Leinster Rugby Preview: URC Schedule 2023-2024, Odds And How To Watch
The United Rugby Championship returns on Oct.21, but Irish powerhouse Leinster Rugby’s quest to walk away with some kind of championship this season starts on Oct. 22.
The eastern Irish province team was close to, and expected to, winning two championships last season. Leinster lost in the URC semifinals to Munster just seven days before losing to La Rochelle Rugby in the Heineken Champions Cup (now called the Investec Champions Cup) Grand Final.
It turned out to be a tough few months for much of the Leinster Rugby roster. The club is made up of several Irish national team members who were upset on Oct. 14 in the 2023 Rugby World Cup in the quarterfinals by New Zealand.
The new season can't start soon enough and Leinster enters with best odds to win the Grand Final this summer.
Here’s what to know about the Leinster Rugby team before they begin the season against the Glasgow Warriors on Oct. 22 in the first week of URC play.
Leinster Rugby Schedule 2023-2024
- Week 1: Glasgow Warriors vs Leinster Rugby
- Week 2: Leinster vs. Hollywoodbets Sharks
- Week 3: Leinster Rugby vs. Edinburgh Rugby
- Week 4: Dragons vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 5: Leinster Rugby vs. Scarlets
- Week 6: Leinster Rugby vs. Munster Rugby
- Week 7: Connacht Rugby vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 8: Munster Rugby vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 9: Leinster Rugby vs. Ulster Rugby
- Week 10: Leinster vs. Benetton
- Week 11: Cardiff vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 12: Zebre Parma vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 13: Leinster Rugby vs. Vodacom Bulls
- Week 14: Emirates Lions vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 15: DHL Stormers vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 16: Leinster Rugby vs. Ospreys Rugby
- Week 17: Ulster Rugby vs. Leinster Rugby
- Week 18: Leinster Rugby vs. Connacht Rugby
When Are the 2024 United Rugby Championship Quarterfinals?
The URC quarterfinals are June 7-8. Currently there are three games scheduled for June 8 and one on June 7.
Times are to be announced.
When Are the 2024 United Rugby Championship Semifinals?
The URC Semifinals are June 15.
Times are to be announced.
When is the United Rugby Championship Grand Final?
The URC Final is scheduled for June 22.
Leinster Rugby Odds Of Winning URC Grand Final
Leinster enters the season with the best odds in the URC to win it all at 4-to-7 by most European betting sites.
Who Is The Best Player For Leinster Rugby? It’s Dan Sheehan
The URC list the top 100 players entering the 2023-2024 season and Leinster hooker Dan Sheehan was ranked No.2 by the URC. Overall Leinster had 13 players on the list, including:
- No. 5 Josh van der Flier, back row
- No. 9 James Lowe, wing
- No. 15 Garry Ringrose, center
- No. 18 Luke McGrath, scrum half
- No. 25 Caelan Doris, back row
- No. 29 James Ryan, second row
- No. 49 Hugo Keenan, full back
- No. 66 Michael Milne, prop
- No. 67 Jason Jenkins, second row
- No. 68 Jack Conan, back row
- No. 71 Charlie Ngatai
- No. 81 Scott Penny, back row
New Players On The Leinster Rugby Roster
New additions include: John McKee (Academy), Rob Russell (Academy), Alex Soroka (Academy), Lee Barron (Academy), Sam Prendergast (Academy).
Where Is Leinster Rugby Based?
The Leinster Rugby home grounds are in Dublin, Ireland at either RDS Arena or inside the much larger venue, Aviva Stadium.
Who Coaches Leinster Rugby? It’s Leo Cullen
Leon Cullen, a former Leinster captain is the coach of the club. He became the coach in 2015.
Leinster Will Compete For The Investec Champions Cup
Because Leinster finished in the top-eight of the URC they qualified for the Champions Cup, which was formerly known as the Heineken Champions Cup and now the Investec Champions Cup.
Leinster will face La Rochelle Rugby in a rematch of the Champions Cup Grand Final on Dec. 10 at 10:15 a.m. The game is at Stade Marcel Deflandre in France.
How Leinster Rugby Got Its name?
Leinster is named after the province, like all the other clubs. The logo is a rugby ball with a harp, much like Guinness Beer, in the middle. The harp is the ancient symbol of the region.
Leinster is the provincial team of Eastern Ireland, including Dublin. There are four Irish Rugby Football Union teams:
- Ulster (Northern Ireland)
- Leinster (Eastern Ireland)
- Connacht (Western Ireland)
- Munster (Southern Ireland)
How To Watch Leinster Rugby
All of the Leinster Rugby matches in URC and Investec Champions Cup play will stream live on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States.
Replays, highlights and archival matches are also on both platforms.
How To Watch Rugby Matches In the United States On FloRugby
The URC will stream all its matches on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports are also the U.S. home to:
FloRugby is also home to match archives and match replays.
