2025–26 United Rugby Championship

2025–26 United Rugby Championship
Countries Ireland
Italy
Scotland
South Africa
Wales
Date26 September 2025 – 14 June 2026
Matches played54
Attendance523,601
(average 9,696 per match)
Highest attendance51,859 (Leinster v Munster, Round 4)
Lowest attendance1,711 (Lions v Scarlets, Round 4)
Tries scored346
(average 6.4 per match)
Top point scorer78 : Jurie Matthee (Stormers)
Top try scorer6 : Louis Lynagh (Benetton)
Official website
unitedrugby.com

The 2025–26 United Rugby Championship is the ongoing 25th season of the professional rugby union competition currently known as the United Rugby Championship, the highest level domestic club rugby competition in South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy. This season is also the fifth season under that name, and the fifth with the current collection of teams. It began on 26 September 2025 and will end in June 2026.[1]

Leinster entered the competition as the reigning champions, and holders of the URC Irish Shield and kicked off the competition with the first match away to Stormers. Glasgow Warriors, Sharks and Cardiff are defending the Scottish-Italian, South African and Welsh Shields respectively.

Format

The 2025–26 season once again consists of 21 rounds: 18 rounds of regular season play, followed by three rounds of play-offs. The competition runs from September 2025 to June 2026, with the regular season ending in mid May. The season also contains breaks for the 2025 end-of year internationals, the 2026 Men's Six Nations (though some matches are played during 'fallow' weekends) and the various matchdays of the 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. The season does not overlap with the 2026 Nations Championship. Some South African teams will play derby matches throughout the Men's Six Nations window, as this is a competition in which the South Africa national team are not involved.

There are four regional pools: The Irish Shield pool (featuring the four Irish teams), the Welsh Shield pool (featuring the four Welsh teams), the South African Shield pool (featuring the four South African teams) and the shared Italian-Scottish Shield pool (featuring the two Italian and two Scottish sides). The pools serve two functions; they guarantee a full slate of home-and-away derby matches for each team (which are often the best attended and most remunerative fixtures for the clubs involved), and they award a minor Regional Shield trophy to the top team in each pool, which thereby functions as a de facto national professional 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.

In Scotland, the two pool games involving both Scottish sides, played back to back over the Christmas and New Year period, also decide the 1872 Cup, effectively a Scottish national professional championship. The two Italian sides have no individual trophy to play for.[2]

Teams therefore play six matches against their regional pool rivals, in a home and away double round-robin. The remaining 12 matches are made up by a single round robin of the remaining teams, consisting of an even number of six home and six away matches against all the sides from the other pools, with home advantage alternating each year. Generally each team will play two of the teams in each of the other pools at home, and two away, with the matches away to South African teams usually held back to back as a 'mini-tour' to reduce travel. The South African teams in turn have six European matches, which again are often arranged as a series of 'mini-tours' of two or three matches to reduce air travel.[3]

For the United Rugby Championship itself, there is one main league table. The top eight sides in that table at the end of the regular season will qualify for the play-off quarter-finals, followed by semi-finals and a grand final. The playoffs are seeded, with the top four seeds having home advantage at the quarter-final stage. In the semi-finals and final, the better ranked club in each tie has home advantage, so the number one team in the ladder will retain home advantage for as long as it progresses in the competition, including the final (unlike the Prem Rugby competition in England where the final is held in the neutral Twickenham Stadium).

The Regional Shield pools have no direct link to the play-offs and by extension the Championship itself, or European qualification, and it is technically possible to win a Regional Shield but not contest the play-offs.[3]

Teams

Team Country Coach /
Director of Rugby 		Captain Stadium Capacity Position last season
Benetton
 Italy Calum MacRae Michele Lamaro
Sebastian Negri 		Stadio Comunale di Monigo 5,000 10th
Bulls
 South Africa Johan Ackermann Ruan Nortjé Loftus Versfeld Stadium 51,762 Runner-up
Cardiff
 Wales Vacant[a] Liam Belcher Cardiff Arms Park 12,125 9th
Connacht
 Ireland Stuart Lancaster Cian Prendergast The Sportsground 8,129
 13th
Dragons
 Wales Filo Tiatia Ben Carter
Angus O'Brien 		Rodney Parade 8,700 16th
Edinburgh
 Scotland Sean Everitt Magnus Bradbury Edinburgh Rugby Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium 		7,800
67,144 		Quarter-finalist
Glasgow Warriors
 Scotland Franco Smith Kyle Steyn Scotstoun Stadium
Hampden Park 		7,351
51,866 		Semi-finalist
Leinster
 Ireland Leo Cullen Caelan Doris RDS Arena
Aviva Stadium 		18,500
51,700 		Champion (9th title)
Lions
 South Africa Ivan van Rooyen Francke Horn Ellis Park Stadium 62,567 11th
Munster
 Ireland Clayton McMillan Tadhg Beirne Thomond Park
Musgrave Park 		25,600
8,008 		Quarter-finalist
Ospreys
 Wales Mark Jones Jac Morgan Brewery Field 8,000 12th
Scarlets
 Wales Dwayne Peel Josh Macleod Parc y Scarlets 14,870 Quarter-finalist
Sharks
 South Africa John Plumtree Siya Kolisi Kings Park Stadium 52,000 Semi-finalist
Stormers
 South Africa John Dobson Salmaan Moerat Cape Town Stadium
Danie Craven Stadium[5] 		55,000
16,000 		Quarter-finalist
Ulster
 Ireland Richie Murphy Iain Henderson Ravenhill Stadium 18,196 14th
Zebre Parma
 Italy Massimo Brunello Giovanni Licata Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 5,000 15th
Location of Irish, Scottish and Welsh teams:
2025–26 United Rugby Championship (the United Kingdom and Ireland)
 Location of Italian teams:
2025–26 United Rugby Championship (Northern Italy)

