URC Play-Offs: Quarter-Final Match-Ups
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Topic: URC Play-Offs: Quarter-Final Match-Ups
Posted By: Transvaal
Subject: URC Play-Offs: Quarter-Final Match-Ups
Date Posted: 23-Apr-2023 at 6:23am
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The eight teams who will compete in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Play-Offs have confirmed their places in the Quarter-Finals as the race to become the 2022/23 champions kick into gear.
As the top-four ranked sides Leinster (1), Ulster (2), DHL Stormers (3) and Glasgow Warriors (4) have all earned the right to host home Quarter-Finals on the weekend of May 5 and 6. Their opponents are the teams ranked from fifth position to eighth - Munster, Vodacom Bulls, Connacht, Cell C Sharks. Quarter-Final Match-Ups QF1: Leinster (1) v Cell C Sharks (8) QF2: Ulster (2) v Connacht (7) QF3: DHL Stormers (3) v Vodacom Bulls (6) QF4: Glasgow Warriors (4) v Munster (5)
Kick-off times for the Quarter-Finals will be confirmed on Monday, April 24 after consultation with host broadcasters.
Semi-Final Path In the Semi-Finals, to be played the weekend of May 12, the winner of QF1 will play the winner of QF4 and the winner of QF2 will play the winner of QF3.
In a change to last season’s rules, the teams with the highest seeding in each Semi-Final will have home venue rights. Previously, the winners of QF1 and QF2 were guaranteed home draws no matter their ranking.
SF1: Leinster (1) / Cell C Sharks (8) v Glasgow Warriors (4) / Munster (5) SF2: Ulster (2) / Connacht (7) v DHL Stormers (3) v Vodacom Bulls (6)
The Semi-Final winners will meet on Saturday, May 27 at the venue of the highest-ranked team to have qualified for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final.
EPCR Qualification
A total of eight teams from the Vodacom URC will qualify for next season’s Heineken Champions Cup. The four Shield winners will qualify automatically.
The next four Heineken Champions Cup places from the Vodacom URC will be filled by the highest-ranked teams who did not win their Shields:
However, should a team (Benetton or Scarlets) from the Vodacom URC who has not qualified for the Heineken Champions Cup win the EPCR Challenge Cup, they will take the place of the lowest-ranked non-Shield winner (Connacht) in next season’s Champions Cup.
Should the Cell C Sharks (8) win the Vodacom URC then they will be awarded a Champions Cup place ahead of the lowest-ranked non-Shield winner (Connacht).
In the event that the EPCR Challenge Cup winner is an Vodacom URC team (Benetton or Scarlets) and the Cell C Sharks win the Vodacom URC, then only Ulster and Munster will join the Shield winners in next season’s Champions Cup. |
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Posted By: Leeubok
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2023 at 7:13am
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Ek sien daar word baie gepraat van die sharks wat net net meer punte as ons het. Met al hul groot name.. |
Posted By: gertjie0000
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2023 at 7:48am
| En hulle het net een wedstryd meer gewen, dink hulle het dalk die houding van ons hoef net op te daag en die punte te kry met hulle sterk span |
Posted By: Lion1986
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2023 at 9:50am
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Die Sharks het dieselfde probleem as die Lions. Hul kort n hoofagrigter. |
Posted By: Transvaal
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2023 at 10:05am
hulle het net 9 wenne net soos ons, en 3 meer punte op die log. Met hulle groot budget en baie Bokke het hulle maar baie swak in vergelyking met ons gedoen. Hulle het ook uitgemis op die Heineken Cup volgende jaar en speel soos ons in die Challenge Cup
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gertjie0000 wrote:Posted By: gertjie0000
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2023 at 11:19am
| Skies transvaal bietjie misgekyk. So ons seisoen is nie so telleurstellend soos mens dink nie maar mens sal bietjie verbetering wil begin sien |
Posted By: Transvaal
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2023 at 11:21am
| Ons is 3 plekke beter op die log as laas jaar so dis wel 'n klein verbetering. Wat mens seker dan wil sien is dat ons volgende jaar nog beter doen en in die top 8 eindig |
Posted By: PaBz0r
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2023 at 12:47pm
| Met al die dinge wat nie by die Leeus lekker is nie, is dit eintlik n wonderwerk dat ons beter gedoen het as laas jaar. Ek dink wel volgende seisoen bou ons weer van scratch af seker.. coaches/spelers.. |