URC Grand Final 2025: Storylines to Watch

Ahead of the historic meeting of Leinster and the Vodacom Bulls at Dublin's Croke Park for the United Rugby Championship Grand Final, it's worth taking a look at the stats and facts the create such intriguing storylines around these two incredible teams.

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URC History

• New winner of the URC will be crowned

• Fourth different winner in four seasons

• First URC final outside of South Africa

• Third cross-hemisphere finale in a row

Croke Park

• First-ever rugby final to be played at the home of GAA

• Leinster have never lost a game at Croke Park (four wins from four)

• The Springboks are the only South African team to ever play at Croke Park, losing 15-10 to Ireland in November 2009

Leinster

• Record eight-time league winners but have not won a title in the URC era

• Leinster last lifted a trophy in front of their home fans when they won the league in 2018 defeating Scarlets in the PRO14 Final

• RG Snyman voted URC Player’s Player of the Season

• Have a record 12 players selected for the British & Irish Lions tour of Australia

• Two players voted into the BKT URC ‘Elite XV’ team of the season: Snyman and Jamie Osbourne

• Record v Vodacom Bulls: Played 6; Won 2; Lost 4; Scored 151; Conceded 152

Vodacom Bulls

• Have beaten Leinster twice in the URC Semi-finals in (2022 and 2024)

• South Africa’s most successful club team winning three Super Rugby titles and 25 Currie Cups

• Have lost two URC Grand Finals (2022 v Stormers and 2024 v Glasgow Warriors)

• Star Players: Double World Cup winner Willie Le Roux, Canan Moodie, Marcell Coetzee, Cameron Hanekom

• Hanekom recently won the URC’s Next-Gen Player of the Season award is now injured and misses the game

• Three players voted into the BKT URC 'Elite XV’ team of the season: Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Wilco Louw, Hanekom

• Record v Leinster: Played 6; Won 4; Lost 2; Scored 152; Conceded 151

SATURDAY

Leinster Rugby v Vodacom Bulls

Croke Park, Dublin – KO 5pm IRE & UK/6pm ITA & SA

Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR, 55th league game)

AR 1: Mike Adamson (SRU) AR 2: Sam Grove-White (SRU)

TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

Live on: TG4, SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv