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Cardiff Rugby vs Ulster · EPCR Challenge Cup

EPCR Challenge Cup · 2025-26Full time
Cardiff Rugby
29–26
Ulster

Match report

Cardiff Rugby beat Ulster 29-26 at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff in round 2 of the EPCR Challenge Cup on Saturday, 13 December 2025.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

2
Cardiff Rugby wins (33%)
0
Draws (0%)
4
Ulster wins (67%)

Last 6 meetings, since March 2022

Biggest Cardiff Rugby win
29–26
13 Dec 2025
Biggest Ulster win
48–12
4 Mar 2022

Last 5 meetings

  • 31 Jan 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Ulster21
    Cardiff Rugby14
  • 13 Dec 2025 · Challenge Cup
    Cardiff Rugby29
    Ulster26
  • 26 Oct 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby21
    Ulster19
  • 19 Apr 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Ulster19
    Cardiff Rugby17
  • 4 Mar 2023 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby20
    Ulster42

Lineups

Avg. age
29.6
Avg. age
26.2

Cardiff Rugby

  1. 1Rhys Barratt
  2. 2Dafydd Hughes
  3. 3Keiron Assarratti
  4. 4George Nott
  5. 5Rory Thornton
  6. 6James Botham
  7. 7Daniel Thomas
  8. 8Alan Lawrence
  9. 9Aled Davies
  10. 10Callum Sheedy
  11. 11Tom Bowen
  12. 12Ben Thomas
  13. 13Harry Millard
  14. 14Josh Adams
  15. 15Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
  1. 16Evan Lloyd
  2. 17Danny Southworth
  3. 18Sam Wainwright
  4. 19Josh McNally
  5. 20Lucas De la rua
  6. 21Ellis Bevan
  7. 22Jacob Beetham
  8. 23Cameron Winnett

Ulster

  1. 1Sam Crean
  2. 2Tom Stewart
  3. 3Tom O’Toole
  4. 4Harry Sheridan
  5. 5Charlie Irvine
  6. 6David McCann
  7. 7Sean Reffell
  8. 8Bryn Ward
  9. 9Conor McKee
  10. 10Jake Flannery
  11. 11Zac Ward
  12. 12Ben Carson
  13. 13James Hume
  14. 14Werner Kok
  15. 15Stewart Moore
Replacements
  1. 16John Andrew
  2. 17Angus Bell
  3. 18Rory McGuire
  4. 19Cormac Izuchukwu
  5. 20Juarno Augustus
  6. 21Dave Shanahan
  7. 22James Humphreys
  8. 23Bradley McNamara