Quarter-final fixture dates confirmed for URC play-offs

Ulster and Munster's quarter-final showdown will kick-off the United Rugby Championship play-off phase.

The fixture between the two provinces at Kingspan Stadium will take place on 3 June at 7.35pm, with Leinster's last-eight clash against Glasgow Warriors kicking off the following day at 3.15pm at the RDS.

The other quarter-finals also take place on the Saturday with an all-South African fixture between Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks in Pretoria as well as Edinburgh's trip to face the Stormers in Cape Town.

If Leinster overcome Glasgow, they will have home advantage in the semi-final against the winners of the Bulls-Sharks game.

Ulster or Munster will face a trip to face either Edinburgh or Stormers in the other semi-final.

Quarter-final fixtures

Friday, 3 June

Ulster v Munster (QF3), Kingspan Stadium, 7.35pm

Saturday, 4 June

Vodacom Bulls v Cell C Sharks (QF4), Loftus Versfeld, 12.45pm

Leinster v Glasgow Warriors (QF1), RDS, 3.15pm

DHL Stormers v Edinburgh, (QF2), DHL Stadium, 6pm