Ulster vs Exeter Chiefs · EPCR Challenge Cup
EPCR Challenge Cup · 2025-26Full time
29–12
Match report
Ulster beat Exeter Chiefs 29-12 at Affidea Stadium, Belfast in the semi-finals of the EPCR Challenge Cup on Saturday, 2 May 2026.
That makes it four wins in a row for Ulster.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
2
Ulster wins (100%)
0
Draws (0%)
0
Exeter Chiefs wins (0%)
Last 2 meetings, since January 2025
Biggest Ulster win
52–24
17 Jan 2025
Last 2 meetings
- 2 May 2026 · Challenge CupUlster29Exeter Chiefs122 May 2026Ulster29–12Exeter ChiefsChallenge Cup
- 17 Jan 2025 · European Rugby Champions CupUlster52Exeter Chiefs2417 Jan 2025Ulster52–24Exeter ChiefsEuropean Rugby Champions Cup
Lineups
Avg. age
27.5
Avg. age
26
Ulster
- 1Sam Crean(26)
- 2Tom Stewart(25)
- 3Tom O’Toole(28)
- 4Iain Henderson(34)
- 5Cormac Izuchukwu(26)
- 6David McCann(26)
- 7Nick Timoney(31)
- 8Juarno Augustus(28)
- 9Nathan Doak(24)
- 10Jack Murphy(22)
- 11Jacob Stockdale(30)
- 12Stuart McCloskey(34)
- 13Jude Postlethwaite(24)
- 14Zac Ward(27)
- 15Michael Lowry(28)
Replacements
- 16James McCormick(24)
- 17Eric O'Sullivan(30)
- 18Tom McAllister(21)
- 19Charlie Irvine(23)
- 20Bryn Ward(22)
- 21Conor McKee(25)
- 22Jake Flannery(27)
- 23Ethan McIlroy(26)
Exeter Chiefs
- 1Scott Sio(35)
- 2Max Norey(28)
- 3Bachuki Tchumbadze(24)
- 4Dafydd Jenkins(23)
- 5Andrea Zambonin(26)
- 6Tom Hooper(25)
- 7Christ Tshiunza(24)
- 8Ross Michael Vintcent(24)
- 9Stephen Varney(25)
- 10Harvey Skinner(28)
- 11Immanuel Feyi-Waboso(23)
- 12Len Ikitau(28)
- 13Henry Slade(33)
- 14Campbell Ridl(21)
- 15Ben Hammersley(23)
Replacements
- 16Joseph Dweba(31)
- 17Ethan Burger(26)
- 18Josh Iosefa-Scott(30)
- 19Rus Tuima(26)
- 20Finn Worley-Brady(22)
- 21Tom Cairns(24)
- 22Will Haydon-wood(26)
- 23Nick Lilley(20)