Английская Википедия:2021–22 United Rugby Championship

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The 2021–22 United Rugby Championship was the twenty-first season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the first season that the competition is referred to as the United Rugby Championship, having previously been known as the Pro14.

Sixteen teams competed 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 (with Scottish and Italian teams in a shared regional pool); four South African teams: Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers; and four Welsh teams: Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets. It is the first season in which URC Regional Shields (Irish, Welsh, South African and Scottish-Italian) will be awarded as separate trophies to the leading sides in each nation or region.

Format

The tournament consisted 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' Shield 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 a single round robin, consisting of an even number of six home and six away matches against all the sides from the other pools. 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.

A total of eight sides qualified for the following season's European Rugby Champions Cup, while the remaining eight sides will play in the EPCR Challenge Cup. All points won in the competition contributed to rankings in the regional pools, with the top side in each regional pool automatically qualifying for the European Rugby Champions Cup. The remaining four places went 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.

Teams

United Rugby Championship

Team	Country	Coach / Director of Rugby	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	Stadio Comunale di Monigo	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Loftus Versfeld	51,762
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Cardiff Arms Park	12,125
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Galway Sportsgrounds	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Rodney Parade	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	Edinburgh Rugby Stadium Murrayfield Stadium	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	Scotstoun Stadium	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	RDS Arena	18,500
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Ellis Park Stadium	62,567
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Thomond Park Musgrave Park	25,600 8,008
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Swansea.com Stadium	20,827
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Parc y Scarlets	14,870
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	Kings Park Stadium	52,000
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Ravenhill Stadium	18,196
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi	5,000

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.

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.

The overall table also provides the secondary path to qualification for the European Rugby Champions Cup, with the four highest-ranked teams not already qualified as Shield winners gaining qualification.

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Play-offs

Bracket

The play-off draw was seeded by final finishing position in the regular season table

Championship final

The first United Rugby Championship Final was an all-South African derby, ensuring the first ever South African winner of the tournament, the Bulls having narrowly missed out on winning the transitional Pro14 Rainbow Cup competition. It also marked the first time in the history of the competition that a Grand final play-off match has not included at least one Irish province, a run of 14 finals.

Attendances by club

Club	Home games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Шаблон:Flagicon Benetton	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls	9	35,782	5,112	19,436	2,000	9.88%
Шаблон:Flagicon Cardiff	4	29,372	7,343	8,194	5,292	60.56%
Шаблон:Flagicon Connacht	8Шаблон:Efn	40,140	5,018	9,875	3,007	48.93%
Шаблон:Flagicon Dragons	4	22,671	5,668	6,398	5,043	65.15%
Шаблон:Flagicon Edinburgh	5	46,852	5,666	24,187	5,330	72.64%
Шаблон:Flagicon Glasgow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster	11	155,512	14,138	32,411	8,559	60.32%Шаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Flagicon Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Шаблон:Flagicon Munster	9	102,101	11,345	20,657	5,000	66.09%Шаблон:Efn
Шаблон:Flagicon Ospreys	4	22,426	5,607	5,767	5,286	26.92%
Шаблон:Flagicon Scarlets	3	20,234	6,745	7,824	6,074	45.36%
Шаблон:Flagicon Sharks	0	0	0	21,832	0	0%
Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster	8Шаблон:Efn	91,752	11,469	16,274	9,542	63.03%
Шаблон:Flagicon Zebre Parma	5	7,700	1,540	2,000	1,300	30.80%

Highest attendances

Date	Game	Stadium	Attendance
21 May 2022	Leinster (H) v Munster	Aviva Stadium	32,411
18 June 2022	Stormers (H) v Bulls	Cape Town Stadium	31,000
11 June 2022	Stormers (H) v Ulster	Cape Town Stadium	30,000
21 May 2022	Edinburgh (H) v Glasgow	Murrayfield Stadium	24,187
23 April 2022	Sharks (H) v Leinster	Kings Park Stadium	21,832
2 April 2022	Munster (H) v Leinster	Thomond Park	20,657
2 April 2022	Bulls (H) v Ulster	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	19,436

End of Season Awards

URC Dream Team

The 2021–22 United Rugby Championship Dream team is:

Pos		Player	Team
FB	15	Шаблон:Flagicon Warrick Gelant	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers
RW	14	Шаблон:Flagicon Seabelo Senatla	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers
OC	13	Шаблон:Flagicon James Hume	Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster
IC	12	Шаблон:Flagicon Damian Willemse	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers
LW	11	Шаблон:Flagicon Leolin Zas	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers
FH	10	Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Byrne	Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster
SH	9	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Casey	Шаблон:Flagicon Munster
N8	8	Шаблон:Flagicon Evan Roos	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers
OF	7	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Timoney	Шаблон:Flagicon Ulster
BF	6	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcell Coetzee	Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls
RL	5	Шаблон:Flagicon Ruan Nortjé	Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls
LL	4	Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Kleyn	Шаблон:Flagicon Munster
TP	3	Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas du Toit	Шаблон:Flagicon Sharks
HK	2	Шаблон:Flagicon Johan Grobbelaar	Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls
LP	1	Шаблон:Flagicon Ox Nché	Шаблон:Flagicon Sharks

Award winners

The 2021–22 URC award winners were:

Award	Winner
Players' Player of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon Evan Roos (Stormers)
Next-Gen Player of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon Evan Roos (Stormers)
Fans' Player of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon Evan Roos (Stormers)
Golden Boot	Шаблон:Flagicon Gareth Anscombe (Ospreys)
Top Try Scorer	Шаблон:Flagicon Leolin Zas (Stormers)
Tackle Machine	Шаблон:Flagicon Alan O'Connor (Ulster)
Turnover King	Шаблон:Flagicon Jac Morgan (Ospreys)
Ironman Award	Шаблон:Flagicon Ruan Nortjé (Bulls)
Coach of the Season	Шаблон:Flagicon Leo Cullen (Leinster)

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Most points

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Manie Libbok	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers	171
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Smith	Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls	153
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Rhyno Smith	Шаблон:Flagicon Benetton	142
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Curwin Bosch	Шаблон:Flagicon Sharks	138
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Ross Byrne	Шаблон:Flagicon Leinster	125

Most tries

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Marcell Coetzee	Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls	11
	Шаблон:Flagicon Leolin Zas	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Rhyno Smith	Шаблон:Flagicon Benetton	10
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Johan Grobbelaar	Шаблон:Flagicon Bulls	9
	Шаблон:Flagicon Seabelo Senatla	Шаблон:Flagicon Stormers

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 18 June 2022.

• Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Brace (14)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Murphy (14)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Busby (13)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Evans (11)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Grove-White (10)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Adam Jones (10)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Andrea Piardi (10)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Whitehouse (10)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Blain (9)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Adamson (8)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Gianluca Gnecchi (7)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Jaco Peyper (7)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Marius van der Westhuizen (7)
• Шаблон:Flagicon AJ Jacobs (5)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Hollie Davidson (3)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Nika Amashukeli (2)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Aimee Barrett-Theron (2)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Rasta Rasivhenge (2)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Nic Berry (1)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Pierre Brousset (1)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Eoghan Cross (1)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Joy Neville (1)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Gareth Newman (1)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Christophe Ridley (1)
• Шаблон:Flagicon Tual Trainini (1)

External links

• Official website