2021–22 United Rugby Championship
2021–22 United Rugby Championship | |
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Countries | Ireland Italy Scotland South Africa Wales |
Date | 24 September 2021 – 23/24/25 June 2022 |
Matches played | 32 |
Tries scored | 171 (average 5.3 per match) |
Official website | |
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The 2021–22 United Rugby Championship is the twenty-first season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It is the first season that the competition is referred to as the United Rugby Championship, having previously been known as the Pro14.[1]
Sixteen teams compete in this season — four Irish teams: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster; two Italian teams: Benetton and Zebre Parma; two Scottish teams: Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors (with Scottish and Italian teams in a shared regional pool); four South African teams: Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers; and four Welsh teams: Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets. It is the first season in which URC Regional Shields (Irish, Welsh, South African and Scottish-Italian) will be awarded as separate trophies to the leading sides in each nation or region.
Format[]
The tournament consists of 18 rounds. 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 Scottish/Italian 'Azzurri/Blue' Shield pool (featuring the two Italian and two Scottish sides). Teams play six matches against their regional pool rivals home and away. The remaining twelve matches are made up by a single round robin, consisting of an even number of six home and six away matches against all the sides from the other pools.[2] There is only one main league table (the conference system used in previous Pro14 years has been dropped). The top eight sides in the table will qualify for the quarter finals, followed by semi-finals and a grand final, with teams seeded 1 to 4 with home advantage for the lowest seeded side.[2]
A total of eight sides qualify for the following season's Heineken Cup, while the remaining eight sides will play in the EPRC Challenge Cup. All points won in the competition will contribute to rankings in the regional pools, with the top side in each regional pool automatically qualifying for the Heineken Cup. The remaining four places will then go to the highest ranked teams in the main table (who haven't already qualified). A similar format was used to determine playoff contenders in the Super Rugby competition. This will see the South African sides in the competition qualifying for a European competition for the first time (subject to finalisation of contract terms), as previous South African participants - the Cheetahs and Southern Kings - were ineligible for European competitions.[3]
Teams[]
United Rugby Championship[]
Team | Country | Coach / Director of Rugby |
Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
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Benetton | Italy | Marco Bortolami | Dewaldt Duvenage Michele Lamaro |
Stadio Comunale di Monigo | 5,000 |
Bulls | South Africa | Jake White | Marcell Coetzee | Loftus Versfeld | 51,762 |
Cardiff | Wales | Dai Young | Josh Turnbull | Cardiff Arms Park | 12,125 |
Connacht | Ireland | Andy Friend | Jack Carty | Galway Sportsgrounds | 8,129 |
Dragons | Wales | Dean Ryan | Rhodri Williams | Rodney Parade | 8,700 |
Edinburgh | Scotland | Mike Blair | Grant Gilchrist Stuart McInally |
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium | 7,800 |
Glasgow Warriors | Scotland | Danny Wilson | Fraser Brown Ryan Wilson |
Scotstoun Stadium | 7,351 |
Leinster | Ireland | Leo Cullen | Jonathan Sexton | RDS Arena | 18,500 |
Lions | South Africa | Ivan van Rooyen | Burger Odendaal | Ellis Park Stadium | 62,567 |
Munster | Ireland | Johann van Graan | Peter O'Mahony | Thomond Park Musgrave Park |
25,600 8,008 |
Ospreys | Wales | Toby Booth | Justin Tipuric | Swansea.com Stadium | 20,827 |
Scarlets | Wales | Dwayne Peel | Jonathan Davies | Parc y Scarlets | 14,870 |
Sharks | South Africa | Sean Everitt | Lukhanyo Am Phepsi Buthelezi |
Kings Park Stadium | 52,000 |
Stormers | South Africa | John Dobson | Salmaan Moerat Ernst van Rhyn |
Cape Town Stadium | 55,000 |
Ulster | Ireland | Dan McFarland | Iain Henderson | Ravenhill Stadium | 18,196 |
Zebre Parma | Italy | Michael Bradley | Giulio Bisegni | Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi | 5,000 |
Locations[]
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Benetton |
Tables[]
URC - Regional Shields Pools Tables[]
The Regional Shield pools of the regular season are the primary mechanism by which teams qualify for European competition, with the 'Shield winner' of each regional pool guaranteed qualification for the European Rugby Champions Cup, ensuring at least one South African, one Welsh and one Irish side qualify for the premier European competition. As Scotland and Italy are sharing a single regional pool, at least one team from those two countries combined is also guaranteed entry, but neither country individually is so guaranteed.