Location of South African teams:

2025–26 United Rugby Championship (South Africa)

URC league standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Stormers 7 7 0 0 218 87 +131 27 10 4 0 32 Qualifies for home URC quarter-final;
Qualification for the 2026–27 Champions Cup
2 Munster 7 6 0 1 172 126 +46 25 19 4 1 29
3 Cardiff 7 5 0 2 157 122 +35 24 16 4 2 26
4 Glasgow Warriors 7 5 0 2 185 99 +86 26 12 4 1 25
5 Ulster 6 4 0 2 202 140 +62 29 20 5 1 22 Qualifies for URC quarter-final;
Qualification for the 2026–27 Champions Cup
6 Leinster 7 4 0 3 174 166 +8 27 23 4 1 21
7 Lions 7 3 0 4 203 212 −9 27 30 3 2 17
8 Connacht 6 2 0 4 148 139 +9 21 19 4 3 15
9 Bulls 7 3 0 4 184 211 −27 26 30 3 0 15 Qualification for the 2026–27 Challenge Cup
10 Benetton 7 3 0 4 122 191 −69 13 28 1 0 13
11 Edinburgh 6 2 0 4 140 112 +28 22 18 2 3 13
12 Sharks 7 2 1 4 134 192 −58 20 24 2 0 12
13 Zebre Parma 7 2 0 5 121 203 −82 16 29 2 1 11
14 Dragons 7 1 2 4 132 203 −71 17 30 1 1 10
15 Scarlets 6 2 0 4 102 143 −41 12 19 0 0 8
16 Ospreys 7 1 1 5 137 185 −48 20 28 1 1 8
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: UnitedRugby.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won 2) The difference between points for and points against 3) The number of tries scored 4) The most points scored 5) The difference between tries for and tries against 6) The fewest red cards received 7) The fewest yellow cards received.[6]


Regional shields

Regional shield standings will be based entirely on performances against other teams within the same conference.[2] Therefore, only six games for each team will count towards the regional shields. Leinster, Glasgow Warriors, Sharks and Cardiff enter their respective Regional shields as reigning champions.


2025–26 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield tables
Irish Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts Pos overall
1 Munster 2 2 0 0 48 29 +19 7 5 1 0 9 -
2 Leinster 2 1 0 1 38 51 -13 6 7 1 0 5 -
3 Connacht 1 0 0 1 15 17 -2 3 3 0 1 1 -
4 Ulster 1 0 0 1 20 24 -4 3 4 0 1 1 -
Italian x Scottish Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts Pos overall
1 Benetton 3 2 0 1 37 72 -35 3 11 0 0 8 -
2 Edinburgh 3 1 0 2 83 55 +28 11 6 2 1 7 -
3 Glasgow Warriors 2 1 0 1 38 28 +10 6 3 1 1 6 -
4 Zebre Parma 2 1 0 1 46 49 -3 6 6 1 1 6 -
South African Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts Pos overall
1 Lions 2 1 0 1 70 67 +3 9 9 1 1 6 —
2 Stormers 1 1 0 0 34 27 +7 4 3 1 0 5
3 Sharks 1 1 0 0 21 12 +9 3 0 0 0 4 —
4 Bulls 2 0 0 2 45 64 -19 5 9 1 0 1 ——
Welsh Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts Pos overall
1 Cardiff 2 1 0 1 41 38 +3 6 5 1 1 6 —
2 Scarlets 1 1 0 0 21 17 +4 3 2 0 0 4 —
3 Dragons 2 0 1 1 36 43 -7 5 7 0 1 3 —
4 Ospreys 1 0 1 0 19 19 0 3 3 0 0 2 —
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[7]
  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. 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

European qualification

Priority order for 2026–27 European Rugby Champions Cup qualification is as follows:

  • 2025–26 United Rugby Championship champions
  • the 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup champions (if a URC team but not already qualified as above)
  • the 2025–26 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.

As a result of the priority order, the top five teams in the regular season standings are guaranteed qualification to the Champions Cup, with the remaining three places dependant on cup results this season.

The eight remaining teams qualify for the 2026–27 EPRC Challenge Cup.

Match grid

The following are the fixtures and results for the 2025–26 United Rugby Championship regular season:[8][9]

Home \ Away BEN BUL CAR CON DRA EDI GLA LEI LIO MUN OSP SCA SHA STO ULS ZEB
Benetton — — — — RD 9 16–14 RD 16 41–15 RD 15 RD 13 RD 11 — 16-31 — 21–15
Bulls RD 18 RD 13 — — — — 39–31 33–43 RD 14 53–40 — RD 12 RD 8 — RD 17
Cardiff RD 10 — 14–8 RD 8 20-19 — RD 12 33–20 — RD 16 17–21 — RD 18 — —
Connacht 26–15 27–28 — — — RD 12 RD 10 — RD 17 RD 14 RD 2 44–17 — RD 8 —
Dragons RD 12 RD 15 17–24 48–28 RD 17 — 10–24 — — 19-19 RD 9 17–17 — — —
Edinburgh 43–0 RD 10 — RD 18 — RD 8[b] — — — 19–17 RD 12 RD 16 — RD 2 RD 15
Glasgow Warriors RD 14 21-12 RD 17 — 49–0 24–12[b] RD 13 — RD 11 — — 35–19 — — RD 9
Leinster — — — RD 9 — RD 11 — RD 17 14–31[a] RD 18 RD 14 31–5 — 24–20[c] 50-26
Lions — RD 11 — RD 16 RD 14 RD 13 RD 15 — — — 29–18 RD 8 RD 12 49-31 —
Munster — — 23–20 17-15 RD 10 20–19 — RD 8[a] RD 18 — — — 21–27 RD 16 RD 12
Ospreys — — RD 9 — RD 11 — 17–42 — RD 10 10–26 RD 17 RD 15 — RD 12 24–0
Scarlets — RD 16 RD 15 — RD 18 — 23–0 — — 21–34 RD 8 — 0–34 RD 10 RD 13
Sharks RD 17 21–12 RD 14 — — — — — RD 9 RD 13 29-19 RD 11 26–34 RD 18
Stormers — RD 9 — RD 15 RD 13 RD 14 RD 16 35–0 34–27 — 26–10 — RD 10 — —
Ulster 47–13 28–7 RD 11 RD 13 42–21 — RD 18 RD 15[c] — RD 9 — — — RD 16 —
Zebre Parma RD 8 — 14–29 RD 11 RD 16 31–28 RD 10 — 22–20 — — — — 13–31 RD 14

