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The Bulls and Sharks will play at home in the last-eight, while the Stormers will be in action in Scotland against the defending champions.
The Bulls celebrate the try from Sergeal Petersen against the Dragons on Saturday. The Pretoria-based team finished second on the log at the end of the URC league stage. Picture: Gordon Arons/Gallo Images
The United Rugby Championship league phase came to a conclusion on Saturday night and all that remains for the 2024/25 season are the knockout games.
The quarter-finals will take place on the weekend of May 30 and 31.
Irish giants Leinster finished top of the pile after 18 games with 76 points. They won 16 matches with two defeats.
In second are the Bulls, with 68 points from 14 wins, while the Sharks finished third with 62 points and 13 wins.
In fourth are the defending champions from last season, the Glasgow Warriors, with 59 points from 11 wins, while the Stormers finished fifth with 10 wins and 55 points.
Sixth, Seventh and eighth places have gone to Munster, Edinburgh and Scarlets.
The Lions missed out on the top eight for the fourth straight season, finishing 11th with 40 points from eight wins.
Quarter-finals lineup
In the quarter-finals in just under two weeks’ time, Glasgow Warriors will host the Stormers at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday night, May 30 at 8.35pm.
On the Saturday, May 31 the Bulls will be up first at home at Loftus, against Edinburgh at 1.30pm, and that will be followed by Leinster hosting Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin at 4pm.
At 6.30pm, at Kings Park in Durban, the Sharks will welcome Munster.
The URC takes a break this weekend for the Europe-based Challenge and Champions Cup competition finals to take place, both at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, on Friday and Saturday respectively.
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