At Kingspan Stadium · 134 Mount Merrion Avenue, Belfast, BT6 0FT
Only the published dates are confirmed for this programme.
Ulster Rugby host Ospreys at Kingspan Stadium, Belfast, on Friday, 18 December 2026, with kick-off time to be confirmed.
Ulster against Ospreys is a United Rugby Championship fixture, part of the competition’s regular home-and-away rotation between the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Italian and South African sides that makes up the league season. This pre-Christmas home date falls in a busy stretch of Ulster’s autumn-winter schedule, with catering, bars and hospitality running throughout the stadium on the day. Tickets are priced from £25, with tables and hospitality packages available through Ulster Rugby directly for anyone wanting to make a longer evening of the pre-Christmas fixture. Ulster’s home programme continues either side of this fixture as the club works through interprovincial and cross-border rounds over the winter, with the full 2026-27 fixture list published on the club website.
Kingspan Stadium is at 134 Mount Merrion Avenue, Belfast, BT6 0FT, in the Ravenhill area of East Belfast, roughly 3km from the city centre. The ground is Ulster Rugby’s home venue for the whole of its United Rugby Championship season.
Belfast is home to around 352,000 people in the city itself and around 672,000 across the wider metro area. Its city centre is walkable end to end in around 25 minutes, so the match can easily be combined with time in town. There is more to see in Belfast and across Co. Antrim.
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