URC Shield fixtures in bold; Colours: Green: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win; Blue: upcoming matches

Regular season

The matches for the regular season were announced on 21 May 2025, the earliest fixture reveal in the competition's history.[10] The first match was the visit of Leinster to South Africa to take on Stormers at Cape Town Stadium on Friday, 26 September 2025.[8][9] (Stormers beat Leinster 35–0.)

Round 1

26 September 2025 (1 BP) Stormers 35 – 0 Leinster Cape Town Stadium  
18:00 Try: Ungerer 45' c
Roos (2) 63' c 68' c
Matthee 70' m
Con: Matthee (3/4) 45' 64' 69'
Pen: Matthee (3/5) 7' 33' 42'
 Report[11]
Highlights 		Cards: Deegan  63'
T. O'Brien  67' 		Attendance: 13,529
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
26 September 2025 (1 BP) Ulster 42 – 21 Dragons Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
20:05 Try: Izuchukwu 12' c
Timoney 28' c
McCann 34' c
Z. Ward 36' c
Doak 42' c
Stewart 80+3' c
Con: Doak (5/5) 13' 29' 34' 38' 43'
Flannery (1/1) 80+4'
 Report[12]
Highlights 		Try: Wainwright 0'
Rosser 16'
Lewis-Hughes 49'
Con: De Beer (3/3) 2' 17' 50'
 Attendance: 9,563[13]
Referee: Colby Griffin
26 September 2025 (1 BP) Glasgow Warriors 35 – 19 Sharks Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
20:05 Try: Rowe 14' c
McDowall 32' c
Darge 49' c
Dobie 70' c
Penalty Try 78' c
Con: Horne (4/4) 15', 33', 51', 71'
 Report, 2
Highlights 		Try: E v.d.Merwe 9' m
Tshituka 40' c
Am 66' c
Con: Hendrikse (2/3) 41', 67'
Cards: Mavesere 77' to F.T.'
Mazibujo 79' to F.T.' 		Attendance: 6,775
Referee: Keith David
27 September 2025 (1 BP) Bulls 53 – 40 Ospreys (1 BP) Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
13:00 Try: Coetzee 8' c, 21' m
Grobbelaar 39' c, 45' m, 58' c
Jooste 51' m, 72' m
Serfontein 61' m
Else 68' c
Con: Johannes (4/9) 9', 40', 59', 69'
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Giles 2' m, 80' c
Keiran Williams 6' c, 35' c
Walsh 30' c
Morse 66' c
Con: Edwards (5/6) 6', 31', 36', 66', 81'
 Attendance: 2,992
Referee: Peter Martin
27 September 2025 (1 BP) Zebre Parma 31 – 28 Edinburgh (2 BP) Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
15:05 Try: D Bartolomeo 3' c
Pitinari 12' c
Gesi 34' c
Fusco 44' c
Con: Da Re (4/4) 4', 13', 35', 45'
Pen: Roger (1/1) 79'
Cards: Licata  15'
Pitinari  74' 		Report
Highlights 		Try: McConnell 17' c
Bradbury 23' c
Velacott 50' c
Harrison 75' c
Con: Healy (4/4) 18', 24', 51', 76'
 Attendance: 2,276[14]
Referee: Ben Whitehouse
27 September 2025 Scarlets 21 – 34 Munster (1 BP) Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
17:30 Try: Murray 48' c
Mee 64' c
Plumtree 75' c
Con: Costelow (2/2) 49', 65'
Hawkins (1/1) 76'
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Casey 10' c
Haley 42' c
D. Kelly 59' c
Ahern 69' c
Con: Hanrahan (1/1) 12'
Crowley (3/3) 43', 60', 70'
Pen: Hanrahan (2/2) 23', 29'
 Attendance: 9,078
Referee: Sam Grove-White
27 September 2025 (1 BP) Cardiff 33 – 20 Lions Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45 Try: Thomas 9' c
Winnet 23' c
Mann 52' c
Lloyd 60' c, 76' m
Con: Sheedy (4/5) 10', 24', 53', 61
Cards: Thomas  30' 		Report
Highlights 		Try: Venter 27'c,
Steenkamp 48'c
Con: Dobela (2/2) 28', 49'
Pen: Dobela (2/2) 17', 37'
 Attendance: 5,711
Referee: Filippo Russo
27 September 2025 (1 BP) Connacht 26 – 15 Benetton The Sportsground, Galway  
19:45 Try: Ioane 8' c
Naughton 19' m
Tierney-Martin 46' c
Jansen 73' c
Con: Forde (3/4) 9', 47', 74'
Cards: Mullins 26' to 36' 		Report
Highlights 		Try: Louis Lynagh 41' m
Garbisi 81' c
Con: Umaga (1/2) 80+2'
Pen: Umaga (1/1) 16'
Cards: Fekitoa 8' to 18'
Lamaro 44' to 54' 		Attendance: 3,928
Referee: Christopher Allison

