All you need to know about The United Rugby Championship

On the eve on the replacement to the PRO14, Simon Lewis answers all you questions about the United Rugby Championship

A view of United Rugby Championship branding at Thomond Park. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

What it is…

For starters, we’ll call it the URC from herein. It is a 16-team competition played over an 18-round regular season to determine a league table in order to decide the teams which will progress to the knockout stages.