Leinster vs Sale Sharks · Champions Cup
Champions Cup · 2025-26Full time
43–13
Match report
Leinster beat Sale Sharks 43-13 at RDS, Dublin in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup on Saturday, 11 April 2026.
That makes it six wins in a row for Leinster. Pierre Brousset refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
2
Leinster wins (100%)
0
Draws (0%)
0
Sale Sharks wins (0%)
Last 2 meetings, since December 2023
Biggest Leinster win
43–13
11 Apr 2026
Last 2 meetings
- 11 Apr 2026 · European Rugby Champions CupLeinster43Sale Sharks1311 Apr 2026Leinster43–13Sale SharksEuropean Rugby Champions Cup
- 16 Dec 2023 · European Rugby Champions CupLeinster37Sale Sharks2716 Dec 2023Leinster37–27Sale SharksEuropean Rugby Champions Cup
Lineups
Avg. age
28.9
Avg. age
28.2
Leinster
- 1Alex Usanov(21)
- 2Dan Sheehan(28)
- 3Tadhg Furlong(33)
- 4Joe McCarthy(25)
- 5James Ryan(30)
- 6Ryan Baird(27)
- 7Josh Van Der Flier(33)
- 8Jack Conan(34)
- 9Jamison Gibson-Park(34)
- 10Harry Byrne(27)
- 11Rieko Ioane(29)
- 12Jamie Osborne(24)
- 13Garry Ringrose(31)
- 14Tommy O'Brien(28)
- 15Hugo Keenan(30)
Replacements
- 16Ronan Kelleher(28)
- 17Jerry Cahir(26)
- 18Thomas Clarkson(26)
- 19Max Deegan(30)
- 20Scott Penny(27)
- 21Luke McGrath(33)
- 22Ciaran Frawley(28)
- 23Robbie Henshaw(33)
Sale Sharks
- 1Simon McIntyre(35)
- 2Ethan Caine(25)
- 3Asher Opoku-Fordjour(22)
- 4Ernst Van Rhyn(29)
- 5Ben Bamber(25)
- 6Jacques Vermeulen(31)
- 7Sam Dugdale(27)
- 8Dan Du Preez(31)
- 9Gus Warr(27)
- 10George Ford(33)
- 11Tom O'Flaherty(32)
- 12Rekeiti Ma'asi-White(23)
- 13Robert du Preez(33)
- 14Tom Roebuck(25)
- 15Joe Carpenter(25)
Replacements
- 16Alfie Longstaff(21)
- 17Ralph McEachran(21)
- 18James Harper(26)
- 19Reuben Logan(21)
- 20Jos Gilmore(20)
- 21Dom Hanson(20)
- 22Marius Louw(31)
- 23Alex Wills(22)