2021–22 United Rugby Championship

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]

2021–22 United Rugby Championship
Countries Ireland
Italy
Scotland
South Africa
Wales
Date24 September 2021 – 23/24/25 June 2022
Matches played32
Tries scored171
(average 5.3 per match)
Official website
unitedrugby.com

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; four South African teams: Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers; and four Welsh teams: Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets.

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' 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 an even number of home and away matches against 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 European Rugby 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
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 Jarrad Butler 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
Location of United Rugby Championship teams in Britain and Ireland.
Location of United Rugby Championship teams in Italy
Location of United Rugby Championship teams teams in South Africa

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]

2021–22 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield Pools
Irish Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts
1 Leinster 760121985+13431105029
2 Ulster 7502169115+5423144125
3 Munster 540114984+651993019
4 Connacht 7304196171+2526123116
Scottish/Italian Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts
1 Edinburgh 7511171114+5723135128
2 Glasgow Warriors 7403160138+2221163221
3 Benetton 7304141178–3718242216
4 Zebre Parma 500552159–107624101
South African Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts
1 Lions 5203107120–1311162111
2 Sharks 5203115129–141115019
3 Stormers 511379103–24913017
4 Bulls 510465131–66513015
Welsh Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts
1 Ospreys 7502142159-1711191021
2 Cardiff 5302120114+612101114
3 Scarlets 5203120160–4013212111
4 Dragons 7106131174-431519239
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[5]
  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates Shield winner teams guaranteed a place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup

    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.

    2021–22 United Rugby Championship
    Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
    1 Leinster760121985+13431105029
    2 Edinburgh7511171114+5723135128
    3 Ulster7502169115+5423144125
    4 Ospreys7502142159-1711191021
    5 Glasgow Warriors7403160138+2221163221
    6 Munster540114984+651993019
    7 Connacht7304196171+2526123116
    8 Benetton7304141178–3718242216
    9 Cardiff5302120114+612101114
    10 Lions5203107120–1311162111
    11 Scarlets5203120160–4013212111
    12 Sharks5203115129–141115019
    13 Dragons7106131174-431519239
    14 Stormers511379103–24913017
    15 Bulls510465131–66513015
    16 Zebre Parma500552159–107624101
    If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[6]
    1. number of matches won;
    2. number of matches drawn;
    3. the difference between points for and points against;
    4. the number of tries scored;
    5. the most points scored;
    6. the difference between tries for and tries against;
    7. the fewest red cards received;
    8. the fewest yellow cards received.
    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
    Pink 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 Rugby Challenge Cup
    Yellow background indicates teams that top their regional pool and thus currently in a qualification place in the 2022–23 European Champions Cup, but are not in a play-off place
    Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2022–23 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

      Match summary

      Round 1
      24 September 2021
      17:35
      (1 BP) Zebre Parma 26–38 Lions (1 BP)
      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'
      Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
      Attendance: 2,000[7]
      Referee: Chris Busby
      24 September 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Ulster 35–29 Glasgow Warriors (2 BP)
      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'
      Kingspan Stadium
      Attendance: 10,000[8]
      Referee: Ben Whitehouse
      24 September 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Cardiff 33–21 Connacht
      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'
      Cardiff Arms Park
      Attendance: 5,292[9]
      Referee: Andrea Piardi
      25 September 2021
      13:00
      Benetton 22–18 Stormers (1 BP)
      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
      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'
      Aviva Stadium
      Attendance: 19,419[11]
      Referee: Mike Adamson
      25 September 2021
      17:15
      (1 BP) Edinburgh 26–22 Scarlets (1 BP)
      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'
      Edinburgh Rugby Stadium
      Attendance: 5,330[12]
      Referee: Andrew Brace
      25 September 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Munster 42–17 Sharks
      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'
      Thomond Park
      Attendance: 11,000[13]
      Referee: Craig Evans
      26 September 2021
      14:00
      (1 BP) Dragons 23–27 Ospreys
      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'
      Rodney Parade
      Attendance: 6,398[14]
      Referee: Sam Grove-White

