Edinburgh Rugby vs Connacht · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
5–26
Match report
Connacht beat Edinburgh Rugby 26-5 away from home at Hive Stadium, Edinburgh in round 18 of the United Rugby Championship on Friday, 15 May 2026.
That makes it two wins in a row for Connacht. Aimee Barrett-Theron refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
4
Edinburgh Rugby wins (57%)
0
Draws (0%)
3
Connacht wins (43%)
Last 7 meetings, since October 2020
Biggest Edinburgh Rugby win
56–8
4 Mar 2022
Biggest Connacht win
26–5
15 May 2026
Last 5 meetings
- 15 May 2026 · United Rugby ChampionshipEdinburgh Rugby5Connacht2615 May 2026Edinburgh Rugby5–26ConnachtUnited Rugby Championship
- 10 May 2025 · United Rugby ChampionshipConnacht21Edinburgh Rugby3110 May 2025Connacht21–31Edinburgh RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 11 Nov 2023 · United Rugby ChampionshipEdinburgh Rugby25Connacht2211 Nov 2023Edinburgh Rugby25–22ConnachtUnited Rugby Championship
- 25 Mar 2023 · United Rugby ChampionshipConnacht41Edinburgh Rugby2625 Mar 2023Connacht41–26Edinburgh RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 4 Mar 2022 · United Rugby ChampionshipEdinburgh Rugby56Connacht84 Mar 2022Edinburgh Rugby56–8ConnachtUnited Rugby Championship
Lineups
Avg. age
26.7
Avg. age
27.6
Edinburgh Rugby
- 1Pierre Schoeman(32)
- 2Ewan Ashman(26)
- 3Ollie Blyth-Lafferty(20)
- 4Marshall Sykes(26)
- 5Glen Young(31)
- 6Tom Dodd(28)
- 7Freddy Douglas(21)
- 8Magnus Bradbury(31)
- 9Hector Patterson(21)
- 10Ross Thompson(27)
- 11Duhan van der Merwe(31)
- 12Findlay Thomson(22)
- 13Piers O'Conor(31)
- 14Darcy Graham(29)
- 15Harry Paterson(25)
Replacements
- 16Jerry Blyth-Lafferty(22)
- 17Boan Venter(29)
- 18Paul Hill(31)
- 19Callum Hunter-Hill(29)
- 20Euan McVie(21)
- 21Tom Currie(22)
- 22Charlie Shiel(28)
- 23Jack Brown(21)
Connacht
- 1Billy Bohan(20)
- 2Eoin de Buitléar(24)
- 3Finlay Bealham(35)
- 4Joe Joyce(32)
- 5Josh Murphy(31)
- 6Cian Prendergast(26)
- 7Shamus Hurley-Langton(26)
- 8Sean Jansen(27)
- 9Ben Murphy(25)
- 10Josh Ioane(31)
- 11Shayne Bolton(26)
- 12Bundee Aki(36)
- 13Harry West(23)
- 14Shane Jennings(25)
- 15Sam Gilbert(27)
Replacements
- 16Mikey Yarr(21)
- 17Peter Dooley(32)
- 18Sam Illo(25)
- 19David O'Connor(31)
- 20Paul Boyle(29)
- 21Matthew Devine(24)
- 22Jack Carty(34)
- 23Sean Naughton(22)