The remaining four places will be awarded to those with the four best overall regular season records, regardless of which pool they take part in. As such, it is possible that a team will qualify for the ERCC without reaching the URC play-offs by topping its pool, but finishing ninth or lower overall; conversely, it is also possible that a team could win the entire URC championship from seventh or eighth seed in the overall championship table, but fail to qualify for the ERCC because teams below them topped their respective pools. Since each pool has only four teams, this means in effect that the top 6 in the overall table are guaranteed entry into the Champions Cup, with the final two places dependent on the placement of the two lowest ranked pool shield winners.[4]
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Irish Shield | |||||||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TBP | LBP | Pts | |||||
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1 | Leinster | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 219 | 85 | +134 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 29 | ||||
2 | Ulster | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 133 | +49 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 26 | ||||
3 | Munster | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 175 | 107 | +68 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||||
4 | Connacht | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 206 | 179 | +27 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||
Scottish/Italian Shield | |||||||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TBP | LBP | Pts | |||||
1 | Edinburgh | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 205 | 124 | +81 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 33 | ||||
2 | Glasgow Warriors | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 157 | +41 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 26 | ||||
3 | Benetton | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 192 | –12 | 23 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 21 | ||||
4 | Zebre Parma | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 200 | –134 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
South African Shield | |||||||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TBP | LBP | Pts | |||||
1 | Lions | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 120 | –13 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
2 | Sharks | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 129 | –14 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
3 | Stormers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 79 | 103 | –24 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
4 | Bulls | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 131 | –66 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Welsh Shield | |||||||||||||||||
Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TBP | LBP | Pts | |||||
1 | Ospreys | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 219 | -39 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 22 | ||||
2 | Scarlets | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 179 | -37 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 16 | ||||
3 | Cardiff | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 148 | -18 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||
4 | Dragons | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 131 | 174 | -43 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[5]
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Green background indicates Shield winner teams guaranteed a place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup
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United Rugby Championship Table[]
The overall United Rugby Championship table is the central pillar of the regular season, and the mechanism by which the teams qualifying for the Championship play-off bracket are decided. The top eight teams in the table at the end of the regular season, regardless of regional pool, qualify for the play-off quarter-finals, seeded in the order they finished the regular season.
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Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | Try bonus | Losing bonus | Pts | |||||
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1 | Ulster | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 241 | 160 | +81 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 35 | ||||
2 | Edinburgh | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 147 | +77 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | ||||
3 | Glasgow Warriors | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 240 | 177 | +63 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 31 | ||||
4 | Leinster | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 246 | 114 | +132 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 30 | ||||
5 | Munster | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 209 | 124 | +85 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | ||||
6 | Ospreys | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 203 | 238 | –35 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||||
7 | Benetton | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 193 | 205 | –12 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||||
8 | Connacht | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 238 | 253 | -15 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||
9 | Cardiff | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 175 | –16 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||
10 | Stormers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 171 | 181 | –10 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||
11 | Sharks | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 194 | 208 | –14 | 20 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||
12 | Bulls | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 146 | 184 | –38 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||
13 | Scarlets | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 157 | 206 | –49 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 16 | ||||
14 | Lions | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 167 | 222 | –55 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
15 | Dragons | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 144 | 187 | –43 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||||
16 | Zebre Parma | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 83 | 234 | –151 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[6]
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Green background indicates teams that are playoff places that top their regional pools and earn a place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup Blue background indicates teams that did not top their regional pool but are in play-off places and earn a place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup |
Match summary[]
Round 1[]
24 September 2021
17:35 |
(1 BP) Zebre Parma | 26–38 | Lions (1 BP) |
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Try: Canna 52' c Penalty try 57' Boni 62' c Fabiani 65' m Con: Canna (2) 52', 63' |
Report | Try: Ulengo 11' c Odendaal 16' c Maxwane (2) 20' c, 22' c Visagie 33' c Con: Hendrikse (5) 12', 17', 20', 23', 34' Pen: Hendrikse 43' |
24 September 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Ulster | 35–29 | Glasgow Warriors (2 BP) |
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Try: Roberts 23' c Moore 44' c Timoney 49' c Doak 60' c Con: Cooney 24' Doak (3) 45', 50', 61' |
Report | Try: G. Horne 15' m Matthews 40' +3 c Penalty try 55' Dobie 65' c Con: Thompson (2) 40' +4, 66' Pen: Weir 27' |
24 September 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Cardiff | 33–21 | Connacht |
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Try: Amos 10' c Halaholo 39' c Lane (2) 51' c, 70' m Belcher 74' c Con: Evans 11' L. Williams (3) 40', 52', 72' |
Report | Try: Marmion (2) 13' c, 80' +1 m Con: Carty 14' Pen: Carty (3) 4', 37', 58' |
25 September 2021
13:00 |
Benetton | 22–18 | Stormers (1 BP) |
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Try: Lucchesi 16' c Nemer 59' c Menoncello 71' m Con: Albornoz (2) 17', 60' Pen: Albornoz 63' |
Report | Try: Pretorius 2' m Nel 44' c Con: Libbok 45' Pen: Libbok (2) 23', 38' |
25 September 2021
17:15 |
(1 BP) Leinster | 31–3 | Bulls |