      Round 2
      1 October 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Connacht 34–7 Bulls
      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'
      Galway Sportsgrounds
      Attendance: 3,007[15]
      Referee: Ben Blain
      1 October 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Scarlets 36–13 Lions
      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'
      Parc y Scarlets
      Attendance: 7,824[16]
      Referee: Andrea Piardi
      2 October 2021
      13:00
      Benetton 28–27 Edinburgh (2 BP)
      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
      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
      Scotstoun Stadium
      Attendance: 6,449[17]
      Referee: Ben Whitehouse
      2 October 2021
      17:15
      Zebre Parma 3–36 Ulster (1 BP)
      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)
      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
      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'
      Thomond Park
      Attendance: 10,723[20]
      Referee: Andrew Brace
      3 October 2021
      14:00
      (1 BP) Dragons 6–7 Leinster
      Pen: S. Davies (2) 63', 66'
      		 Report Try: Deegan 14' c
      Con: R. Byrne 15'
      Rodney Parade
      Attendance: 5,043[21]
      Referee: AJ Jacobs

      Round 3
      8 October 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Ulster 28–8 Benetton
      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'
      Kingspan Stadium
      Attendance: 10,582[22]
      Referee: AJ Jacobs
      8 October 2021
      19:35
      Ospreys 13–27 Sharks
      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'
      Liberty Stadium
      Attendance: 5,286[23]
      Referee: Frank Murphy
      9 October 2021
      13:00
      (1 BP) Leinster 43–7 Zebre Parma
      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'
      RDS Arena
      Attendance: 10,400[24]
      Referee: Sam Grove-White
      9 October 2021
      15:00
      Glasgow Warriors 13–9 Lions (1 BP)
      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)
      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
      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
      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'
      Cardiff Arms Park
      Attendance: 7,725[27]
      Referee: Chris Busby
      10 October 2021
      14:00
      Scarlets 13–43 Munster (1 BP)
      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'
      Parc y Scarlets
      Attendance: 6,336[28]
      Referee: Ben Blain

      Round 4
      15 October 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Ulster 26–10 Lions
      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'
      Kingspan Stadium
      Attendance: 11,412[29]
      Referee: Mike Adamson
      15 October 2021
      19:35
      Dragons 10–24 Stormers
      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'
      Rodney Parade
      Attendance: 5,678[14]
      Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
      16 October 2021
      13:00
      Zebre Parma 6–17 Glasgow Warriors
      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)
      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
      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'
      RDS Arena
      Attendance: 14,005[32]
      Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
      16 October 2021
      17:15
      Edinburgh 17–10 Bulls (1 BP)
      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)
      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'
      Thomond Park
      Attendance: 17,198[34]
      Referee: Chris Busby
      16 October 2021
      19:35
      Cardiff 23–17 Sharks (1 BP)
      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'
      Cardiff Arms Park
      Attendance: 8,161[35]
      Referee: Gareth Newman

      Round 5
      22 October 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Scarlets 34–28 Benetton (2 BP)
      Try: R. Evans 17' c
      Blacker (2) 19' c, 65' c
      M. 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<brMenoncello 73' c
      Con: Smith (4) 30', 43', 59', 72'
      Parc y Scarlets
      Attendance: 6,074[36]
      Referee: Chris Busby
      22 October 2021
      19:35
      Glasgow Warriors 15–31 Leinster (1 BP)
      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'
      Scotstoun Stadium
      Attendance: 7,246[37]
      Referee: Craig Evans
      23 October 2021
      13:00
      Zebre Parma 10–27 Edinburgh (1 BP)
      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'
      Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
      Attendance: 1,500 [38]
      Referee: Frank Murphy
      23 October 2021
      17:15
      (1 BP) Connacht 36–11 Ulster
      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'
      Aviva Stadium
      Attendance: 9,875[39]
      Referee: Andrew Brace
      23 October 2021
      17:15
      Cardiff 31–29 Dragons (2 BP)
      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'
      Cardiff Arms Park
      Attendance: 8,194[40]
      Referee: Ben Whitehouse
      23 October 2021
      19:35
      Ospreys 18–10 Munster
      Pen: Myler (6) 2', 32', 36', 46', 64', 72'
      		 Report Try: Casey 54' c
      Con: Crowley 55'
      Pen: Crowley 6'
      Liberty Stadium
      Attendance: 5,678[41]
      Referee: Hollie Davidson
      4 February 2022
      Lions v Sharks
      4 February 2022
      Stormers v Bulls

      Round 6
      26 November 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Connacht 46–18 Ospreys
      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'
      Galway Sportsgrounds
      Attendance: 5,025[42]
      Referee: Ben Blain
      27 November 2021
      13:00
      Benetton 19–18 Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
      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)
      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'
      Rodney Parade
      Attendance: 5,552[14]
      Referee: Mike Adamson
      27 November 2021
      20:00
      Leinster 10–20 Ulster
      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'
      RDS Arena
      Attendance: 14,625[43]
      Referee: Frank Murphy
      TBC
      Bulls v Munster
      TBC
      Lions v Cardiff
      TBC
      Sharks v Scarlets
      TBC
      Stormers v Zebre Parma

