Your guide to watching every game of this season’s United Rugby Championship
This guide explains how to watch URC live streams during the 2025-26 season.
– Dates: 26 September 2025 – 19 June 2026
– Watch every URC fixture: Premier Sports (UK/Ireland), URC TV (rest of the world)
– Watch from anywhere: Get up to 75% off with NordVPN
This year’s grand final takes place between Ireland’s Leinster and South Africa’s Bulls on Friday 19 June at Croke Park in Dublin.
Below you’ll find details of where to watch the URC final around the world, including an option to tune in for just €10. We also explain how you can use a VPN to watch your usual service from anywhere in the world.
Watch the URC in Ireland
While some games this season have bee available for free on TG4, you need to subscribe to Premier Sports to watch Leinster in action in this season’s URC final.
If you’re an existing Sky Sports customer, you can add Premier Sports to your subscription as part of the Sports Extra pack (which also includes TNT Sports). This costs €10 per month for the first six months, before rising to €25 per month for the next six months.
Premier Sports is also available with a Now Sports Extra membership (day and month memberships are available from €11.99 per month), and through Virgin Media (check their website for details).
URC live streams in South Africa
Bulls fans in South Africa can watch their team via SuperSport.
There are various SuperSport packages available, whether you want to watch via DStv or streaming.
How to watch the URC if you’re away from home
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Are there any free streams for the URC final?
Unfortunately not. While selected matches in previous rounds of the competition have been available on S4C and BBC Wales in the UK, and TG4 in Ireland, there is no free broadcaster for the URC final.
TG4’s deal does, however, include rights to the 2027 and 2029 finals.
Stream the URC around the world
In countries where there there’s no separate rights deal in place (so that rules out the UK, US, South Africa or Ireland), you can purchase a one-off URC Grand Final pass from URC TV for €10.00.
Stream United Rugby Championship matches in the UK
As the platform did last season, Premier Sports has the rights to every game in the URC. Subscribers can also enjoy coverage of the European Champions Cup, the European Challenge Cup, the French Top 14, US Major League Rugby and Japan Rugby One.
You can get a standalone online streaming subscription to Premier Sports, which works across a variety of apps and devices. It costs £17.99 a month on a rolling basis, £12.99 a month on a year-long contract, or £130 a year (less than £11 per month) if you pay up front.
You can also get Premier Sports on your TV via Sky Q, Prime Video, STV Player and Virgin Media. The rolling monthly cost is, again, £17.99 though other deals are available on certain platforms.
Stream the URC in the USA
Rugby fans who want to follow the URC in the United States need a subscription to FloRugby, where you can also watch the European Champions Cup, the Gallagher PREM and Super Rugby.
A rolling monthly FloRugby subscription costs $39.99, with an annual subscription costing $155.88. This effectively works out at $12.99 per month, and gets you access to the entire FloSports network, which is handy if you’re also into cycling, motorsport and American football.
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