Round 2

3 October 2025 Stormers 26 – 10 Ospreys Cape Town Stadium  
18:00 Try: Roos (10' m)
Simelane (58' c)
de Villiers (70' m)
Con: Matthee (59')
Pen: Matthee (41', 44', 57')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Hardy (3' m, 29' m)
 Attendance: 13,668
Referee: Peter Martin
3 October 2025 Dragons 17 – 17 Sharks Rodney Parade, Newport  
20:05 Try: Wainwright (15'c)
O'Brien (26' c)
Con: de Beer (16', 27')
Pen: de Beer (66' )
Cards: Coleman  73' 		Report[15]
Highlights 		Try: Orie (8' c)
Tshituka (38' c)
Con: Smith (9', 39')
Pen: Smith (19')
 Attendance: 4,889 [16]
Referee: Filippo Russo
4 October 2025 Benetton 16 – 14 Glasgow Warriors (1 BP) Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
17:30 Try: Menoncello (51' c)
Con: Umaga (53')
Pen: Umaga (26', 71')
Drop: R. Smith (81')
Cards: Cannone 67' to 77' 		Report
Highlights 		Try: Oguntibeju (19' c)
McKay (29' c)
Con: A. Hastings (20', 30')
 Attendance: 4,806
Referee: Ben Connor
4 October 2025 (1 BP) Bulls 39 – 31 Leinster (1 BP) Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
17:30 Try: de Klerk (4' c)
Kriel (16' m, 78' c)
Gumede (41' c)
le Roux (58' m)
Jacobs (68' m)
Con: Johannes (5', 42')
Kriel (79')
Pen: Johannes (35')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Clarkson (30' c)
Cooney (44' c)
T. O'Brien (46' c)
Penny (66' c)
Con: Prendergast (31', 45', 47', 66')
Pen: Prendergast (20')
Cards: Connors 21' to 31' 		Attendance: 6,937
Referee: Adam Jones
4 October 2025 Munster 23 – 20 Cardiff (1 BP) Thomond Park, Limerick  
19:45 Try: Quinn (29' m)
Coombes (52' c)
Barron (61' m)
Con: Crowley (53')
Pen: Crowley (67')
Drop: Crowley (77')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: J. Adams (15' m)
Bowen (44' m, 57' m, 82' m)
 Attendance: 12,066[17]
Referee: Griffin Colby
5 October 2025 Zebre Parma 22 – 20 Lions (1 BP) Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
14:00 Try: Stavile (12' n)
Di Bartolomeo (35' c)
Nocera (79' c)
Con: da Re (36')
Roger (80')
Pen: Roger (64')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Kotze (52' m)
Keyter (56' m)
Brandon (74' c)
Con: Dobela (75')
Pen: CW Smith (17')
 Attendance: 2,175
Referee: Craig Evans
13 March 2026 Connacht v Scarlets The Sportsground, Galway  
19:45
13 March 2026 Edinburgh v Ulster Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
19:45

Round 3

10 October 2025 (1 BP) Munster 20–19 Edinburgh (1 BP) Musgrave Park, Cork  
19:45 Try: A. Smith (2')
Milne (33', 58')
F. Wycherley (72')
 Report Try: Ashman (7')
Vellacott (15')
Graham (48')
Con: Healy (16', 49')
Cards:
Young  28'
Rae  30'
Douglas  53'
Graham  68' 		Attendance: 8,800[18]
Referee: Ben Whitehouse
10 October 2025 Scarlets 0 – 34 Stormers (1 BP) Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
19:45 Cards: Plumtree  33'
Page  72' 		Report
Scoreboard, 2 		Try: Roos (11')
de Villiers (40')
v. Heerden (57')
Feinberg-Mngomezulu (65')
Khan (74')
Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (12', 41')
Willemse (58')
Pen: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (17')
Cards: Dixon  28'
Feinberg-Mngomezulu  53' 		Attendance: 6,114
Referee: Federico Vedovelli
11 October 2025 (1 BP) Benetton 41 – 15 Lions Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
15:00 Try: R Smith(8')
Lynagh (14', 30', 71', 83')
Ferrari (20')
Con: Umaga (21', 31', 72')
R Smith(84')
Pen: Umaga (42')
Cards: Gallo  53'
Avaca  80' 		Report Try: Ntlabakanye (27')
v. Vuuren (78')
Con: CW Smith(28')
Pen: CW Smith (2')
Cards: Jonker  69'
Horn  80'+2 		Attendance: 4,850
11 October 2025 Ospreys 24 – 0 Zebre Parma Brewery Field, Bridgend  
15:00 Try: Cokanasiga (15')
Morse (18')
Ratti (74')
Con: D. Edwards (16', 18', 75')
Pen: D. Edwards (59')
 Report Attendance: 4,519
11 October 2025 (1 BP) Glasgow Warriors 49 – 0 Dragons Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
17:30 Try: Steyn (10')
Horne (25', 62')
Brown (43')
Hiddleston (47')
Matthews (67')
Con: Hastings (11', 26', 43', 48')
Horne (62')
Lancaster(68')
 Report Cards: Dyer  80'+1 Attendance: 5,800
11 October 2025 (1 BP) Leinster 31 – 5 Sharks Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
17:30 Try: Jamie Osborne (12')
Jimmy O'Brien (23')
v.d. Flier (27')
Deegan (49')
Gus McCarthy (71')
Con: Harry Byrne(13', 23', 28')
Cards: Boyle  74' 		Report Try: Hooker(30')
 Attendance: 17,549[19]
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)
11 October 2025 (1 BP) Ulster 28 – 7 Bulls Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45 Try: McCloskey (22')
Augustus (49')
Herring (54')
Izuchukwu(57')
Con: Doak (22', 50', 55', 58')
Cards: Herring  27' 		Report Try: Louw (27')
Con: Pollard (28')
Cards: Rudolph  47' 		Attendance: 10,629

Mike Adamson

11 October 2025 Cardiff 14 – 8 Connacht (1 BP) Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45 Try: Bowen (14', 75')
Con: Sheedy (15')
Lloyd (76')
 Report Try: O'Connor (80'+2)
Pen: Forde (11')
 Attendance: 7,092[20]
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi

Round 4

17 October 2025 (1 BP) Edinburgh 43 – 0 Benetton Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
19:45 Try: van der Merwe (5')
Richardson (11', 57')
Graham (39', 78')
O'Conor (65')
Bradbury (73')
Con: Scott (6', 11', 40')
Thompson (66')
 Report Cards: Fekitoa  44'
Garbisi  57' 		Attendance: 6,763[21]
Referee: Ben Breakspear
17 October 2025 (1 BP) Connacht 27 – 28 Bulls The Sportsground, Galway  
19:45 Try: Ioane(10')
Blade(45')
Naughton (68')
Hansen (79')
Con: Ioane (11', 46')
Pen: Naughton (74')
Cards: Murphy  19' 		report Try: de Wet (13', 54')
le Roux (20')
Con: Johannes (21', 55')
Pen: Johannes (63', 72')
Drop: Johannes (43')
 Attendance: 3,928[22]
Referee: Mike Adamson
17 October 2025 (1 BP) Dragons 17 – 24 Cardiff (1 BP) Rodney Parade, Newport  
19:45 Try: Coghlan (7')
Carter (72')
Con: de Beer (8', 73')
Pen: O'Brien (80')
 Report
Scoreboard 		Try: Mann (2')
Faletau (14')
Dan Thomas(20')
Southworth (61')
Con: Sheedy (14')
Ben Thomas (62')
 Attendance: 7,483[23]
Referee: Federico Vedovelli
18 October 2025 (1 BP) Lions 29 – 18 Scarlets Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
12:45 Try: Horn (25')
Marais (58')
Brandon (70', 74')
Pen: CW Smith (47')
Lombard (53', 81')
Cards: Landsberg  38' 		Report
Scoreboard 		Try: Penalty try (68')
Roberts (77')
Pen: Costelow (12', 50')
 Attendance: 1,771[24]
Referee: Eoghan Cross
18 October 2025 (1 BP) Sharks 26 – 34 Ulster (1 BP) Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
15:00 Try: Kolisi (33')
Mapimpi(49')
Esterhuizen (71')
penalty try
Con: Masuku (50')
Hendrikse (72')
Cards: Mapimpi
Koch  51' 		Report Try: Lowry (6')
Werner Kok (21')
Stewart (56')
Reid (66')
Con: Doak (7', 21', 57', 68')
Pen: Doak (16', 37')
Cards: O'Toole  61' 		Attendance: 11,280
Referee: Ben Whitehouse
18 October 2025 Leinster 14 – 31 Munster (1 BP) Croke Park, Dublin  
17:15 Try: Kelleher (7')
Penny (79')
Con: Prendergast (8', 80'+1)
Cards: Frawley  77' 		Report
MOTM: Jack Crowley 		Try: Gleeson (17')
Tom Farrell (23')
Coughlan (37')
penalty try (76')
Con: Crowley (18', 24', 38')
Pen: Crowley (49')
Cards: Coombes,  79' 		Attendance: 51,859
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
18 October 2025 Zebre Parma 13 – 31 Stormers (1 BP) Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
19:45 Try: Belloni, (20')
Con: da Re (21')
Pen: da Re (63', 67')
Cards: Nocero  59' 		Report Try: de Villiers (6')
Feinberg-Mngomezulu, (37', 46')
Gelant, (58')
Nel (80')
Con: Feinberg-Mngomezulu, (38', 58', 80'+1)
 Attendance: 2,176
Referee: Andrew Brace
18 October 2025 Ospreys 17 – 42 Glasgow Warriors (1 BP) Brewery Field, Bridgend  
19:45 Try: Morgan-williams (13')
Morgan (45')
Con: Edwards (14', 46')
Pen: Edwards (24')
Cards: Lake  29' 		Report Try: Dobie (9', 50')
Steyn (16')
Matthews (40'+1)
Ferrie (62')
Duncan (76)
Con: A Hastings (9', 17' 40'+2, 51', 63')
Lancaster (77')
 Attendance: 4,861
Referee: Andrea Piardi

Round 5

24 October 2025 Glasgow Warriors 21 – 12 Bulls Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:45 Try: Tuipulotu (5'c)
penalty try (65')
McBeth (70'c)
Con: Hastings (6', 71')
Cards: McBeth,  53' 		Report
Scoreboard
Highlights 		Try: Jacobs (11'm)
le Roux (49'c)
Con: Johannes (49')
Cards: Klopper  65' 		Attendance: 6,848[25]
Referee: Craig Evans
25 October 2025 (1 BP) Lions 49 – 31 Ulster (1 BP) Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
12:45 Try: SJ Kotze (2'c)
Keyter (8'c)
Venter (46'c)
du Plessis (61'c)
van Wyk (71'm)
van Vuuren (76'm)
Brandon (81'm)
Con: CW Smith (3', 9', 47', 62')
Pen: CW Smith (33', 50')
Cards: Ntlabakanye  27' 		Report
Highlights 		Try: Baloucoune (5'c, 40'm, 52'm)
Hume (24'c)
McCann (67'c)
Con: Doak (6', 24')
Flannery (67')
 Attendance: 4,061
Referee: Ben Connor
25 October 2025 (1 BP) Sharks 29 – 19 Scarlets Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
15:00 Try: V Tshituka (5'm)
E Tshituka (19'c)
Mazibuko (28'c)
Kolisi (49'c)
Con: Jean Smith (20', 29', 50')
Pen: Jean Smith (64')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: v.d. Merwe (16'c)
Murray (21'c)
Rogers (45')
Con: Costelow (17', 22')
Cards: Plumtree  72' 		Attendance: 9,528[26]
Referee: Sam Grove-White
25 October 2025 (1 BP) Leinster 50 – 26 Zebre Parma (1 BP) Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
17:30 Try: Kenny (2' c, 27' c)
Soroka (7' m, 12' c)
Cahir (48' c)
Byrne (55' m)
Snyman (68' c)
Connors (78' m)
Con: (2', 13', 27', 49', 69')
Cards: A Osborne  30' 		Report
Scoreboard
Highlights 		Try: Belloni (10' c)
Dominguez (20' c)
Quattrini (32' c)
Marco Zanon (73' m)
Con: da Re (11', 21', 33')
Cards: Dominguez  37' 		Attendance: 14,128[27]
Referee: Ian Kenny
25 October 2025 Benetton 16 – 31 Stormers Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
17:30 Try: Lynagh (30' c)
Con: Umaga (31')
Pen: Umaga (15', 18', 35')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Sandi (6' m)
Matthee (48' c)
Porthen (80' c)
Con: Matthee (49', 81')
Pen: Matthee (20', 45', 53', 72')
 Attendance: 4,903
Referee: Hollie Davidson
25 October 2025 Dragons 19 – 19 Ospreys Rodney Parade, Newport  
17:30 Try: R Williams (38' c)
Coghlan (60' c)
Burrows (76' m)
Con: de Beer (40', 61')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Deaves (15' m)
Cokanasiga (20' c)
Hopkins (46' c)
Con: Edwards (20', 47')
Cards: Kasende  80' 		Attendance: 5,511[28]
Referee: Ben Breakspear
25 October 2025 Munster 17 – 15 Connacht (1 BP) Thomond Park, Limerick  
19:45 Try: O'Donoghue (15' m, 67' m)
Kilgallen (33' c)
Con: JJ Hanrahan (33')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Ralston (20' m, 28' m)
Boyle (42' m)
 Attendance: 16,512[29]
Referee: Andrea Piardi
25 October 2025 Cardiff 20 – 19 Edinburgh (1 BP) Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45 Try: Mulder (7' m)
Adams (15' c)
Sebastian (43' m)
Con: Lloyd (16')
Pen: Lloyd (74')
 Report
Highlights 		Try: Wells (3' m)
Shiel (9' c)
Ashman (19' c)
Con: Scott (9')
Lang (20')
 Attendance: 7,189[30]

Round 6

28 November 2025 (1 BP) Ulster 47 – 13 Benetton Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45 Try: Baloucoune, (10' m, 77' c)
Kok, (21' c, 58' c)
Hume (52' c)
Sheridan(68' c)
penalty try (63')
Con: Doak (22', 53', 59')
Flannery (68', 78')
 Report
Scoreboard 		Try: Bernasconi (28' c)
Con: Umaga (29')
Pen: Umaga (15', 43')
Cards: Ratave 63' to 73' 		Attendance: 11,517[31]
Referee: Sam Grove-White
28 November 2025 Dragons 10 – 24 Leinster (1 BP) Rodney Parade, Newport  
19:45 Try: Screech (31' c)
Con: de Beer(32')
Pen: O'Brien(47')
 Report Try: Soroka (4' m)
Kenny (44' c, 59' m)
Snyman (78' c)
Con: Byrne (45', 79')
Cards: Mangan 29' to 39'
Penny 38' to 48'
McGrath 80' to f.t.' 		Attendance: 4,244[32]
Referee: Morne Ferreira
29 November 2025 (1 BP) Bulls 33 – 43 Lions (1 BP) Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
12:00 Try: Papier (30' c, 33' c)
A. van der Merwe (40' m)
Johannes (76' c)
de Klerk(77' c)
Con: Johannes (4/5) (31', 34', 76', 78')
 Report Try: Mpeku (19'c) Steyn (23' c, 74' c)
Cairns (36' m)
E. Oosthuizen (52' c)
Keyter (72' c)
Con: CW Smith (5/6) (19', 24', 53', 73', 74')
Pen: CW Smith (11')
 Attendance: 14,122
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron
29 November 2025 Zebre Parma 14 – 29 Cardiff (1 BP) Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
13:00 Try: Licata (30' c)
Zanon (74' c)
Con: Roger (2/2) (31', 74')
Cards: Licata 16' to 26'
Ruggeri 49' to 59'
Zanon 82' to f.t.' 		Report Try: Hughes (13' c, 18' m, 40' c)
Basham (80+3' c)
Con: Lloyd (2/3) (19', 41')
Wilde (1/1) (80+4')
Pen: Lloyd (48')
Cards: Basham 69' to 79' 		Attendance: 2,392
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
29 November 2025 (1 BP) Munster 21 – 27 Stormers Thomond Park, Limerick  
17:30 Try: Beirne (8' c)
Hodnett (20' c)
Crowley (27' c)
Con: Crowley (3/3) (8', 20', 28')
Cards: Coombes 58' to 68' 		Report Try: A. Smith (58')
Maart (68')
Nel (72')
Con: Matthee (3/3) (59' c, 69' c, 72' c)
Pen: Matthee (6', 12')
Cards: Evans 3' to 13'
Theunissen 20' to 30' 		Attendance: 14,421
Referee: Andrea Piardi
29 November 2025 Edinburgh 19 – 17 Ospreys (1 BP) Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
17:30 Try: Currie (33' m)
Morris (54' c)
Paterson (71' c)
Con: Thompson (1/2) (55')
Scott (1/1) (71')
 Report Try: Davies (25' m)
Cokanasiga (45' m)
Boshoff (75' c)
Con: Walsh (76')
 Attendance: 6,502
Referee: Peter Martin
29 November 2025 (1 BP) Connacht 44 – 17 Sharks The Sportsground, Galway  
19:45 Try: Boyle (17' c)
Mullins (31' c)
Gavin (58' c)
Devine (72' c)
Illo (79' c)
Con: Naughton (19', 32', 58', 73', 80')
Pen: Naughton (8', 27', 42')
 Report Try: Mbatha (15' m)
Mapimpi (66' m)
van Heerden (75' c)
Con: Jordan Hendrikse (75')
Cards: Jenkins 28' to 38' 		Attendance: 3,928
Referee: Ben Whitehouse
29 November 2025 Scarlets 23 – 0 Glasgow Warriors Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
19:45 Try: MacLeod (16' c)
Page (49' c)
Con: Costelow (2/2) (17', 50')
Pen: Costelow (25', 31', 67')
Cards: Cuckson 71' to f.t.' 		Report Attendance: 5,444
Referee: Christopher Allison

