{"id":676610,"date":"2026-05-17T11:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676610\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:26:10","slug":"urc-quarter-finals-fixtures-dates-kick-off-times-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/676610\/","title":{"rendered":"URC quarter-finals: Fixtures, dates, kick-off times and how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Barbarians<\/a><\/p>\n

The United Rugby Championship quarter-finals are now confirmed with eight teams from across Ireland, South Africa, Scotland and Wales still in the hunt for silverware.<\/p>\n

The upcoming play-off fixtures will take place on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30.<\/p>\n

The most intense play-off race in the history of the URC<\/a> went all the way to the final whistle of Round 18 where the result between Munster and the Lions put the rubber stamp on a fascinating slate of quarter-final ties.<\/p>\n

The results from Round 18 ensured that the four home teams were ranked; Glasgow Warriors (1), Leinster (2), Stormers (3) and Bulls (4). The away teams will be Munster (5), Cardiff (6), Lions (7) and Connacht (8).<\/p>\n

The 2024 champions, Glasgow Warriors, will get the play-offs underway on Friday, May 29 when they take on Connacht at Scotstoun (19:45 UK \/ 20:45 SA). This will be followed by three games on the Saturday with the Bulls taking on 2023 champions, Munster at 12:00 UK \/ 13:00 SA, the Stormers welcome Cardiff to Cape Town at 14:30 UK \/ 15:30 SA with defending champions Leinster hosting the Lions at 20:00 UK \/ 21:00 SA.<\/p>\n

All games will be broadcast live on Premier Sports (UK) and SuperSport (South Africa) with TG4 (Glasgow Warriors v Connacht and Leinster v Lions) and S4C (Stormers v Cardiff) screening selected games Free-to-Air in the UK and Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

The qualification of both Cardiff and the Lions means that 14 of the 16 teams in the league have reached the play-offs in the past five seasons, another sign of the competitive and unpredictable nature of the URC.<\/p>\n

URC quarter-finals<\/p>\n

Friday, May 29<\/p>\n

QF1: (1) Glasgow Warriors v (8) Connacht<\/p>\n

Venue: Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
KO: 19:45 UK \/ 20:45 SA
How to watch: Premier Sports, SuperSport, TG4, URC.tv, FloRugby<\/p>\n

Bulls player ratings: \u2018Journeyman\u2019 continues to outperform illustrious Springboks despite Test star\u2019s \u2018mammoth\u2019 shift<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, May 30<\/p>\n

QF4: (4) Bulls v (5) Munster<\/p>\n

Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
KO: 12:00 UK \/ 13:00 SA
How to watch: SuperSport, Premier Sports, URC.tv, FloRugby<\/p>\n

QF3: (3) Stormers v (6) Cardiff<\/p>\n

Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
KO: 14:30 UK \/ 15:30 SA
How to watch: SuperSport, S4C, Premier Sports, URC.tv, FloRugby<\/p>\n

QF2: (2) Leinster v (7) Lions<\/p>\n

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
KO: 20:00 UK \/ 21:00 SA
How to watch: TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv, FloRugby<\/p>\n

Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n

Semi-finals \u2013 Saturday, June 6<\/p>\n

SF1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF4
SF2: Winner QF2 v Winner QF3<\/p>\n

URC Grand Final \u2013 Saturday, June 20<\/p>\n

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Munster v Lions: Five takeaways as \u2018harum-scarum\u2019 contest featuring alleged spit ends with \u2018much desired rewards\u2019 for both teams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Rugby Championship quarter-finals are now confirmed with eight teams from across Ireland, South Africa, Scotland and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,36177,45840,179194,201597,818,6265,4127,136041,44,760,85,134440,134441],"class_list":["post-676610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bulls","tag-cardiff-rugby","tag-connacht","tag-glasgow-warriors","tag-home-page","tag-leinster","tag-lions","tag-munster","tag-news","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-stormers","tag-united-rugby-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}