The 2023 United Rugby Championship final was the final match of the

2022–23 United Rugby Championship The 2022–23 United Rugby Championship is the 22nd season of the professional rugby union competition United Rugby Championship. It began on 16 September 2022. For sponsorship reasons it is known in South Africa as Vodacom United Rugby Champions ...

season. The final was between defending champions the

Stormers The Stormers (known for sponsorship reasons as the DHL Stormers) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Cape Town in the Western Cape that competes in the United Rugby Championship, a trans-hemispheric competition that also ...

and

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with Munster winning 19–14.

Route to the final

Munster had an up-and-down season, at one point being fourteenth in the table after losing five of their seven opening rounds of the season, but a strong finish to the season, including an away win against the

and an away draw against the Sharks, saw Munster qualify for the knockout stage of the competition and finish fifth overall. The province defeated Glasgow Warriors 14–5 away from home in the quarter-finals, before defeating Leinster 16–15, also away from home, in the semi-finals. The Stormers, the defending champions after they won the first United Rugby Championship in 2021–22, by contrast enjoyed a strong season, finishing third overall and defeating South African rivals the

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33–21 in their quarter-final and Connacht 43–25 in the semi-finals to advance to a home final for a second season in a row.

Pre-match

The match was televised live by SuperSport in South Africa, by

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in Ireland, and by Viaplay Sports and the United Kingdom. All tickets for the final were sold within three hours of going on sale.

Details

References

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