Round 7

19 December 2025 (1 BP) Cardiff 17 – 21 Scarlets Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45 Try: Grady 29' c
Adams 54' c
Con: Sheedy (2) 30', 55'
Pen: Sheedy 41'
 Report Try: James 23' c
Davies (2) 51' c, 57' c
Con: Hawkins (3) 24', 52', 58'
Cards: Macleod  25'
Davies  28'
Williams  60' 		Attendance: 11,278
Referee: Ben Breakspear (WRU)
19 December 2025 (1 BP) Leinster 24 – 20 Ulster (1 BP) Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
19:45 Try: Ioane 27' c
Kenny 54' m
Lowe 66' m
Sheehan 74' c
Con: Prendergast 27'
Byrne 75'
Cards: Ryan  59' 		Report Try: Kok (2) 14' m, 34' c
Stewart 38' m
Con: Doak 35'
Pen: Doak 62'
Cards: McCann  72' 		Attendance: 20,013
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
20 December 2025 (1 BP) Stormers 34 – 27 Lions (1 BP) Cape Town Stadium  
13:30 Try: Maart (27'c)
Simelane (42'c)
de Villiers (53'c)
Roos (64'c)
Con: Matthee (4/4) (28', 42', 54', 65')
Pen: Matthee (2/2) (38', 60')
 Report Try: Venter (1'c, 40'c)
Mpeku (69'c)
Con: CW Smith (3/3) (1',40',70')
Pen: CW Smith (2/2) (19', 57')
 Attendance: 28,205 [33]
Referee: Hanru Van Rooyen
20 December 2025 Benetton 21 – 15 Zebre Parma (1 BP) Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
14:00 Attendance: 5,000
20 December 2025 (1 BP) Glasgow Warriors 24 – 12 Edinburgh Hampden Park, Glasgow  
15:00 Report Attendance: 21,093[34]
Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)
20 December 2025 Sharks 21 – 12 Bulls Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
16:00 Try: Kunene 15' c
Kolisi 71' c
v.d.Merwe 77' c
Con: Hendrikse 16'
Whitehead (2) 72', 78'
 Report Pen: Pollard (4) 19', 24', 38', 57'
Cards: Kriel  29' 		Attendance: 44,517
Referee: Griffin Colby (SARU)
20 December 2025 Ospreys 10 – 26 Munster (1 BP) Brewery Field, Bridgend  
17:30 Try: Morris 54' c
Con: Edwards 55'
Pen: Edwards 11'
Cards: Nagy  15' 		Report Try: Daly 17' m
Baron 36' c
Crowley 40+1' c
Haley 48' c
Con: Crowley (3/4) 37', 40+2', 49
Cards: O'Donoghue  54' 		Attendance: 4,715
Referee: Sam Grove-White
20 December 2025 (1 BP) Dragons 48 – 28 Connacht (1 BP) Rodney Parade, Newport  
19:45 Try: Burrows 17' c
Hope (2) 25' c, 61' c
Rosser 32' c
penalty try 40'+4
Dyer 51' c
Con: O'Brien (5/5) 18', 26', 33', 52', 62'
Pen: O'Brien (2/2) 43' , 46'
 Report Try: Gilbert 0' c
Prendergast (2) 66' c, 74' c
Jansen 80+2' c
Con: Gilbert (4) 1', 67', 75', 80+3'
Cards: Boyle  40'+5 		Attendance: 4,188
Referee: Ruairidh Campbell (SRU)

Round 8

26 December 2025 Cardiff v Dragons Cardiff Arms Park  
15:00
26 December 2025 Scarlets v Ospreys Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
17:30
27 December 2025 Zebre Parma v Benetton Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
14:30
27 December 2025 Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh  
15:00
27 December 2025 Connacht v Ulster The Sportsground, Galway  
17:30
27 December 2025 Munster v Leinster Thomond Park, Limerick  
19:45
21 February 2026 Lions v Sharks Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
12:00
14 March 2026 Bulls v Stormers Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
12:00

Round 9

1 January 2026 Dragons v Scarlets Rodney Parade, Newport  
15:00
1 January 2026 Ospreys v Cardiff Brewery Field, Bridgend  
17:30
2 January 2026 Ulster v Munster Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45
3 January 2026 Sharks v Lions Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
13:30
3 January 2026 Stormers v Bulls Cape Town Stadium  
16:00
3 January 2026 Benetton v Edinburgh Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
17:30
3 January 2026 Leinster v Connacht Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
17:30
3 January 2026 Glasgow Warriors v Zebre Parma Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:45

