Over 700 players appear in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship each season with parents, coaches and over 550 clubs from across 17 countries and all corners of the globe helping to put them on a pathway to play at the highest level.

The Vodacom URC will shine a spotlight on the identities of the clubs, schools and communities that do an incredible job of giving children the chance to first pick up a rugby ball and guide the lucky few good enough to reach the elite level.

For Rounds 11 and 12 the Vodacom URC will adopt Origin Round branding on its digital channels. Broadcasters will also highlight the origin point of various players with some wearing their school/club socks. While fans attending games are encouraged to wear their school/club jerseys or socks.

Many clubs are already looking at unique and bespoke ways to celebrate their own communities and the origin points for their players and the Vodacom URC is hugely
excited about the return of the grassroots based activation.

Speaking about Origin Round, Martin Anayi, CEO of the URC, said: "In the past few seasons we have introduced new activations to the Vodacom URC and watching the Origin Round come to life last year for the first time was brilliant. Origin Round surpassed all expectations of engagement from the grassroots, to the buy-in
from players, clubs, fans, match officials, sponsors and broadcasters.

"We also saw some of our highest attendances and broadcast audiences around Origin Round and there's a huge sense of excitement to see how we build on that."

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