Английская Википедия:2023–24 United Rugby Championship

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The 2023–24 United Rugby Championship is the 23rd season of the professional rugby union competition known as the United Rugby Championship, and the third season under that name. It began on 21 October 2023 and will end on 22 June 2024.

Format

The season consists of 21 rounds: 18 rounds of regular season play, followed by three rounds of play-offs.

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). The pools serve two functions; they guarantee a full slate of derby matches for each team, and they award a minor Regional Shield trophy to the top team in each pool, which thereby functions as a national championship in three of the four pools, and a cross-border regional championship in the Scottish-Italian pool. They will no longer be used to determine qualification for the European Rugby Champions Cup. Instead, the top eight teams will qualify.

The winner of each Shield will be determined solely from the games played amongst the teams within their regional pool.

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.

For the Championship itself, there is one main league table. 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. The Regional Shield pools have no direct link to the play-offs and by extension the Championship itself, and it is technically possible to win a Regional Shield but not contest the play-offs, as the Welsh sides showed in 2022 and 2023.

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	Scotstoun Stadium	Шаблон:Sort
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort Шаблон:Sort	RDS Arena Aviva Stadium	18,500 51,700
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	Kings Park Stadium	52,000
Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Шаблон:Sort	Cape Town Stadium Danie Craven Stadium	55,000 16,000
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

Regional Shield competitions

This season, for the first time, regional shield standing were based entirely on performances against other teams within the same conference. Therefore, only six games for each team will count towards the regional shields.

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Knockout stage

Bracket

The play-off draw is seeded based on final positions in the regular season league table.

The higher-ranked teams will have home advantage in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

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 Ben Healy	Edinburgh	81
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Tinus de Beer	Cardiff	61
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Johan Goosen	Bulls	56
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Sanele Nohamba	Lions	55
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	Stormers	50
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Nathan Doak	Ulster	48
7	Шаблон:Flagicon Jacob Umaga	Benetton	46
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Walsh	Ospreys
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Ioan Lloyd	Scarlets	45
	Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Matthews	Glasgow	45

Most tries

Rank	Player	Club	Tries
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Matthews	Glasgow	9
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Simone Gesi	Zebre	6
	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Stewart	Ulster
	Шаблон:Flagicon Akker van der Merwe	Bulls
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Diarmuid Kilgallen	Connacht	5
	Шаблон:Flagicon David Kriel	Bulls
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jacob Stockdale	Ulster
	Шаблон:Flagicon Henco van Wyk	Lions
9	Шаблон:Flagicon Caolin Blade	Connacht	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Casey	Munster
	Шаблон:Flagicon Max Deegan	Leinster
	Шаблон:Flagicon Stedman Gans	Bulls
	Шаблон:Flagicon Mason Grady	Cardiff
	Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Gregory	Zebre
	Шаблон:Flagicon Francke Horn	Lions
	Шаблон:Flagicon Elrigh Louw	Bulls
	Шаблон:Flagicon Edwill van der Merwe	Lions
	Шаблон:Flagicon Keiran Williams	Ospreys

External links

• Official website