Your guide to Welsh rugby's pre-season fixtures
The Welsh sides play six games in the first block of the 2026-27 season
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Wales' four clubs are preparing for the first block of the 2026-27 United Rugby Championship (URC) while uncertainty over the future of the professional game rumbles on.
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) is pressing on with plans to cut a team, with Cardiff and Dragons set to be safe, leaving Ospreys and Scarlets to fight it out for one spot.
The proposal to go down to three sides will not happen until 2028 and that means, unless there are any dramatic events, the quartet will continue to take to the field for another two campaigns.
Pre-season training started for some players in mid-July and matches have been arranged in the countdown to round one of the 2026-27 URC, which gets under way on Friday, 25 September.
Here are the friendlies that the Welsh quartet will play.
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Friday, 4 September
Coventry v Ospreys – Nick Newbold Stadium (19:30 BST)
Saturday, 5 September
Dragons v Hartpury – Rodney Parade (13:00 BST)
Exeter v Scarlets – Sandy Park (15:00 BST)
Worcester v Cardiff – Sixways (15:00 BST)
Friday, 11 September
Scarlets v Dragons – Church Bank, Llandovery (19:00 BST)
Ulster v Ospreys – Affidea Stadium (19:45 BST)
Friday, 18 September
Scarlets v Saracens – Parc y Scarlets (19:30 BST)
Saturday, 19 September
Cardiff v Exeter – Arms Park (15:00 BST)