      Round 7
      3 December 2021
      19:35
      (1 BP) Edinburgh 24–10 Benetton
      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'
      Edinburgh Rugby Stadium
      Attendance: 5,438 [44]
      Referee: Adam Jones
      3 December 2021
      19:45
      (1 BP) Leinster 47–19 Connacht
      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'
      RDS Arena
      Attendance: 14,127[45]
      Referee: Chris Busby
      4 December 2021
      15:00
      Ospreys 19–13 Ulster (1 BP)
      Try: Morris 32' c
      Con: Myler 34'
      Pen: Myler (4) 18', 36', 60', 66'
      		 Report Try: Penalty try 15'
      Pen: Cooney (2) 20', 53'
      Liberty Stadium
      Attendance: 5,695[46]
      Referee: Sam Grove-White
      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'
      Scotstoun Stadium
      Attendance: 6,453[47]
      Referee: Frank Murphy
      TBC
      Bulls v Scarlets
      TBC
      Lions v Munster
      TBC
      Sharks v Zebre Parma
      TBC
      Stormers v Cardiff

      Round 8
      4 December 2021
      17:00
      Stormers 19–37 Lions (1 BP)
      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'
      24 December 2021
      17:00
      Zebre Parma v Benetton
      26 December 2021
      15:00
      Cardiff v Scarlets
      26 December 2021
      17:15
      Ulster v Connacht
      26 December 2021
      17:15
      Ospreys v Dragons
      26 December 2021
      19:35
      Munster v Leinster
      27 December 2021
      19:00
      Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh
      12 February 2022
      Bulls v Sharks

      Round 9
      1 January 2022
      15:00
      Dragons v Cardiff
      1 January 2022
      17:15
      Connacht v Munster
      1 January 2022
      17:15
      Scarlets v Ospreys
      1 January 2022
      19:35
      Ulster v Leinster
      2 January 2022
      13:00
      Benetton v Zebre Parma
      2 January 2022
      14:00
      Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors
      19 March 2022
      Lions v Bulls
      19 March 2022
      Sharks v Stormers

      Round 10
      7 January 2022
      19:35
      Leinster v Lions
      8 January 2022
      13:00
      Benetton v Sharks
      8 January 2022
      15:00
      Zebre Parma v Bulls
      8 January 2022
      15:00
      Edinburgh v Cardiff
      8 January 2022
      17:00
      Connacht v Stormers
      8 January 2022
      17:15
      Glasgow Warriors v Ospreys
      8 January 2022
      19:35
      Munster v Ulster
      8 January 2022
      19:35
      Scarlets v Dragons

      Round 11
      28 January 2022
      Bulls v Lions
      28 January 2022
      Dragons v Sharks
      28 January 2022
      Zebre Parma v Munster
      28 January 2022
      Connacht v Glasgow Warriors
      28 January 2022
      Dragons v Benetton
      28 January 2022
      Ulster v Scarlets
      28 January 2022
      Ospreys v Edinburgh
      28 January 2022
      Cardiff v Leinster

      Round 12
      3 December 2021
      19:00
      Sharks 30–16 Bulls
      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'
      18 February 2022
      Lions v Stormers
      18 February 2022
      Scarlets v Connacht
      18 February 2022
      Leinster v Ospreys
      18 February 2022
      Cardiff v Zebre Parma
      18 February 2022
      Glasgow Warriors v Benetton
      18 February 2022
      Dragons v Ulster
      19 February 2022
      Munster v Edinburgh

      Round 13
      4 March 2022
      Bulls v Stormers
      4 March 2022
      Sharks v Lions
      4 March 2022
      Benetton v Leinster
      4 March 2022
      Ospreys v Zebre Parma
      4 March 2022
      Ulster v Cardiff
      4 March 2022
      Edinburgh v Connacht
      4 March 2022
      Scarlets v Glasgow Warriors
      5 March 2022
      Munster v Dragons

      Round 14
      25 March 2022
      Sharks v Edinburgh
      25 March 2022
      Bulls v Dragons
      25 March 2022
      Stormers v Ulster
      25 March 2022
      Lions v Ospreys
      25 March 2022
      Zebre Parma v Scarlets
      25 March 2022
      Cardiff v Glasgow Warriors
      25 March 2022
      Connacht v Leinster
      26 March 2022
      Munster v Benetton

      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 4 December 2021.

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