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Cardiff Rugby vs Connacht · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Cardiff Rugby
14–8
Connacht

Match report

Cardiff Rugby beat Connacht 14-8 at Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff in round 3 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 11 October 2025.

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

Head to head

2
Cardiff Rugby wins (29%)
0
Draws (0%)
5
Connacht wins (71%)

Last 7 meetings, since September 2021

Biggest Cardiff Rugby win
33–21
24 Sept 2021
Biggest Connacht win
38–19
15 Apr 2023

Last 5 meetings

  • 11 Oct 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby14
    Connacht8
  • 5 Apr 2025 · Challenge Cup
    Connacht35
    Cardiff Rugby20
  • 15 Feb 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Connacht24
    Cardiff Rugby19
  • 17 Jan 2025 · Challenge Cup
    Cardiff Rugby19
    Connacht28
  • 17 Feb 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Cardiff Rugby12
    Connacht16

Lineups

Avg. age
27.4
Avg. age
27.9

Cardiff Rugby

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

Connacht

  1. 1Dennis Buckley
  2. 2Dave Heffernan
  3. 3Jack Aungier
  4. 4Darragh Murray
  5. 5Joe Joyce
  6. 6Cian Prendergast
  7. 8Sean Jansen
  8. 9Ben Murphy
  9. 10Jack Carty
  10. 11Shayne Bolton
  11. 12Cathal Forde
  12. 13David Hawkshaw
  13. 14Chay Mullins
  14. 15Sean Naughton
Replacements
  1. 16Eoin de Buitléar
  2. 17Jordan Duggan
  3. 18Sam Illo
  4. 19David O'Connor
  5. 20Shamus Hurley-Langton
  6. 21Matthew Devine
  7. 22Hugh Gavin
  8. 23Finn Treacy