) 11', 23', 28'

Connacht	14–28	Bulls (1 BP)
Try: Hawkshaw 61' c Blade 74'c Con: Forde (2/2) 62', 75'		Try: de Klerk 5' c Papier 35' c Kriel 41' c Moodie 54' c Con: Goosen (4/4) 6', 37', 42', 55'

Munster	17–10	Lions (1 BP)
Try: Abrahams 15' c S. Daly 42' m Kendellen 53' m Con: Burns (1/3) 16'		Try: van Wyk 27' c Con: Wolhuter (1/1) 28' Pen: Wolhuter 32'

Zebre Parma	22–17	Ospreys (1 BP)
Try: Gesi (2) 6' c, 25' m Trulla 43' c Con: Da Re (2/3) 7', 44' Pen: Da Re 57'		Try: Kasende 18' c Lloyd 72' m Con: O. Williams (1/2) 19', 73' Pen: O. Williams 39'

(1 BP) Edinburgh	50–33	Benetton (1 BP)
Try: van der Merwe 1' c Muncaster (2) 14' c, 74' c Bradbury (2) 19' c, 23' c Hill 42' c Price 56' m Con: Thompson (5/6) 2', 15', 20', 24', 42' Healy 75' Pen: Healy 80'		Try: Odogwu 42' m Creevy (2) 47' c, 53' c Izekor 62' c Fekitoa 69' c Con: Umaga (4/5) 48', 54', 63', 70' Pen: Fekitoa 80'

Round 8

(1 BP) Ulster	19–22	Munster (1 BP)
Try: O'Toole 7 c' Sheridan 64' m McNabney 75' c Con: Cooney (2/3) 8' 76	Report	Try: Farrell, 27', 51', 78' c S. Daly, 66' Con: Crowley (1/4) 80'

Benetton	11–10	Zebre Parma (1 BP)
Try: Marin 29' m Pen: Marin 58' Smith 81'	Report	Try: Zambonin 71' c Con: Da Re 72' Pen: Da Re 37'

(1 BP) Stormers	29–10	Lions
Try: Dweba 12' m Hartzenberg 24' m Dweba 33' m Zas 47' c Fouché 75' c Con: Libbok (2/5) 48', 76'	Report	Try: van der Merwe 43' m Marais 63' m

Sharks	20–17	Bulls (1 BP)
Try: Ja. Hendrikse 18' c penalty try Con: Jo. Hendrikse (1/1) 19' Pen: Jo. Hendrikse (2) 6', 69'	Report	Try: Wiese 24' c Vorster 28' c penalty try 52' Con: Goosen (2/2) 24', 28' Pen: Goosen (2) 47', 52'

Ospreys	23–22	Scarlets (1 BP)
Try: Parry 36' m Tipuric 46' c Hopkins 80' m Con: Edwards (1/3) 47' Pen: Edwards (2) 09', 58'	Report	Try: Mee 41' c Con: Lloyd (1/1) 42' Pen: Lloyd (4) 15', 18', 26', 32' Costelow 56'

Leinster	20–12	Connacht
Try: A. Osbourne 19' c Tector 26' c Con: R. Byrne (2/2) 19', 27' Pen: R. Byrne (2) 42', 79'	Report	Try: Dowling 52' m Jennings 60' c Con: Forde (1/2) 60'

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	33–14	Edinburgh
Try: Matthews (2) 05' c, 26' c Jones 12' c Steyn 41' m Dobie 63' c Con: Horne (4/5) 07', 13', 27', 65'		Try: Venter (2) 74', 78' Con: Healy (2/2) 74', 78'

(1 BP) Dragons	22-24	Cardiff (1 BP)
Try: Wainwright 14' c Dyer 19' m R. Williams 68' c Con: O'Brien (2/3) 15', 69' Pen: O'Brien 17'	Report	Try: Williams 32' m Adams 44' c Hamer-Webb 56' c Lloyd 75' m Con: Sheedy (2/4) 45', 57'

Round 9

Munster	7–28	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Ahern 44' Con: Burns (1/1) 46'	Report	Try: McGrath 8' Prendergast 32' van der Flier 53' Doris 73' Con: Prendergast (3/3) 9', 33', 53' R. Byrne 74'

(1 BP) Stormers	24-20	Sharks (1 BP)
Try: Senatla 09' m Fourie 53' m Libbok 66' c J. du Plessis 77' c Con: Libbok (2/4) 68', 79'	Report	Try: Penxe 32' c Jo. Hendrikse 70' c Con: Jo. Hendrikse (2/2) 33', 72' Pen: Jo. Hendrikse (2) 05', 74'

Zebre Parma	12-24	Benetton (1 BP}
Try: Fischetti 19' c Gesi 47' m Con: Da Re (1/2) 21'	Report	Try: Maile (2) 24' m, 36' m Brex 65' c Marin 85' c Con: Smith (2/4) 66', 86'

