2025–26 Dragons RFC season

Dragons RFC
2025–26 season
Head coachFilo Tiatia (interim)
PresidentDavid Wright

The 2025–26 season will be the Dragons RFC's fifth season in the United Rugby Championship, and their 24th season of professional representative rugby. Along with competing in the URC and its Welsh Shield competition, the club will also participate in the 2025–26 European Rugby Challenge Cup.

United Rugby Championship

Matches

26 September 2025 Ulster v Dragons Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast  
20:05
3 October 2025 Dragons v Sharks Rodney Parade  
20:05
11 October 2025 Glasgow Warriors v Dragons Scotstoun Stadium  
17:30
17 October 2025 Dragons v Cardiff Rodney Parade  
19:45
25 October 2025 Dragons v Ospreys Rodney Parade  
17:30
28 November 2025 Dragons v Leinster Rodney Parade  
19:45
20 December 2025 Dragons v Connacht Rodney Parade  
19:45
26 December 2025 Cardiff v Dragons Cardiff Arms Park  
15:00
1 January 2026 Dragons v Scarlets Rodney Parade  
15:00
23 January 2026 Munster v Dragons Virgin Media Park  
19:45
31 January 2026 Ospreys v Dragons TBC  
19:45
28 February 2026 Dragons v Benetton Rodney Parade  
17:30
21 March 2026 Stormers v Dragons TBC  
17:30
28 March 2026 Lions v Dragons Emirates Airline Park  
14:30
17 April 2026 Dragons v Bulls Rodney Parade  
19:45
24 April 2026 Zebre Parma v Dragons Stadio Lanfranchi  
19:45
9 May 2026 Dragons v Edinburgh Rodney Parade  
19:45
16 May 2026 Scarlets v Dragons Parc y Scarlets  
17:15

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Benetton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualifies for home URC quarter-final;
Qualification for the 2026–27 Champions Cup
2 Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cardiff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Connacht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualifies for URC quarter-final;
Qualification for the 2026–27 Champions Cup
6 Edinburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Glasgow Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Leinster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the 2026–27 Challenge Cup
10 Munster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ospreys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Scarlets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sharks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stormers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ulster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zebre Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: UnitedRugby.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won 2) The difference between points for and points against 3) The number of tries scored 4) The most points scored 5) The difference between tries for and tries against 6) The fewest red cards received 7) The fewest yellow cards received.[1]


2025–26 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield tables
Welsh Shield
Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TBP LBP Pts Pos overall
1 Cardiff
2 Dragons
3 Ospreys
4 Scarlets
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[2]
  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields.

(S) : URC Shield champion

European Challenge Cup

Pool matches
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References

  1. ^ "Competition rules – United Rugby Championship". United Rugby Championship. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  2. ^ League Format (3) "Competition Rules". United Rugby Championship. Retrieved 23 October 2023.