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Try: Van der Flier 7' c Porter 13' c Tracy 57' c R. Byrne 70' c Con: Sexton (3) 9', 15', 59' R. Byrne 71' Pen: Sexton 5' |
Report | Pen: Goosen 22' |
25 September 2021
17:15 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh | 26–22 | Scarlets (1 BP) |
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Try: Kinghorn 25' c Bennett 35' c Graham (2) 39' m, 58' c Con: Kinghorn (3) 26', 35', 59' |
Report | Try: R. Evans 12' m Hardy 51' c McNicholl 66' c Con: D. Jones 52' Costelow 67' Pen: D. Jones 38' |
25 September 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Munster | 42–17 | Sharks |
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Try: Zebo (2) 6' m, 80' m Casey 36' m Coombes (2) 44' c, 51' c Cloete 78' c Con: Carbery (2) 45', 52' Healy 79' Pen: Carbery 29' Healy 69' |
Report | Try: Chamberlain 57' c Penxe 71' c Con: Bosch (2) 57', 71' Pen: Bosch 32' |
26 September 2021
14:00 |
(1 BP) Dragons | 23–27 | Ospreys |
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Try: Lewis 4' c R. Williams 77' c Con: S. Davies (2) 6', 77' Pen: S. Davies (2) 12', 21' Drop: S. Davies 27' |
Report | Try: Collins (2) 18' c, 52' c L. Morgan 62' c Con: Anscombe (3) 19', 53', 64' Pen: Anscombe (2) 29', 44' |
Round 2[]
1 October 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Connacht | 34–7 | Bulls |
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Try: O'Halloran 16' c Daly (2) 45' c, 80' +1 m Hansen 49' m Farrell 72' c Con: Carty (3) 17', 46', 73' Pen: Carty 34' |
Report | Try: Gqobka 2' c Con: Goosen 3' |
1 October 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Scarlets | 36–13 | Lions |
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Try: R. Evans 5' c Rogers (2) 19' c, 70' m St. Evans 79' m Con: Costelow (2) 6', 20' Pen: Costelow (4) 29', 39', 63', 67' |
Report | Try: Schoeman 60' c Con: Hendrikse 61' Pen: Hendrikse (2) 14', 33' |
2 October 2021
13:00 |
Benetton | 28–27 | Edinburgh (2 BP) |
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Try: Lucchesi (2) 5' m, 71' c Ioane 33' c Con: Albornoz 35' Marin 73' Pen: Albornoz 22' Marin 58' Drop: Marin 80' +5 |
Report | Try: Nel 17' c Vellacott (2) 25' c, 29' m McInally 50' m Con: Van der Walt (2) 18', 26' Pen: Van der Walt 75' |
2 October 2021
15:00 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors | 35–24 | Sharks |
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Try: Thompson 2' c Wilson 14' c Bhatti 20' c Forbes (2) 36' c, 43' c Tuipulotu 49' m Con: Thompson (5) 3', 14', 21', 38', 44' |
Report | Try: Roets 26' c Du Toit 58' c N. Mchunu 74' c Con: Bosch (2) 26', 59' Pienaar 75' Pen: Bosch 40' +1 |
2 October 2021
17:15 |
Zebre Parma | 3–36 | Ulster (1 BP) |
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Pen: Rizzi 34' |
Report | Try: McIlroy (2) 21' m, 40' m Addison 47' c Hume 57' m Timoney (2) 63' c, 79' c Con: Burns 48' Doak 64' Lowry 80' |
2 October 2021
19:35 |
Ospreys | 18–14 | Cardiff (1 BP) |
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Pen: Anscombe (6) 2', 15', 28', 38', 52', 64' |
Report | Try: Adams 19' c Lane 45' c Con: Priestland (2) 19', 46' |
2 October 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Munster | 34–18 | Stormers |
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Try: O'Donoghue (2) 40' +1 c, 56' m Kleyn 46' c Scannell 51' m Snyman 68' c Con: Carbery (2) 42', 47' Healy 69' Pen: Healy 80' +1 |
Report | Try: Gelant 9' m Zas 20' c Libbok 25' c Con: Libbok 22' Pen: Gelant 30' Swiel 66' |
3 October 2021
14:00 |
(1 BP) Dragons | 6–7 | Leinster |
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Pen: S. Davies (2) 63', 66' |
Report | Try: Deegan 14' c Con: R. Byrne 15' |
Round 3[]
8 October 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Ulster | 28–8 | Benetton |
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Try: Gilroy 23' c Doak (2) 27' c, 78' c Herring 34' c Con: Doak (4) 24', 28', 35', 79' |
Report | Try: Ratuva Tavuyara 59' m Pen: Marin 8' |
8 October 2021
19:35 |
Ospreys | 13–27 | Sharks |
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Try: Thomas 74' c Con: Myler 75' Pen: Anscombe (2) 3', 17' |
Report | Try: Ward 42' c Potgieter 59' m Con: Pienaar 43' Pen: Pienaar (2) 68', 78' |
9 October 2021
13:00 |
(1 BP) Leinster | 43–7 | Zebre Parma |
