{"id":705216,"date":"2026-05-30T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/705216\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:31:11","slug":"urc-semi-finals-confirmed-fixtures-dates-kick-off-times-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/705216\/","title":{"rendered":"URC semi-finals confirmed: Fixtures, dates, kick-off times and how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/event\/3500638B9B963901?did=50off2&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=TMC-ISI-PlanetRugbynopassword50%25%22 target=\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ps-lazy-img alignnone wp-image-1505700 size-full\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Barbarians-v-Wales-Banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2025\/26 United Rugby Championship semi-finals have been confirmed, with the Glasgow Warriors facing the Bulls and Leinster hosting the Stormers.<\/p>\n<p>Franco Smith\u2019s Warriors defeated Connacht 33-21 on Friday evening to secure passage into the semi-finals as they chase a second URC title since lifting the trophy in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>They will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a>, who surged to a 45-14 victory over Munster at Loftus Versfeld to continue their bid for a maiden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tournament\/united-rugby-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">URC<\/a> title, having lost three finals (2022, 2023 and 2024). The fixture will take place at Murrayfield Stadium in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh at 14:30 UK \/ 15:30 SA.<\/p>\n<p>URC semi-finals confirmed<\/p>\n<p>The second semi-final will be hosted at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin where title holders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/leinster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster<\/a> will welcome the Stormers to the Irish capital. The team from Cape Town became the first URC champions in 2022 and this is their first appearance in the Semi-Finals since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>John Dobson\u2019s men progressed to the last four after an emphatic 44-21 victory over Cardiff in Cape Town and will now take the trip to Dublin, where Leinster defeated the Lions 59-10 in their quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Both games will be live across the UK on Premier Sports and in South Africa on SuperSport. In Ireland, TG4 will screen semi-final between Leinster and the Stormers with Premier Sports also showing the game and the Glasgow Warriors match-up with the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The URC confirms that match official appointments and an update on potential Grand Final venues will be confirmed in due course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/leinster-v-lions-5-takeaways-including-jacques-nienabers-defence-and-sam-prendergast-brilliance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster v Lions: Five takeaways as Jacques Nienaber\u2019s defence and Sam Prendergast \u2018swagger\u2019 fires Irish giants to emphatic victory after Bilbao disaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"my-1 text-sm font-semibold leading-snug text-title line-clamp-3 sm:mb-0 sm:text-[15px] sm:leading-5 sm:line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/bulls-v-munster-five-takeaways-as-springboks-class-shows-in-urc-title-statement-with-weak-irish-province-never-on-their-level\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls v Munster: Five takeaways as \u2018Springboks class\u2019 shows in URC title statement with \u2018weak\u2019 Irish province \u2018never on their level\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"my-1 text-sm font-semibold leading-snug text-title line-clamp-3 sm:mb-0 sm:text-[15px] sm:leading-5 sm:line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/glasgow-v-connacht-five-takeaways-as-scotland-star-leads-warriors-to-semi-finals-while-statement-performance-gives-lancaster-significant-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glasgow v Connacht: Five takeaways as Scotland star leads Warriors to semi-finals while \u2018statement\u2019 performance gives Lancaster \u2018significant win\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2025\/26 United Rugby Championship semi-finals<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow Warriors v Vodacom Bulls<br \/>Date: Saturday, June 6<br \/>Kick-off: 14:30 UK \/ 15:30 SA<br \/>Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh<br \/>Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv, FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Want more from Planet Rugby? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetrugby.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for world-class coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Leinster v DHL Stormers<br \/>Date: Saturday, June 6<br \/>Kick-off: 17:30 UK \/ 18:30 SA<br \/>Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin<br \/>Live on: TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, URC.tv, FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/stormers-v-cardiff-5-takeaways-springboks-demolition-job-sacha-feinberg-mngomezulu-concern\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stormers v Cardiff: Five takeaways as Springbok\u2019s \u2018demolition job\u2019 ends darkhorse\u2019s URC bid but Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu concern emerges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025\/26 United Rugby Championship semi-finals have been confirmed, with the Glasgow Warriors facing the Bulls and Leinster&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,36177,201597,818,6265,44,760,85,134440,134441],"class_list":["post-705216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bulls","tag-glasgow-warriors","tag-home-page","tag-leinster","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\/705216","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=705216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}