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Ulster vs Cardiff Rugby · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Ulster
21–14
Cardiff Rugby

Match report

Ulster beat Cardiff Rugby 21-14 at Kingspan, Belfast in round 11 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 31 January 2026.

Hollie Davidson refereed.

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

Head to head

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

Last 6 meetings, since March 2022

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

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
27.4
Avg. age
27.2

Ulster

  1. 1Angus Bell
  2. 2Rob Herring
  3. 3Scott Wilson
  4. 4Iain Henderson
  5. 5Charlie Irvine
  6. 7Marcus Rea
  7. 8David McCann
  8. 9Conor McKee
  9. 10Jack Murphy
  10. 11Zac Ward
  11. 12Ben Carson
  12. 13James Hume
  13. 14Werner Kok
  14. 15Ethan McIlroy
Replacements
  1. 16James McCormick
  2. 17Sam Crean
  3. 19Harry Sheridan
  4. 20Lorcan McLoughlin
  5. 21Dave Shanahan
  6. 22Jake Flannery
  7. 23Ben Moxham

Cardiff Rugby

  1. 1Rhys Barratt
  2. 2Evan Lloyd
  3. 2Ioan Lloyd
  4. 3Javan Sebastian
  5. 4Josh McNally
  6. 5George Nott
  7. 6Alan Lawrence
  8. 7Daniel Thomas
  9. 8Taine Basham
  10. 9Johan Mulder
  11. 10Callum Sheedy
  12. 11Harry Millard
  13. 12Steffan Emanuel
  14. 13Tom Bowen
  15. 15Cameron Winnett
Replacements
  1. 16Dafydd Hughes
  2. 17Danny Southworth
  3. 18Joe Cowell
  4. 19Rory Thornton
  5. 20Lucas De la rua
  6. 21Aled Davies
  7. 22Elijah Evans
  8. 23Leigh Halfpenny