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Try: Penny 2' m Larmour 13' m A. Byrne (2) 39' m, 49' c E. Byrne 43' c Cronin 46' c Kelleher 64' c Con: Sexton (4) 44', 47', 50', 65' |
Report | Try: Bruno 67' c Con: Pescetto 68' |
9 October 2021
15:00 |
Glasgow Warriors | 13–9 | Lions (1 BP) |
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Try: Bhatti 3' c Con: Thompson 3' Pen: Thompson (2) 16', 72' |
Report | Pen: Viljoen (3) 6', 28', 43' |
9 October 2021
17:15 |
Connacht | 22–35 | Dragons (1 BP) |
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Try: Hansen 58' m Fitzgerald 72' m Pen: Carty (4) 3', 14', 31', 34' |
Report | Try: Holmes (2) 27' m, 65' c J. Williams 47' c Doge 52' c Con: S. Davies (3) 48', 53', 66' Pen: S. Davies (3) 18', 62', 75' |
9 October 2021
17:15 |
Edinburgh | 20–20 | Stormers |
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Try: Graham 3' c Vellacott 6' c Con: Van der Walt (2) 4', 8' Pen: Van der Walt (2) 28', 36' |
Report | Try: Gelant 9' c De Wet 33' c Con: Swiel (2) 10', 34' Pen: Swiel (2) 13', 39' |
9 October 2021
19:35 |
Cardiff | 19–29 | Bulls |
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Try: Screech 18' c Con: Priestland 19' Pen: Priestland (4) 5', 11', 34', 73' |
Report | Try: Louw 43' c Tambwe 61' c Con: Smith (2) 44', 61' Pen: Smith (5) 26', 49', 64', 72', 77' |
10 October 2021
14:00 |
Scarlets | 13–43 | Munster (1 BP) |
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Try: McNicholl 29' Con: Costelow 30' Pen: Costelow (2) 17', 34' |
Report | Try: O'Sullivan 4' c Coombes (2) 23' c, 59' c Nash 36' m Loughman 44' c Cloete 62' c Con: Healy (5) 5', 25', 45', 60', 64' Pen: Healy 11' |
Round 4[]
15 October 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Ulster | 26–10 | Lions |
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Try: Timoney (2) 4' m, 67' c Hume 35' c Mat. Rea 48' c Con: Doak (3) 36', 49', 68' |
Report | Try: Pienaar 17' c Con: Viljoen 18' Pen: Viljoen 40' |
15 October 2021
19:35 |
Dragons | 10–24 | Stormers |
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Try: Lewis 22' c Con: S. Davies 23' Pen: S. Davies 28' |
Report | Try: Zas (2) 64' m, 79' c Con: Libbok 80' +1 Pen: Libbok (4) 16', 38', 42', 74' |
16 October 2021
13:00 |
Zebre Parma | 6–17 | Glasgow Warriors |
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Pen: Canna (2) 21', 33' |
Report | Try: Bean 5' c Tuipulotu 29' c Con: Weir (2) 6', 30' Pen: Weir 66' |
16 October 2021
15:00 |
(2 BP) Benetton | 26–29 | Ospreys (1 BP) |
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Try: Lucchesi 6' c Smith 52' c Ioane 60' m Menoncello 68' c Con: Albornoz 7' Coetzee (2) 53', 68' |
Report | Try: Nagy 33' m Roots 36' c Webb (2) 43' c, 48' c Con: Myler (3) 38', 44', 49' Pen: Myler 77' |
16 October 2021
17:15 |
(1 BP) Leinster | 50–15 | Scarlets |
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Try: Kelleher 24' m Porter 29' c Doris 46' c Healy 61' c Sheehan (2) 70' c, 77' c Con: Sexton 31' Frawley 46' R. Byrne (3) 62', 70', 78' Pen: Sexton 8' |
Report | Try: McNicholl 18' m Lezana 49' c Con: D. Jones 50' Pen: Costelow 2' |
16 October 2021
17:15 |
Edinburgh | 17–10 | Bulls (1 BP) |
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Try: Immelman 8' m Pen: Van der Walt (3) 29', 33', 36' Bennett 74' |
Report | Try: Coetzee 70' c Con: Steyn 71' Pen: Smith 21' |
16 October 2021
19:35 |
Munster | 20–18 | Connacht (1 BP) |
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Try: Cloete 39' c Barron 78' c Con: Carbery (2) 40', 80' Pen: Carbery (2) 49', 59' |
Report | Try: Boyle 53' m Carty 69' c Con: Carty 70' Pen: Carty (2) 3', 10' |
16 October 2021
19:35 |
Cardiff | 23–17 | Sharks (1 BP) |
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Try: Morgan 10' c Halaholo 27' c Con: Priestland (2) 11', 28' Pen: Priestland (3) 7', 68', 77' |
Report | Try: Du Toit 31' c Potgieter 71' c Con: Bosch 32' Chamberlain 72' Pen: Chamberlain 42' |
Round 5[]
22 October 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Scarlets | 34–28 | Benetton (2 BP) |
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Try: R. Evans 17' c Blacker (2) 19' c, 65' c Ma. Jones 55' c Con: D. Jones (3) 18', 20', 56' O'Brien 65' Pen: D. Jones 50' O'Brien 71' |
Report | Try: Duvenage 29' c Gallo (2) 44' c, 58' c Menoncello 73' c Con: Smith (4) 30', 43', 59', 72' |
22 October 2021
19:35 |
Glasgow Warriors | 15–31 | Leinster (1 BP) |
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Try: Dempsey 39' c Bean 80' m Con: Thompson 40' Pen: Thompson 52' |
Report | Try: Kelleher 7' c Keenan 28' c A. Byrne 52' c Sheehan 61' c Con: R. Byrne (4) 9', 29', 54', 62' Pen: R. Byrne 5' |
23 October 2021
13:00 |
Zebre Parma | 10–27 | Edinburgh (1 BP) |
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Try: Bruno 16' c Con: Canna 17' Pen: Rizzi 64' |
Report | Try: Blain 33' m McInally 53' m Venter 60' c Vellacott 80' +2 c Con: Kinghorn (2) 60', 80' +3 Pen: Kinghorn 5' |
23 October 2021
17:15 |
(1 BP) Connacht | 36–11 | Ulster |
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Try: Murray 11' c Hansen (2) 25' c, 80' +2 c Porch 62' m Kilgallen 65' c Con: Carty (4) 13', 25', 66', 80' +3 Pen: Carty 28' |
Report | Try: Roberts 68' m Pen: Doak (2) 5', 17' |
23 October 2021
17:15 |
Cardiff | 31–29 | Dragons (2 BP) |
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Try: L. Williams 22' c Amos 38' m Penalty try 50' Con: Evans 23' Pen: Evans (4) 7', 27', 56', 59' |
Report | Try: T. Davies 3' c Doge 18' c Dyer 61' m Maksymiw 80' +1 c Con: S. Davies (3) 3', 18', 80' +2 Pen: S. Davies 54' |
23 October 2021
19:35 |
Ospreys | 18–10 | Munster |
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Pen: Myler (6) 2', 32', 36', 46', 64', 72' |
Report | Try: Casey 54' c Con: Crowley 55' Pen: Crowley 6' |
3 December 2021
19:00 |
Sharks | 30–16 | Bulls |
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Try: Am 53' c Van Vuuren 71' m Con: Chamberlain 54' Pen: Chamberlain (6) 20', 33', 42', 52', 59', 67' |
Report | Try: D. Kriel 23' c Con: Steyn 24' Pen: Steyn (3) 30', 37', 57' |
4 December 2021
17:00 |
Stormers | 19–37 | Lions (1 BP) |
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Try: Ungerer 27' c Senatla 31' m Venter 77' c Con: Libbok 28' Swiel 78' |
Report | Try: Horn (2) 11' c, 79' c Warner 45' c V. Tshituka 56' c Con: Zeilinga (4) 11', 45', 56', 80' Pen: Zeilinga (3) 15', 39', 69' |
Round 6[]
26 November 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Connacht | 46–18 | Ospreys |
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Try: Hansen 3' m Bolton 14' m McNulty 23' m Arnold 43' c Blade 70' c Fitzgerald 78' c Con: Carty (3) 44', 71', 79' Pen: Carty 13' |
Report | Try: Morgan 17' m Hawkins 50' c Con: Myler 51' Pen: Myler (2) 10', 36' |
27 November 2021
13:00 |
Benetton | 19–18 | Glasgow Warriors (1 BP) |
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Try: Smith 1' m Pettinelli 21' m Pen: Marin (3) 32', 63', 80+3' |
Report | Try: Dempsey 7' m Darge 34' c Con: Thompson 35' Pen: Thompson (2) 19', 45' |
27 November 2021
17:15 |
Dragons | 14–30 | Edinburgh (1 BP) |
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Try: S. Davies 23' c Holmes 33' c Con: S. Davies (2) 24', 34' |
Report | Try: Boffelli 3' c Moyano (2) 19' m, 37' m Hoyland 80+1' c Con: Kinghorn (2) 4', 80+2' Pen: Kinghorn (2) 57', 69' |
27 November 2021
20:00 |
Leinster | 10–20 | Ulster |
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Try: Henshaw 51' c Con: R. Byrne 51' Pen: R. Byrne 65' |
Report | Try: Jones 16' c Hume 79' c Con: Cooney 17' Doak 80' Pen: Cooney 48' Doak 68' |
Round 7[]
3 December 2021
19:35 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh | 24–10 | Benetton |
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Try: Graham 14' m Boffelli 22' m Kinghorn 46' c McInally 68' c Con: Kinghorn (2) 47', 70' |
Report | Try: Zuliani 60' c Con: Marin 61' Pen: Marin 9' |
3 December 2021
19:45 |
(1 BP) Leinster | 47–19 | Connacht |
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Try: Ruddock 23' c Ringrose 33' c Sheehan 40' m Larmour 42' c Doris 50' c Baird 59' c Deegan 75' c Con: R. Byrne (6) 24', 34', 43', 50', 59', 76' |
Report | Try: Hansen 14' m Arnold 29' c Oliver 62' c Con: Carty (2) 30', 63' |
4 December 2021
15:00 |
Ospreys | 19–13 | Ulster (1 BP) |
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Try: Morris 32' c Con: Myler 34' Pen: Myler (4) 18', 36', 60', 66' |
Report | Try: Penalty try 15' Pen: Cooney (2) 20', 53' |
4 December 2021
