United Rugby Championship News, Fixtures, Results & SA Team Updates

Stay up to date with all the latest URC news, fixtures, match results, and team updates, right here on SA Rugby Magazine. From dramatic comebacks to squad announcements and injury reports, we cover every angle with expert analysis and a proudly South African perspective.

Pick your URC Team of the Season: Locks

Here’s your chance to pick a South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship Team of the Season – next up are the two second rowers.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 26: Evan Roos of the Stormers during the United Rugby Championship match between DHL Stormers and Ulster at DHL Stadium on March 26, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Roos ready to rumble after Bok intro

Evan Roos says his time in the Springbok alignment camp has helped him identify a few key areas to improve on, but he is fully focused on helping the Stormers progress through the Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs. DYLAN JACK reports.

Delight for SA’s dynamic midfield duo

Two South African midfield veterans, playing for two different teams on two different days in the heart of Welsh regional rugby, took their teams one step closer to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship’s big playoff dance, scheduled for 18 June.

Evan Roos of Stormers congratulates Leolin Zas of Stormers for scoring a try during the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 match between the Stormers and Ulster held at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town on 26 March 2022 ©Shaun Roy/BackpagePix

Stormers wing Zas hungry for more after ‘dream’ season

Leolin Zas has his sights firmly set on the upcoming Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final against Edinburgh after a “dream” campaign has seen the Stormers wing become the season’s leading try scorer. DYLAN JACK reports.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 22: Rikus Pretorius of DHL Stormers celebrates scoring a try with team mates during the United Rugby Championship match between DHL Stormers and Glasgow Warriors at DHL Stadium on April 22, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Watch: SA champs dominate URC Team of the Season

Stormers players feature prominently as Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel compare notes in picking South Africa’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship team of the season.

Edinburgh vs Glasgow Warriors Pierre Schoeman and Duhan van der Merwe celebrate together

‘Hungry’ Goosen makes European switch

Pierre Schoeman is set to welcome another talented South African to Scottish giants Edinburgh next season.

Pick your URC Team of the Season: Back row

Here’s your chance to pick a South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship Team of the Season – next up are the two flanks and No 8.

Belfast , United Kingdom - 20 May 2022; Grant Williams of Cell C Sharks scores Cell C Sharks third try of the game during the United Rugby Championship match between Ulster and Cell C Sharks at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. (Photo By George Tewkesbury/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Williams: I’ve persevered through the challenges

Grant Williams says the competition among the Sharks scrumhalves and the challenges he has faced so far in his career has helped him become a better player.

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 09: Pierre Schoeman takes on Scarra Ntubeni during a United Rugby Championship match between Edinburgh and DHL Stormers at the DAM Health Stadium, on October 09, 2021, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Schoeman pumped for scrum battle against Stormers’ Boks

Pierre Schoeman is wary of the impact that the returning Springboks could have on the Stormers when Edinburgh travel to Cape Town for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finals.

United Rugby Championship, Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales 21/5/2022 Scarlets vs DHL Stormers DHL

Stormers delighted to be crowned SA’s best

Being crowned the South African Shield winners in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship has liberated the elated Stormers from a dark era in their history.