Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
28–20
Match report
Leinster beat Edinburgh Rugby 28-20 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin in round 11 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 31 January 2026.
That makes it seven wins in a row for Leinster. Edinburgh Rugby have now lost two in a row. Andrea Piardi refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
7
Leinster wins (100%)
0
Draws (0%)
0
Edinburgh Rugby wins (0%)
Last 7 meetings, since November 2020
Biggest Leinster win
50–10
16 Nov 2020
Last 5 meetings
- 5 Apr 2026 · European Rugby Champions CupLeinster49Edinburgh Rugby315 Apr 2026Leinster49–31Edinburgh RugbyEuropean Rugby Champions Cup
- 31 Jan 2026 · United Rugby ChampionshipLeinster28Edinburgh Rugby2031 Jan 2026Leinster28–20Edinburgh RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 20 Sept 2024 · United Rugby ChampionshipEdinburgh Rugby31Leinster3320 Sept 2024Edinburgh Rugby31–33LeinsterUnited Rugby Championship
- 4 Nov 2023 · United Rugby ChampionshipLeinster36Edinburgh Rugby274 Nov 2023Leinster36–27Edinburgh RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 4 Mar 2023 · United Rugby ChampionshipEdinburgh Rugby27Leinster474 Mar 2023Edinburgh Rugby27–47LeinsterUnited Rugby Championship
Lineups
Avg. age
25.4
Avg. age
28.2
Leinster
- 1Jerry Cahir(22)
- 2John McKee(26)
- 3Andrew Sparrow(21)
- 4Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman(31)
- 5Brian Deeny(26)
- 6Max Deegan(30)
- 7Scott Penny(27)
- 8Diarmuid Mangan(23)
- 9Luke McGrath(33)
- 10Charlie Tector(24)
- 11Ruben Moloney(22)
- 12Ciaran Mangan(21)
- 13Rieko Ioane(29)
- 14Joshua Kenny(23)
- 15Andrew Osborne(23)
Replacements
- 16Gus McCarthy(23)
- 17Alex Usanov(21)
- 18Niall Smyth(21)
- 19Conor O’Tighearnaigh(23)
- 20Josh Ericson
- 21Will Connors(30)
- 22Fintan Gunne(23)
- 23Hugo McLaughlin(22)
Edinburgh Rugby
- 1Boan Venter(29)
- 2Jerry Blyth-Lafferty(22)
- 3Paul Hill(31)
- 4Callum Hunter-Hill(29)
- 5Glen Young(31)
- 6Ben Muncaster(25)
- 7Freddy Douglas(21)
- 8Magnus Bradbury(31)
- 9Ben Vellacott(31)
- 10Ross Thompson(27)
- 11Duhan van der Merwe(31)
- 12James Lang(31)
- 13Wes Goosen(31)
- 15Harry Paterson(25)
Replacements
- 16Harri Morris(25)
- 17Mikey Jones(24)
- 18Ollie Blyth-Lafferty(20)
- 19Tom Dodd(28)
- 20Connor Boyle(26)
- 21Charlie Shiel(28)
- 22Cameron Scott(25)
- 23Piers O'Conor(31)