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2024 United Rugby Championship Grand Final

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2024 United Rugby Championship Grand Final
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The 2024 United Rugby Championship Grand Final was the final match of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship (URC) season. It was contested by the Bulls from South Africa and Scotland's Glasgow Warriors.[3] Glasgow won the match 21–16, coming back from 13–0 down just before half-time to claim their second URC title.

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The final was held in South Africa for the third time in succession,[4][5] with a second appearance for the Bulls following their defeat in 2022, and a first appearance for Glasgow Warriors who are the first Scottish team, and the first team outside of South Africa and Ireland, to reach the final since the competition adopted its current format. For the third year in succession, the top-seeded team at the start of the play-offs failed to reach the final.

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Route to the final

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The captains of the Bulls and the Glasgow Warriors pose with the URC trophy at Loftus Versfeld Stadium.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

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Match

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Venue

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The URC trophy on display at Loftus Versfeld Stadium before the 2024 Grand Final

With Glasgow's elimination of top-ranked Munster in the semi-finals, the Bulls were the highest-ranked team to reach the final; they nominated their usual home of Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, which has a listed capacity of 50,000, as the venue for the final. It was the third year in a row that the final had been played in South Africa, but the first time it had been played at Loftus Versfeld, although the stadium had previously hosted the 2009 Super 14 final, in which the Bulls beat the Chiefs 61–17.[6]

Officials

Italian referee Andrea Piardi was named as the main official for the match, taking charge of his second United Rugby Championship final in succession. He made his Six Nations Championship debut in 2024, refereeing the game between Ireland and Wales, and was also part of the refereeing team for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. His assistants for the final were Ireland's Frank Murphy and Wales's Craig Evans, while fellow Italian Matteo Liperini served as the Television Match Official (TMO).[2]

Team selection

The two teams named their squads for the final the day before the match. The Bulls made just one change to the team that beat Leinster in the semi-final, bringing in Kurt-Lee Arendse for Willie le Roux, who had failed a head injury assessment (HIA) after the Leinster match; Devon Williams moved across to full-back in place of Le Roux, while Arendse, who had undergone cheekbone surgery after the quarter-final against Benetton two weeks earlier, took Williams' place on the wing. On the bench, Zak Burger came in for Keagan Johannes as the replacement scrum-half.[7] Glasgow named the same starting XV as in their semi-final, but made two changes on the bench as prop Nathan McBeth and fly-half Duncan Weir came in for Murphy Walker and Ross Thompson respectively.[8] They were forced into one more change before kick-off as lock Max Williamson failed to recover from an illness and was replaced by Gregor Brown.[9]

Summary

The Bulls took an early lead in the match when Johan Goosen kicked a second-minute penalty from near the right touchline between the halfway line and the Glasgow 10-metre line. Goosen added another penalty in the 15th minute, before the Bulls scored the game's opening try 10 minutes later; following a line-out, the Glasgow defence failed to tackle Marco van Staden as he peeled off the back of a maul and he powered over from 10 metres out; Goosen kicked the conversion. As the first half drew to a close, Glasgow managed to reduce the deficit to 13–7 as Scott Cummings burrowed over the line from short range following a nine-phase attack, before George Horne converted.[10]

Six minutes after the break, Goosen extended the Bulls' lead to nine points with another penalty, but just two minutes later, Glasgow reduced it down to two points as replacement hooker George Turner finished off a driving maul, and Horne again kicked the conversion. Just after the hour mark, the Glasgow backs took over, going wing-to-wing to allow Kyle Steyn to put Huw Jones over on the left flank; Horne again converted to put Glasgow in front for the first time in the game. They thought they had extended their lead five minutes later, when Jack Dempsey thought he had scored a 60-metre interception try, only for the Television Match Official to bring it back for an early tackle by Turner. Inside the last five minutes, Glasgow were reduced to 14 men after Tom Jordan was yellow-carded for a high tackle, and as the clock turned red, the Bulls attempted to drive over from a five-metre line-out. However, despite their numerical disadvantage, the Warriors were able to prevent the score. This secured a 21–16 victory for the Warriors, giving them their second URC title having won the competition in 2015 when it still known as the Pro12.[10]

Details

22 June 2024
18:00 SAST (UTC+2)
(2) Bulls South Africa16–21Scotland Glasgow Warriors (4)
Try: Van Staden 24'
Con: Goosen (1/1) 25'
Pen: Goosen (3) 1', 14', 51'
Try: Cummings 40'
Turner 53'
Jones 62'
Con: Horne (3/3) 40+2', 54', 64'
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 50,388
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)[2]
FB15South Africa Devon Williams
RW14South Africa Sergeal Petersen
OC13South Africa David Kriel
IC12South Africa Harold Vorster
LW11South Africa Kurt-Lee Arendse
FH10South Africa Johan Goosen
SH9South Africa Embrose Papier
N88South Africa Cameron Hanekomdownward-facing red arrow 47'
OF7South Africa Elrigh Louw
BF6South Africa Marco van Staden
RL5South Africa Ruan Nortjé
LL4South Africa Ruan Vermaakdownward-facing red arrow 67'
TP3South Africa Wilco Louwdownward-facing red arrow 73'
HK2South Africa Johan Grobbelaardownward-facing red arrow 50'
LP1South Africa Gerhard Steenekampdownward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutions:
HK16South Africa Akker van der Merweupward-facing green arrow 50'
PR17South Africa Simphiwe Matanzimaupward-facing green arrow 73'
PR18South Africa Francois Klopperupward-facing green arrow 73'
LK19South Africa Reinhardt Ludwigupward-facing green arrow 67'
FL20South Africa Nizaam Carrupward-facing green arrow 47'
SH21South Africa Zak Burger
FH22South Africa Chris Smith
CE23South Africa Cornel Smit
Coach:
South Africa Jake White
FB15New Zealand Josh McKay
RW14Argentina Sebastián Cancellieredownward-facing red arrow 59'
OC13Scotland Huw Jones
IC12Scotland Sione Tuipulotu
LW11Scotland Kyle Steyn
FH10New Zealand Tom JordanYellow card 77'
SH9Scotland George Horne
N88Scotland Jack Dempsey
OF7Scotland Rory Dargedownward-facing red arrow 59'
BF6Scotland Matt Fagerson
RL5Scotland Richie Graydownward-facing red arrow 59'
LL4Scotland Scott Cummings
TP3Scotland Zander Fagerson
HK2Scotland Johnny Matthewsdownward-facing red arrow 45'
LP1Scotland Jamie Bhattidownward-facing red arrow 45'
Substitutions:
HK16Scotland George Turnerupward-facing green arrow 45'
PR17Scotland Nathan McBethupward-facing green arrow 45'
PR18Scotland Oli Kebble
LK19Scotland Gregor Brownupward-facing green arrow 59'
FL20Scotland Euan Ferrie
FL21South Africa Henco Venterupward-facing green arrow 59'
SH22Scotland Jamie Dobieupward-facing green arrow 59'
FH23Scotland Duncan Weir
Coach:
South Africa Franco Smith

Man of the Match:
Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:[2]
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

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Broadcasting

The match was shown live by SuperSport in South Africa, by Premier Sports in the United Kingdom and by RTÉ in Ireland.[12]

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