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Lions vs Scarlets · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Lions
29–18
Scarlets

Match report

Lions beat Scarlets 29-18 at Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg in round 4 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 18 October 2025.

The win ends a run of three defeats for Lions. Scarlets have now lost three in a row.

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

Head to head

3
Lions wins (60%)
0
Draws (0%)
2
Scarlets wins (40%)

Last 5 meetings, since October 2021

Biggest Lions win
32–15
4 Dec 2022
Biggest Scarlets win
36–13
1 Oct 2021

Last 5 meetings

  • 18 Oct 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Lions29
    Scarlets18
  • 11 May 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Lions19
    Scarlets32
  • 11 Nov 2023 · United Rugby Championship
    Scarlets23
    Lions24
  • 4 Dec 2022 · United Rugby Championship
    Lions32
    Scarlets15
  • 1 Oct 2021 · United Rugby Championship
    Scarlets36
    Lions13

Lineups

Avg. age
27.5
Avg. age
25.9

Lions

  1. 1SJ Kotze
  2. 2Franco Marais
  3. 3Asenathi Ntlabakanye
  4. 4Ettienne Oosthuizen
  5. 5Darrien-Lane Landsberg
  6. 6JC Pretorius
  7. 7Ruan Venter
  8. 8Francke Horn
  9. 9Nico Steyn
  10. 10Christopher Smith
  11. 11Angelo Davids
  12. 12Richard Kriel
  13. 13Henco Van Wyk
  14. 14Eduan Keyter
  15. 15Quan Horn
Replacements
  1. 16Morne Brandon
  2. 18Conraad van Vuuren
  3. 19Reinhard Nothnagel
  4. 20Jarod Cairns
  5. 21Layton Horn
  6. 23Kelly Mpeku

Scarlets

  1. 1Alec Hepburn
  2. 2Marnus Van Der Merwe
  3. 3Archer Holz
  4. 4Harvey Cuckson
  5. 5Alex Groves
  6. 6Jarrod Taylor
  7. 7Daniel Davis
  8. 8Taine Plumtree
  9. 9Archie Hughes
  10. 10Sam Costelow
  11. 11Blair Murray
  12. 12Johnny Williams
  13. 13Macs Page
  14. 14Ellis Mee
  15. 15Ioan Nicholas
Replacements
  1. 17Sam O'Connor
  2. 18Henry Thomas
  3. 19Dan Gemine
  4. 20Ben Williams
  5. 21Dane Blacker
  6. 22Joe Hawkins
  7. 23Joe Roberts