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Connacht vs Bulls · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Connacht
27–28
Bulls

Match report

Bulls beat Connacht 28-27 away from home at Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway in round 4 of the United Rugby Championship on Friday, 17 October 2025.

Connacht have now lost two in a row.

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

Head to head

1
Connacht wins (20%)
0
Draws (0%)
4
Bulls wins (80%)

Last 5 meetings, since October 2021

Biggest Connacht win
34–7
1 Oct 2021
Biggest Bulls win
53–27
25 Nov 2023

Last 5 meetings

  • 17 Oct 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Connacht27
    Bulls28
  • 30 Nov 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Connacht14
    Bulls28
  • 25 Nov 2023 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls53
    Connacht27
  • 30 Sept 2022 · United Rugby Championship
    Bulls28
    Connacht14
  • 1 Oct 2021 · United Rugby Championship
    Connacht34
    Bulls7

Lineups

Avg. age
29.7
Avg. age
28.1

Connacht

  1. 1Peter Dooley
  2. 2Dave Heffernan
  3. 3Finlay Bealham
  4. 4Darragh Murray
  5. 5David O'Connor
  6. 6Josh Murphy
  7. 7Cian Prendergast
  8. 8Sean Jansen
  9. 9Caolin Blade
  10. 10Josh Ioane
  11. 11Shayne Bolton
  12. 12Bundee Aki
  13. 13Byron Ralston
  14. 14Chay Mullins
  15. 15Mack Hansen
Replacements
  1. 16Dylan Tierney-Martin
  2. 17Jordan Duggan
  3. 18Jack Aungier
  4. 19Joe Joyce
  5. 21Matthew Devine
  6. 22Sean Naughton
  7. 23Cathal Forde

Bulls

  1. 1Alulutho Tshakweni
  2. 2Jan-Hendrik Wessels
  3. 3Wilco Louw
  4. 4Cobus Wiese
  5. 5Reinhardt Ludwig
  6. 6Nama Xaba
  7. 7JJ Theron
  8. 8Jeandre Rudolph
  9. 9Paul de Wet
  10. 10Keagan Johannes
  11. 11Sebastian de Klerk
  12. 12Jan Serfontein
  13. 13David Kriel
  14. 14Canan Moodie
  15. 15Willie Le Roux
Replacements
  1. 16Johan Grobbelaar
  2. 17Gerhard Steenekamp
  3. 18Francois Klopper
  4. 19Nicolaas Janse Van Rensburg
  5. 21Embrose Papier
  6. 22Harold Vorster
  7. 23Stravino Jacobs