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Cardiff Rugby vs Leinster · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Cardiff Rugby
8–7
Leinster

Match report

Cardiff Rugby beat Leinster 8-7 at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff in round 12 of the United Rugby Championship on Friday, 27 February 2026.

Sam Grove-White refereed.

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

Head to head

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

Last 6 meetings, since January 2022

Biggest Cardiff Rugby win
29–27
29 Jan 2022
Biggest Leinster win
29–5
10 Oct 2026

Last 5 meetings

  • 10 Oct 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Leinster29
    Cardiff Rugby5
  • 27 Feb 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby8
    Leinster7
  • 1 Mar 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Leinster42
    Cardiff Rugby24
  • 2 Mar 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby20
    Leinster33
  • 28 Jan 2023 · United Rugby Championship
    Leinster38
    Cardiff Rugby14

Lineups

Avg. age
28.7
Avg. age
25.5

Cardiff Rugby

  1. 1Rhys Barratt
  2. 2Liam Belcher
  3. 3Javan Sebastian
  4. 4Josh McNally
  5. 5George Nott
  6. 6Alan Lawrence
  7. 7Daniel Thomas
  8. 8Taine Basham
  9. 9Aled Davies
  10. 10Callum Sheedy
  11. 11Mason Grady
  12. 12Ben Thomas
  13. 13Harry Millard
  14. 14Jacob Beetham
  15. 15Cameron Winnett
Replacements
  1. 16Dafydd Hughes
  2. 17Danny Southworth
  3. 18Keiron Assarratti
  4. 19Rory Thornton
  5. 20Evan Rees
  6. 21Johan Mulder
  7. 22Ioan Lloyd
  8. 23Tom Bowen

Leinster

  1. 1Jerry Cahir
  2. 2John McKee
  3. 3Andrew Sparrow
  4. 4Alan Spicer
  5. 5Brian Deeny
  6. 6Max Deegan
  7. 7Scott Penny
  8. 8James Culhane
  9. 9Fintan Gunne
  10. 10Harry Byrne
  11. 11Ruben Moloney
  12. 12Robbie Henshaw
  13. 13Rieko Ioane
  14. 14Joshua Kenny
  15. 15Jimmy O'Brien
Replacements
  1. 16Gus McCarthy
  2. 17Alex Usanov
  3. 18Rabah Slimani
  4. 19Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman
  5. 20Josh Ericson
  6. 21Luke McGrath
  7. 22Charlie Tector
  8. 23Andrew Osborne