Lions vs Edinburgh Rugby · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
54–17
Match report
Lions beat Edinburgh Rugby 54-17 at Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg in round 13 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 21 March 2026.
That makes it three wins in a row for Lions. Edinburgh Rugby have now lost two in a row. Gianluca Gnecchi refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
4
Lions wins (67%)
0
Draws (0%)
2
Edinburgh Rugby wins (33%)
Last 6 meetings, since April 2022
Biggest Lions win
54–17
21 Mar 2026
Biggest Edinburgh Rugby win
24–12
4 Apr 2025
Last 5 meetings
- 21 Mar 2026 · United Rugby ChampionshipLions54Edinburgh Rugby1721 Mar 2026Lions54–17Edinburgh RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 4 Apr 2025 · Challenge CupEdinburgh Rugby24Lions124 Apr 2025Edinburgh Rugby24–12LionsChallenge Cup
- 5 Oct 2024 · United Rugby ChampionshipLions55Edinburgh Rugby215 Oct 2024Lions55–21Edinburgh RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 28 Oct 2023 · United Rugby ChampionshipEdinburgh Rugby17Lions1628 Oct 2023Edinburgh Rugby17–16LionsUnited Rugby Championship
- 7 Oct 2022 · United Rugby ChampionshipEdinburgh Rugby19Lions227 Oct 2022Edinburgh Rugby19–22LionsUnited Rugby Championship
Lineups
Avg. age
26.2
Avg. age
26.8
Lions
- 1SJ Kotze(23)
- 2PJ Botha(28)
- 3Asenathi Ntlabakanye(27)
- 5Darrien-Lane Landsberg(28)
- 6Sibabalwe Mahashe(22)
- 7Ruan Venter(23)
- 8Francke Horn(27)
- 9Morné van den Berg(28)
- 10Christopher Smith(32)
- 11Erich Cronjé(29)
- 12Bronson Mills(23)
- 13Henco Van Wyk(25)
- 14Angelo Davids(27)
- 15Quan Horn(25)
Replacements
- 16Franco Marais(34)
- 17Eddie Davids(28)
- 18RF Schoeman(23)
- 19Reinhard Nothnagel(29)
- 20Bathobele Hlekani(21)
- 21Renzo du Plessis(24)
- 23Richard Kriel(26)
Edinburgh Rugby
- 1Boan Venter(29)
- 2Dylan Richardson(27)
- 3D'Arcy Rae(31)
- 4Marshall Sykes(26)
- 5Glen Young(31)
- 6Ben Muncaster(25)
- 7Freddy Douglas(21)
- 8Magnus Bradbury(31)
- 9Ben Vellacott(31)
- 10Ross Thompson(27)
- 11Jack Brown(21)
- 12Mosese Tuipulotu(25)
- 13Matt Currie(25)
- 15Harry Paterson(25)
Replacements
- 16Ewan Ashman(26)
- 17James Whitcombe(25)
- 18Paul Hill(31)
- 19Callum Hunter-Hill(29)
- 20Liam McConnell(22)
- 21Charlie Shiel(28)
- 22Cameron Scott(25)
- 23Piers O'Conor(31)