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The 2023/24 United Rugby Championship fixture list in FULL

The full 2023/24 URC fixture list has been revealed.

Munster top most watched teams chart while most watched games also revealed

Munster were the most watched team in the United Rugby Championship, with the top 10 most watched games of the regular-season also revealed.

Rugby rumours and transfers: Jonathan Joseph, Les Kiss, Lima Sopoaga and much more

Planet Rugby recaps some of the biggest rugby transfer news and rumours, including Jonathan Joseph, Les Kiss, Lima Sopoaga and more.

La Rochelle and Leinster drawn in same pool for Champions Cup

Current Champions Cup title holders La Rochelle have been drawn in the same pool as runners-up Leinster for the 2023/24 tournament.

Francois Pienaar: Everything you need to know about the Springbok legend

We profile Springbok legend Francois Pienaar who played at one Rugby World Cup in 1995 and captained the Boks to victory at that tournament.

Former Springbok with ‘real pedigree’ added to Scarlets coaching team

United Rugby Championship side Scarlets have added former Springboks lock Albert van den Berg to their coaching team ahead of next season.

Munster boss Graham Rowntree hails South Africa’s presence in URC and is ‘unbelievably proud’ of title win

Munster head coach Graham Rowntree has given his view on South Africa's inclusion in the United Rugby Championship and his team's title success.

URC ‘blown away’ as fans smash attendance records across the board

The second season of the URC broke attendance records across the competition, with an overall average match attendance increase of 36%.

Rugby rumours and transfers: Malcolm Marx, Alun Wyn Jones, Marcus Smith and much more

Planet Rugby recaps some of the biggest rugby transfer news and rumours of the last week.

Rugby rumours and transfers: Charles Piutau, Duane Vermeulen, Telusa Veainu and much more

Planet Rugby recaps some of the biggest rugby transfer news and rumours.

United Rugby Championship: ‘Meritocracy’ Champions Cup qualification returns while the final venue format is maintained

URC boss Martin Anayi has confirmed that Champions Cup qualification will revert to 'straight meritocracy' next season while the home final format remains.

United Rugby Championship: Six Irish and four South African players selected in Elite XV

Check out the 2022/23 URC Elite XV as voted for by a media panel.

Revealed: How much it costs SA Rugby to compete in European tournaments

South African Rugby have reported a minor deficit for 2022 despite record income. 

United Rugby Championship: South African review for season two in the north

Planet Rugby reviews how the South African teams fared in their second season plying their trade in the United Rugby Championship.

United Rugby Championship awards: Leinster, Tom Stewart and Sharks amongst our recipients

We dish out our awards after the United Rugby Championship regular season.

Club 35 and over: We pick our best XV of veterans still playing despite pushing 40

Players are continuing to perform at the highest level in this day and age so we thought we'd put together a XV of veterans aged 35 and over.

United Rugby Championship: Bulls thrash Leinster while Zebre end the season winless and Dragons down Scarlets

Leinster suffered their first defeat of the season, conceding over 50 points for the first time in seven years, going down 62-7 to the Bulls in the URC.

WATCH: Zebre STUNNED after ‘shocker’ of a cross-kick nutmegs winger and results in a Lions try

Centre Marius Louw produced a comically terrible cross-kick that still resulted in a try for the Lions against Zebre in the United Rugby Championship.

United Rugby Championship: Keith Earls and Rhys Webb to hit 200 milestone for Munster and Ospreys while key duo out for Connacht

Check on the team news and view our predictions ahead of the final round of the regular season in the United Rugby Championship.

Who’s hot and who’s not: Chris Ashton creates history, Munster end Stormers run and the Olly Woodburn decision

Check who's hot and not following the week's on and off-field action.

United Rugby Championship: Leinster come from behind to continue unbeaten season while Bulls claim record win over Zebre

Leinster came from behind to defeat the Lions 39-36 in the URC double-header at Ellis Park while the Bulls claimed a record win over Zebre Parma.

United Rugby Championship: Conor Murray starts for Munster at Stormers as race for play-off spots intensifies

Check out the teams and predictions from the penultimate round of the United Rugby Championship.

United Rugby Championship: Five storylines to follow in the penultimate round including the race for play-off places

With still so much to play for and valuable points on offer, Planet Rugby breaks down five storylines to follow in this weekend’s URC action.

Schalk Burger: ‘We can’t blame travel’ for EPCR exits and why it ‘benefits’ SA URC teams

Former Springboks flanker Schalk Burger comments on the South African sides' exits from the Challenge and Champions Cups and makes his URC predictions.

Loose Pass: The Caelan Doris-Jasper Wiese collision, Wales’ problems run deep and South Africa’s first season in Europe

Loose Pass is here to delve into the major talking points in the sport.

United Rugby Championship: How the play-off picture is shaping up with two rounds left including the battle for second and the fight for the last four spots

The race for the eight United Rugby Championship play-off spots is really heating up as Planet Rugby breaks down which teams could make the cut.

Challenge Cup: Benetton, Toulon and Glasgow Warriors join Scarlets in the semi-finals as home sides rule the quarters

Toulon, Benetton and Glasgow Warriors defeated Lyon, Cardiff and the Lions on Saturday to join Scarlets in the Challenge Cup semi-finals.

Challenge Cup: Charles Ollivon returns to lead Toulon against Lyon while Rhys Priestland starts at 10 for Cardiff

Check out the teams and predictions for this weekend’s Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

WATCH: John Smit BATTERED in a BRUTAL old school brawl

Watch footage from an old game between Natal and the Lions as future Springboks captain John Smit was caught in the middle of a punch-up.

WATCH: Emmanuel Tshituka suspended after Schalk Burger argued that it was ‘never a red card’

Schalk Burger argued that Lions flanker Emmanuel Tshituka should not have been red-carded for his raised forearm against Racing 92 in the Challenge Cup.