2025–26 United Rugby Championship

The 2025–26 United Rugby Championship will be the 25th season of the professional rugby union competition currently known as the United Rugby Championship, the highest level domestic club rugby competition in South Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy. This season is also the fifth season under that name, and the fifth with the current collection of teams. It will begin on 26 September 2025 and will end in June 2026. Leinster enter the competition as the reigning champions, and holders of the URC Irish Shield, and will kick off the competition with the first match away to Stormers.