Round 10

23 January 2026 Ospreys v Lions Brewery Field, Bridgend  
19:45
23 January 2026 Edinburgh v Bulls Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
19:45
23 January 2026 Munster v Dragons Musgrave Park, Cork  
19:45
24 January 2026 Scarlets v Ulster Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
15:00
24 January 2026 Connacht v Leinster The Sportsground, Galway  
17:30
24 January 2026 Stormers v Sharks Cape Town Stadium  
17:30
24 January 2026 Zebre Parma v Glasgow Warriors Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
19:45
24 January 2026 Cardiff v Benetton Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45

Round 11

30 January 2026 Benetton v Scarlets Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
19:45
30 January 2026 Glasgow Warriors v Munster Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:45
31 January 2026 Lions v Bulls Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
12:30
31 January 2026 Sharks v Stormers Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
15:00
31 January 2026 Zebre Parma v Connacht Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
15:00
31 January 2026 Leinster v Edinburgh Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
17:30
31 January 2026 Ospreys v Dragons Brewery Field, Bridgend  
19:45
31 January 2026 Ulster v Cardiff Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45

Round 12

27 February 2026 Edinburgh v Scarlets Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
19:45
27 February 2026 Cardiff v Leinster Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45
28 February 2026 Lions v Stormers Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
12:30
28 February 2026 Bulls v Sharks Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
15:00
28 February 2026 Connacht v Glasgow Warriors The Sportsground, Galway  
15:00
28 February 2026 Munster v Zebre Parma Thomond Park, Limerick  
17:30
28 February 2026 Dragons v Benetton Rodney Parade, Newport  
17:30
28 February 2026 Ospreys v Ulster Brewery Field, Bridgend  
19:45

Round 13

20 March 2026 Bulls v Cardiff Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
17:00
20 March 2026 Scarlets v Zebre Parma Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
19:45
20 March 2026 Ulster v Connacht Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45
21 March 2026 Lions v Edinburgh Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
12:45
21 March 2026 Sharks v Munster Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
15:00
21 March 2026 Benetton v Ospreys Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
15:00
21 March 2026 Glasgow Warriors v Leinster Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
17:30
21 March 2026 Stormers v Dragons TBC  
17:30

Round 14

27 March 2026 Sharks v Cardiff Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
17:00
27 March 2026 Glasgow Warriors v Benetton Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:45
28 March 2026 Bulls v Munster Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
12:00
28 March 2026 Connacht v Ospreys The Sportsground, Galway  
14:15
28 March 2026 Lions v Dragons Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
14:30
28 March 2026 Stormers v Edinburgh Cape Town Stadium  
17:00
28 March 2026 Leinster v Scarlets Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
17:30
28 March 2026 Zebre Parma v Ulster Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
19:45

Round 15

17 April 2026 Edinburgh v Zebre Parma Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
19:45
17 April 2026 Ulster v Leinster Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45
17 April 2026 Dragons v Bulls Rodney Parade, Newport  
19:45
18 April 2026 Lions v Glasgow Warriors Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
14:45
18 April 2026 Stormers v Connacht Cape Town Stadium  
17:15
18 April 2026 Scarlets v Cardiff Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
17:30
18 April 2026 Benetton v Munster Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
19:45
18 April 2026 Ospreys v Sharks Brewery Field, Bridgend  
19:45

Round 16

24 April 2026 Edinburgh v Sharks Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
19:45
24 April 2026 Zebre Parma v Dragons Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma  
19:45
24 April 2026 Cardiff v Ospreys Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45
25 April 2026 Lions v Connacht Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg  
15:00
25 April 2026 Stormers v Glasgow Warriors Cape Town Stadium  
17:30
25 April 2026 Munster v Ulster Thomond Park, Limerick  
17:30
25 April 2026 Scarlets v Bulls Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
19:45
25 April 2026 Benetton v Leinster Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso  
19:45

Round 17

8 May 2026 Glasgow Warriors v Cardiff Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:45
8 May 2026 Ulster v Stormers Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45
9 May 2026 Bulls v Zebre Parma Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
12:45
9 May 2026 Sharks v Benetton Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
15:00
9 May 2026 Ospreys v Scarlets Brewery Field, Bridgend  
17:30
9 May 2026 Leinster v Lions Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
17:30
9 May 2026 Dragons v Edinburgh Rodney Parade, Newport  
19:45
9 May 2026 Connacht v Munster The Sportsground, Galway  
19:45

Round 18

15 May 2026 Cardiff v Stormers Cardiff Arms Park  
19:45
15 May 2026 Ulster v Glasgow Warriors Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
19:45
15 May 2026 Edinburgh v Connacht Edinburgh Rugby Stadium  
19:45
16 May 2026 Sharks v Zebre Parma Kings Park Stadium, Durban  
12:45
16 May 2026 Bulls v Benetton Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria  
15:00
16 May 2026 Leinster v Ospreys Aviva Stadium, Dublin  
17:15
16 May 2026 Scarlets v Dragons Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli  
17:15
16 May 2026 Munster v Lions Thomond Park, Limerick  
19:45

Knockout stage

Bracket

The top eight teams in the regular season standings advance to the knockout stage, a single-elimination tournament culminating in a Grand Final to crown the overall champion.

Teams are seeded based on the regular season standings, with teams ranked 1–4 receiving home field advantage in the quarter-final, with 1 playing 8, 2 playing 7 etc. The top two teams in the standings are seeded so as not to meet until the Grand Final.

Home-field advantage for the semi-finals and Grand Final will be awarded to the highest-ranked team in each tie; the top two teams are therefore guaranteed home advantage until the final for as long as they remain in the tournament, and the top ranked team in the standings will be awarded home advantage should they reach the Grand Final.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
1  
8  
 
 
4  
5  
 
 
3  
6  
 
 
2  
7  

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. Includes post season points scored.

As of 30 November 2025[35]

Notes

  1. ^ While not officially confirmed by Cardiff, Corniel van Zyl has been placed as de facto head coach since Round 1.[4]

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