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Munster vs Connacht · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Munster
17–15
Connacht

Match report

Munster beat Connacht 17-15 at Thomond Park, Limerick in round 5 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 25 October 2025.

That makes it five wins in a row for Munster. Connacht have now lost three in a row. Andrea Piardi refereed.

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

Head to head

6
Munster wins (60%)
0
Draws (0%)
4
Connacht wins (40%)

Last 10 meetings, since October 2021

Biggest Munster win
47–12
11 May 2024
Biggest Connacht win
26–7
9 May 2026

Last 5 meetings

  • 9 May 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Connacht26
    Munster7
  • 25 Oct 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster17
    Connacht15
  • 29 Mar 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Connacht24
    Munster30
  • 21 Sept 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster35
    Connacht33
  • 11 May 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster47
    Connacht12

Lineups

Avg. age
29
Avg. age
27.1

Munster

  1. 1Michael Milne
  2. 2Lee Barron
  3. 3John Ryan
  4. 4Jean Kleyn
  5. 5Fineen Wycherley
  6. 6Jack O'Donoghue
  7. 7John Hodnett
  8. 8Gavin Coombes
  9. 9Ethan Coughlan
  10. 10JJ Hanrahan
  11. 11Thaakir Abrahams
  12. 12Alex Nankivell
  13. 13Dan Kelly
  14. 15Shane Daly
Replacements
  1. 16Niall Scannell
  2. 17Jeremy Loughman
  3. 18Ronan Foxe
  4. 19Evan O'Connell
  5. 20Ruadhan Quinn
  6. 21Jake O'Riordan
  7. 22Tony Butler
  8. 23Shay McCarthy

Connacht

  1. 1Jordan Duggan
  2. 2Dave Heffernan
  3. 3Sam Illo
  4. 4Joe Joyce
  5. 5Darragh Murray
  6. 6Josh Murphy
  7. 7Paul Boyle
  8. 8Sean Jansen
  9. 9Ben Murphy
  10. 10Josh Ioane
  11. 11Finn Treacy
  12. 12Cathal Forde
  13. 13Hugh Gavin
  14. 14Byron Ralston
  15. 15Harry West
Replacements
  1. 16Dylan Tierney-Martin
  2. 17Peter Dooley
  3. 18Fiachna Barrett
  4. 19Niall Murray
  5. 20David O'Connor
  6. 21Matthew Devine
  7. 22Sean Naughton