Rating how the Welsh clubs have started the season

Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets finish their first blocks of the season in the 2026-27 United Rugby Championship. There was a Welsh derby in each of the first five rounds of the 2026-27 URC season Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets are ready for November breaks after completing the first block of the domestic 2026-27 season. The United Rugby Championship (URC) is on hold while four rounds are played in the Nations Championship. Cardiff and Dragons are setting the pace on 14 points, with the seventh-placed Blue and Blacks edging in front on win count. Ospreys and Scarlets have work to do but have got their tough double-headers in South Africa out of the way.

There has also been a round of European rugby, with the Blue and Blacks losing in the Champions Cup and the other three winning in the second-tier Challenge Cup. How will the Welsh quartet reflect on a first chunk of the season that featured a derby in every league round? Wales wing Josh Adams has scored on both his Cardiff starts in 2026-27 Cardiff were Wales' standard bearers in 2025-26 when they finished sixth and qualified for the play-offs for the first time. The Blue and Blacks have been a mixed bag, but got a crucial 26-0 win against Ospreys in Swansea to finish. "We have