Munster vs Cardiff Rugby · United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
23–20
Match report
Munster beat Cardiff Rugby 23-20 at Thomond Park, Limerick in round 2 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 4 October 2025.
That makes it two wins in a row for Munster. Griffin Colby refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
4
Munster wins (67%)
0
Draws (0%)
2
Cardiff Rugby wins (33%)
Last 6 meetings, since May 2021
Biggest Munster win
42–21
29 Apr 2022
Biggest Cardiff Rugby win
20–13
17 Sept 2022
Last 5 meetings
- 4 Oct 2025 · United Rugby ChampionshipMunster23Cardiff Rugby204 Oct 2025Munster23–20Cardiff RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 25 Apr 2025 · United Rugby ChampionshipCardiff Rugby26Munster2125 Apr 2025Cardiff Rugby26–21MunsterUnited Rugby Championship
- 30 Mar 2024 · United Rugby ChampionshipMunster20Cardiff Rugby1530 Mar 2024Munster20–15Cardiff RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
- 17 Sept 2022 · United Rugby ChampionshipCardiff Rugby20Munster1317 Sept 2022Cardiff Rugby20–13MunsterUnited Rugby Championship
- 29 Apr 2022 · United Rugby ChampionshipMunster42Cardiff Rugby2129 Apr 2022Munster42–21Cardiff RugbyUnited Rugby Championship
Lineups
Avg. age
27.7
Avg. age
28.7
Munster
- 1Jeremy Loughman(31)
- 2Niall Scannell(34)
- 3Oliver Jager(31)
- 4Jean Kleyn(33)
- 5Fineen Wycherley(28)
- 6Thomas Ahern(26)
- 7Ruadhan Quinn(23)
- 8Gavin Coombes(28)
- 9Ethan Coughlan(24)
- 10Jack Crowley(26)
- 11Thaakir Abrahams(27)
- 12Alex Nankivell(29)
- 13Dan Kelly(25)
- 14Shane Daly(29)
- 15Ben O'Connor(22)
Replacements
- 16Diarmuid Barron(28)
- 17Josh Wycherley(27)
- 18Ronan Foxe(23)
- 19Jack O'Donoghue(32)
- 20Brian Gleeson(22)
- 21Paddy Patterson(27)
- 22Tony Butler(24)
- 23Sean O'Brien(28)
Cardiff Rugby
- 1Danny Southworth(27)
- 2Liam Belcher(30)
- 3Javan Sebastian(32)
- 4Josh McNally(36)
- 5Teddy Williams(26)
- 6Alex Mann(24)
- 7Daniel Thomas(33)
- 8Alan Lawrence(28)
- 9Johan Mulder(27)
- 10Callum Sheedy(30)
- 11Tom Bowen(21)
- 12Rory Jennings(30)
- 13Harry Millard(30)
- 14Josh Adams(31)
- 15Jacob Beetham(25)
Replacements
- 16Dafydd Hughes(30)
- 17Rhys Barratt(23)
- 18Sam Wainwright(28)
- 19Ben Donnell(26)
- 20Taine Basham(26)
- 21Aled Davies(34)
- 22Ioan Lloyd(25)
- 23Steffan Emanuel(20)