17:15 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors | 33–14 | Dragons |
---|---|---|
Try: Tuipulotu 16' c Steyn 26' m Dempsey 40' c Price 59' c Matthews 71' c Con: Thompson (4) 17', 40+1', 61', 72' |
Report | Try: Shipp 66' c Doge 76' c Con: S. Davies (2) 66', 77' |
Round 8[]
24 December 2021
17:00 |
Zebre Parma | 14–39 | Benetton (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Boni 64' c Bisegni 67' c Con: Canna 64' O'Malley 67' |
Report | Try: Ruzza 17' c Pettinelli 32' c Menoncello 35' c Brex 55' c Marin 72' m Con: Smith (4) 18', 33', 35', 57' Pen: Smith (2) 5', 53' |
22 January 2022
13:00 |
(1 BP) Lions | 37–47 | Sharks (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Warner 7' c Simelane 10' m Schoeman 51' c Van der Merwe 60' m Van den Berg 69' c Con: Zeilinga (2) 8', 52' Swanepoel 71' Pen: Zeilinga (2) 25', 29' |
Report | Try: Fassi 15' c Mapimpi (3) 19' m, 39' c, 54' c Van Vuuren 32' m Am 80' c Con: Chamberlain (3) 17', 40', 55' Díaz Bonilla 80+1' Pen: Chamberlain (2) 7', 44' Díaz Bonilla 57' |
22 January 2022
15:05 |
(2 BP) Bulls | 26–30 | Stormers (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Grobbelaar 43' c Tambwe (2) 52' c, 56' c Louw 63' m Con: Smith 45' Steyn (2) 53', 56' |
Report | Try: Senatla (2) 7' m, 30' c Jantjies 66' m De Wet 77' c Con: Libbok (2) 32', 78' Pen: Libbok (2) 12', 27' |
4 February 2022
20:15 |
(1 BP) Ulster | 32–12 | Connacht |
---|---|---|
Try: Jones 14' c D. Moore 21' c Baloucoune (2) 42' c, 80+4' m Con: Doak (3) 16', 22', 43' Pen: Doak (2) 54', 75' |
Report | Try: McNulty 25' m Wootton 47' c Con: Fitzgerald 48' |
Kingspan Stadium
Referee: Andrew Brace |
11 February 2022
18:00 |
Leinster | v | Edinburgh |
---|---|---|
RDS Arena
|
Round 9[]
1 January 2022
17:15 |
Connacht | 10–8 | Munster (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Aki 58' c Con: Fitzgerald 59' Pen: Carty 15' |
Report | Try: Conway 23' m Pen: Healy 18' |
1 January 2022
17:15 |
(1 BP) Scarlets | 22–19 | Ospreys (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: G. Davies 10' c St. Evans 53' m McNicholl (2) 66' m, 78' m Con: D. Jones 11' |
Report | Try: Webb (2) 21' c, 57' c L. Morgan 30' m Con: J. Thomas (2) 22', 58' |
5 February 2022
13:00 |
Bulls | 21–13 | Lions |
---|---|---|
Try: Coetzee 25' c Grobbelaar 39' c Arendse 49' c Con: Steyn (3) 26', 40', 50' |
Report | Try: Schoeman 72' c Con: Swanepoel 73' Pen: Swanepoel (2) 3', 8' |
5 February 2022
15:05 |
Stormers | 20–10 | Sharks |
---|---|---|
Try: Senatla 37' c Smith 52' c Con: Libbok (2) 38', 54' Pen: Libbok (2) 49', 70' |
Report | Try: Williams 63' c Con: Chamberlain 64' Pen: Díaz Bonilla 20' |
12 March 2022
19:35 |
Ulster | v | Leinster |
---|---|---|
Kingspan Stadium
|
Round 10[]
8 January 2022
15:00 |
(1 BP) Edinburgh | 34–10 | Cardiff |
---|---|---|
Try: Moyano 5' c Boffelli 9' m Bennett (2) 31' c, 74' c Lang 40' m Con: Boffelli (2) 6', 32' Van der Walt 75' Pen: Boffelli 18' |
Report | Try: Lane 62' c Con: Evans 62' Pen: Priestland 26' |
8 January 2022
17:15 |
(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors | 38–19 | Ospreys |
---|---|---|
Try: Forbes 22' c Tuipulotu (2) 27' c, 62' c McKay 48' c Brown 73' c Con: Thompson (4) 24', 29', 50', 63' Weir 74' Pen: Thompson 8' |
Report | Try: D. Evans 71' c Con: Anscombe 71' Pen: Anscombe (4) 3', 11', 26', 31' |
8 January 2022
19:35 |
Munster | 18–13 | Ulster (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Haley 61' m Kendellen 76' c Con: Healy 77' Pen: Crowley (2) 33', 40+1' |
Report | Try: Herring 8' c Con: Cooney 10' Pen: Doak (2) 43', 57' |
Round 11[]
28 January 2022
19:35 |
Dragons | 13–13 | Benetton |
---|---|---|
Try: Moriarty 44' c Con: S. Davies 45' Pen: S. Davies (2) 42', 62' |
Report | Try: Els 23' c Con: Albornoz 24' Pen: Albornoz (2) 13', 47' |
28 January 2022
19:35 |
(1 BP) Ulster | 27–15 | Scarlets |
---|---|---|
Try: Curtis 35' c Carter 53' m Milasinovich 66' c Gilroy 68' m Con: Doak (2) 36', 67' Pen: Doak 4' |
Report | Try: Lee 29' c Mathias 62' m Con: D. Jones 30' Pen: D. Jones 10' |
29 January 2022
13:00 |
Lions | 10–34 | Bulls (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Kriel 57' c Con: Swanepoel 58' Pen: Zeilinga 7' |
Report | Try: Grobbelaar 17' c Papier 32' c Botha 53' c Vorster 75' c Con: Steyn (4) 18', 33', 54', 76' Pen: Steyn (2) 2', 12' |
