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.

Steven Kitshoff and the Stormers celebrate winning the South African shield

URC set to hit awards season

As the Vodacom United Rugby Championship edges closer to crowning its inaugural champions, the winners of the URC Awards will be announced over the coming weeks.

Bulls lock snapped up by Scottish giants

The Vodacom Bulls are set to lose the services of lock Sintu Manjezi to Scottish Vodacom United Rugby Championship side Glasgow Warriors at the end of the season.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 09: Manie Libbok of the Stormers during the United Rugby Championship match between DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls at DHL Stadium on April 09, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images)

Pick your URC Team of the Season: Halfbacks

Here’s your chance to pick a South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship Team of the Season – next up is the flyhalf and scrumhalf.

Moodie is music to White’s ears

The sudden and dazzling emergence of teenage sensation Canan Moodie in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship caught everyone by surprise. That is, everyone other than Moodie himself.

Ruhan Nel with Seabelo Senatla and Marvin Orie

McGeechan: SA teams will dominate Champions Cup

Ian McGeechan is relishing the “formidable challenge” of the Stormers, Sharks and Vodacom Bulls for Europe’s elite sides in the Champions Cup next season.

Mighty Mchunu lurks as the next ‘Beast’

There is no monster of the deep more terrifying than the one unseen, and in Ntuthuko Mchunu the Cell C Sharks have a lurking Beast.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 12: Damian Willemse of DHL Stormers during the United Rugby Championship match between Emirates Lions and DHL Stormers at Emirates Airline Park on February 12, 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Pick your URC Team of the Season: Centres

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

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ryan Hiscott/INPHO/Shutterstock (12520558as) Scarlets vs Emirates Lions. Jordan Hendrikse of Emirates Lions United Rugby Championship, Parc y Scarlets, Wales - 01 Oct 2021

Hendrikse call-up spotlights bizarre Blitzboks

The decision to rush Jordan Hendrikse into the squad for this weekend’s London Sevens highlights the muddled thinking that has seen the Blitzboks underperform in the last three tournaments, writes DYLAN JACK.

Pick your SA URC Team of the Season: Back three

SARugbymag.co.za gives you the opportunity to pick a South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship Team of the Season, starting with the fullback and wings.

Resilient rookies, tough veterans power SA’s URC challenge

The latest edition of SA Rugby magazine hails the performance of the South African teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and looks at how each side had laid the foundations for their success in the tournament.