Edinburgh	10-7	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Schoeman 69' c Con: Healy (1/1) 71' Pen: Thompson 22'	Report	Try: penalty try 67'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 40,063 Referee: Eoghan Cross

Connacht	7-17	Ulster
Try: Hansen 35' c Con: Carty (1/1) 36'	Report	Try: O'Sullivan 10' c Timoney 54' c Con: Doak (2/2) 11', 55' Pen: Doak 14'

Cardiff	13–13	Ospreys
Try: Botham 6' Hughes 53' Pen: Thomas 70'	Report	Try: Edwards 49' Con: Edwards 50' Pen: Edwards (2) 31', 68'

Scarlets	32–15	Dragons
Try: Murray (2) 7', 15' Macleod 29' Mee 42' Con: Costelow (3/4) 8', 16', 31' Pen: Costelow 11' Lloyd 69'	Report	Try: Basham 49' Anderson 66' Con: O'Brien (1/2) 50' Pen: O'Brien 14'

Bulls	v	Lions

Round 10

Glasgow Warriors	v	Connacht

Ospreys	v	Benetton

Lions	v	Bulls

Scarlets	v	Edinburgh

Leinster	v	Stormers

Cardiff	v	Sharks

Dragons	v	Munster

Ulster	v	Zebre Parma

Round 11

Edinburgh	v	Zebre Parma

Ospreys	v	Leinster

Lions	v	Stormers

Bulls	v	Sharks

Benetton	v	Ulster

Munster	v	Scarlets

Connacht	v	Cardiff

Dragons	v	Glasgow Warriors

Round 12

Munster	v	Edinburgh

Zebre Parma	v	Dragons

Lions	v	Sharks

Bulls	v	Stormers

Leinster	v	Cardiff

Ulster	v	Scarlets

Connacht	v	Benetton

Glasgow Warriors	v	Ospreys

Round 13

Cardiff	v	Lions

Glasgow Warriors	v	Munster

Sharks	v	Zebre Parma

Benetton	v	Edinburgh

Bulls	v	Leinster

Dragons	v	Ulster

Ospreys	v	Connacht

Scarlets	v	Stormers

Round 14

Ulster	v	Stormers

Edinburgh	v	Dragons

Connacht	v	Munster

Bulls	v	Zebre Parma

Scarlets	v	Ospreys

Sharks	v	Leinster

Benetton	v	Cardiff

Glasgow Warriors	v	Lions

Round 15

Edinburgh	v	Sharks

Lions	v	Benetton

Ospreys	v	Cardiff

Stormers	v	Connacht

Munster	v	Bulls

Dragons	v	Scarlets

Leinster	v	Ulster

Zebre Parma	v	Glasgow Warriors

Round 16

Glasgow Warriors	v	Bulls

Cardiff	v	Munster

Lions	v	Connacht

Ospreys	v	Dragons

Stormers	v	Benetton

Scarlets	v	Leinster

Ulster	v	Sharks

Zebre Parma	v	Edinburgh

Round 17

Sharks	v	Ospreys

Munster	v	Ulster

Bulls	v	Cardiff

Stormers	v	Dragons

Leinster	v	Zebre Parma

Benetton	v	Glasgow Warriors

Connacht	v	Edinburgh

Lions	v	Scarlets

Round 18

Stormers	v	Cardiff

Edinburgh	v	Ulster

Munster	v	Benetton

Bulls	v	Dragons

Lions	v	Ospreys

Zebre Parma	v	Connacht

Sharks	v	Scarlets

Leinster	v	Glasgow Warriors

Knockout stage

Bracket

The play-off draw is seeded based on final positions in the regular season league table.

The higher-ranked teams have home advantage in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

As of 29 December 2024

Most points Rank Player Club Points 1 Ioan Lloyd Scarlets 60 2 Ross Thompson Edinburgh 53 3 Cathal Forde Connacht 46 4 Jordan Hendrikse Sharks 45 5 Dan Edwards Ospreys 43 6 Lloyd Evans Dragons 39 7 Jacob Umaga Benetton 38 8 Callum Sheedy Cardiff 37 Kade Wolhuter Lions 10 Johnny Matthews Glasgow 35

Most tries Rank Player Club Tries 1 Johnny Matthews Glasgow 7 2 Leolin Zas Stormers 5 Ben Muncaster Edinburgh Tom Farrell Munster 3 Harri Millard Cardiff 4 Cathal Forde Connacht Ben Murphy Connacht Taine Basham Dragons Duhan van der Merwe Edinburgh Rabz Maxwane Lions Edwill van der Merwe Lions Kyle Steyn Glasgow Huw Jones Glasgow Jamie Dobie Glasgow André Esterhuizen Sharks Mike Haley Munster Gavin Coombes Munster Gareth Davies Scarlets Kurt-Lee Arendse Bulls Canan Moodie Bulls Simone Gesi Zebre

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