29 January 2022
14:55 |
Connacht | 20–42 | Glasgow Warriors (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Arnold 13' c Boyle 43' c Con: Forde (2) 14', 44' Pen: Forde (2) 42', 51' |
Report | Try: McLean (2) 3' m, 60' m Steyn (2) 19' c, 63' c Brown 36' m Matthews 80+1' c Con: Weir (3) 21', 64', 80+2' Pen: Weir (2) 46', 74' |
29 January 2022
15:05 |
Sharks | 22–22 | Stormers |
---|---|---|
Try: Am 4' m Mapimpi 46' m Pen: Chamberlain (3) 26', 51', 65' Drop: Chamberlain 40' |
Report | Try: Willemse 53' m Penalty try (2) 69', 80+2' Pen: Libbok 22' |
29 January 2022
17:00 |
Zebre Parma | 17–34 | Munster (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Cronjé 40' c Laloifi 80+1' c Con: O'Malley 40+1' Rizzi 80+2' Pen: O'Malley 45' |
Report | Try: O'Donoghue 22' m Goggin 29' c F. Wycherley 37' c J. Wycherley 67' c Barron 72' m Con: Flannery (3) 30', 38', 67' Pen: Crowley 19' |
29 January 2022
17:15 |
Ospreys | 23–19 | Edinburgh (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Protheroe 44' c Parry 55' c Con: Myler (2) 45', 57' Pen: Myler (3) 30', 69', 75' |
Report | Try: Venter (3) 22' c, 26' c, 60' m Con: Van der Walt (2) 23', 27' |
29 January 2022
19:35 |
Cardiff | 29–27 | Leinster (1 BP) |
---|---|---|
Try: Lane 21' c Amos 71' c Con: Evans (2) 23', 72' Pen: Evans (4) 20', 43', 49', 80+3' Thomas 30' |
Report | Try: A. Byrne 24' c Tracy 53' c Penny 60' c Con: R. Byrne (3) 25', 54', 61' Pen: R. Byrne (2) 3', 75' |
Round 12[]
19 February 2022
15:00 |
Munster | v | Edinburgh |
---|---|---|
Thomond Park
|
19 February 2022
17:00 |
Leinster | v | Ospreys |
---|---|---|
RDS Arena
|
Round 13[]
4 March 2022
19:35 |
Ulster | v | Cardiff |
---|---|---|
Ravenhill Stadium
|
4 March 2022
19:35 |
Edinburgh | v | Connacht |
---|---|---|
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium
|
5 March 2022
15:00 |
Munster | v | Dragons |
---|---|---|
Thomond Park
|
Round 14[]
25 March 2022
19:35 |
Munster | v | Benetton |
---|---|---|
Musgrave Park
|
Round 15[]
2 April 2022
19:00 |
Leinster | v | Munster |
---|---|---|
RDS Arena
|
Round 16[]
22 April 2022
19:35 |
Ulster | v | Munster |
---|---|---|
Ravenhill Stadium
|
23 April 2022
17:15 |
Cardiff | v | Ospreys |
---|---|---|
TBC
|
Round 17[]
29 April 2022
19:35 |
Munster | v | Cardiff |
---|---|---|
Musgrave Park
|
30 April 2022
19:35 |
Edinburgh | v | Ulster |
---|---|---|
Edinburgh Rugby Stadium
|
Attendances by club[]
Club | Home games |
Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benetton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Cardiff | 4 | 29,372 | 7,343 | 8,194 | 5,292 | 60.56% |
Connacht | 5 | 24,080 | 4,816 | 9,875 | 3,007 | 38.77% |
Dragons | 4 | 22,671 | 5,668 | 6,398 | 5,043 | 65.15% |
Edinburgh | 4 | 22,665 | 5,666 | 6,002 | 5,330 | 72.64% |
Glasgow Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Leinster | 4 | 58,449 | 14,612 | 19,419 | 10,400 | 62.13% |
Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Munster[a] | 4 | 43,192 | 10,798 | 17,198 | 5,000 | 42.18% |
Ospreys | 4 | 22,426 | 5,607 | 5,767 | 5,286 | 26.92% |
Scarlets | 3 | 20,234 | 6,745 | 7,824 | 6,074 | 45.36% |
Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Stormers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Ulster | 3 | 31,994 | 10,665 | 11,412 | 10,000 | 58.61% |
Zebre Parma | 5 | 7,700 | 1,540 | 2,000 | 1,300 | 30.80% |
Highest attendances[]
Date | Game | Stadium | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|
25 September 2021 | Leinster (h) v Bulls | Aviva Stadium | 19,419 |
Referees[]
The following referees have officiated at least one match during the 2021–22 season. Numbers in brackets denote the number of matches officiated during 2021–22. Correct as on fixtures played on 5 February 2022.
- Chris Busby (7)
- Andrew Brace (6)
- Frank Murphy (6)
- Marius van der Westhuizen (6)
- Mike Adamson (5)
- Andrea Piardi (5)
- Craig Evans (4)
- Sam Grove-White (4)
- Ben Whitehouse (4)
- Ben Blain (3)
- AJ Jacobs (3)
- Jaco Peyper (3)
- Aimee Barrett-Theron (2)
- Gianluca Gnecchi (2)
- Adam Jones (2)
- Rasta Rasivhenge (2)
- Nic Berry (1)
- Hollie Davidson (1)
- Gareth Newman (1)
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Notes[]
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