URC State Of Play | Race For Play-Offs

There are two rounds of URC action remaining in the regular season with Munster among a number of clubs battling for a place in the play-offs and also Champions Cup qualification.

Munster have won seven of our last nine URC games, picking up 35 points of a possible 45.

Six of those seven victories were secured with a try bonus-point to move up to fifth place in the table.

Graham Rowntree’s side have two huge games in South Africa coming up against defending champions Stormers in Cape Town this Saturday and against Sharks again in Durban for the final game of the regular season on Saturday, April 22. Both games kick-off at 5.15pm Irish time/6.15pm local.

Teams who finish in the top eight will qualify for the URC quarter-finals that take place on the weekend of May 5/6/7.

Eight clubs from the URC will qualify for next season’s Champions Cup. See the full qualification criteria on the URC website here. Scroll to the bottom of the page for Champions Cup qualification details.

See the table as it stands ahead of the final two rounds below and scroll down to see each club’s remaining fixtures.

Click here for the current URC table.

URC Round 17

Friday, April 14

Sharks v Benetton, King’s Park, 5.3opm (6.30pm local);

Glasgow Warriors v Scarlets, Scotstoun, 7.35pm;

Ulster v Dragons RFC, Kingspan Stadium, 7.35pm;

Saturday, April 15

Bulls v Zebre Parma, Emirates Airline Park, 12pm (1pm local);

Lions v Leinster, Emirates Airline Park, 3pm (4pm local);

DHL Stormers v Munster, DHL Stadium, 5.15pm (6.15pm local);

Edinburgh Rugby v Ospreys, DAM Health Stadium, 7.35pm;

Connacht v Cardiff Rugby, The Sportsground, 7.35pm;

URC Round 18

Friday, April 21

Stormers v Benetton, Danie Craven Stadium, 5.30pm (6.30pm local);

Ulster v Edinburgh Rugby, Kingspan Stadium, 7.35pm;

Saturday, April 22

Lions v Zebre Parma, Loftus Versfeld, 12pm (1pm local);

Bulls v Leinster, Loftus Versfeld, 3pm (4pm local);

Dragons RFC v Scarlets, Principality Stadium, 3pm;

Sharks v Munster, King’s Park, 5.15pm (6.15pm local);

Ospreys v Cardiff Rugby, Principality Stadium, 5.15pm;

Glasgow Warriors v Connacht, Scotstoun, 7.35pm;

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