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Munster vs Leinster · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Munster
8–13
Leinster

Match report

Leinster beat Munster 13-8 away from home at Thomond Park, Limerick in round 8 of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday, 27 December 2025.

That makes it four wins in a row for Leinster. Peter Martin refereed.

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

Head to head

2
Munster wins (20%)
0
Draws (0%)
8
Leinster wins (80%)

Last 10 meetings, since May 2022

Biggest Munster win
31–14
18 Oct 2025
Biggest Leinster win
28–7
27 Dec 2024

Last 5 meetings

  • 27 Dec 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster8
    Leinster13
  • 18 Oct 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Leinster14
    Munster31
  • 27 Dec 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster7
    Leinster28
  • 12 Oct 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Leinster26
    Munster12
  • 26 Dec 2023 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster3
    Leinster9

Lineups

Avg. age
28.9
Avg. age
29.8

Munster

  1. 1Michael Milne
  2. 2Lee Barron
  3. 3Michael Ala'alatoa
  4. 4Edwin Edogbo
  5. 5Thomas Ahern
  6. 6Tadhg Beirne
  7. 7Jack O'Donoghue
  8. 8Gavin Coombes
  9. 9Craig Casey
  10. 10Jack Crowley
  11. 11Thaakir Abrahams
  12. 12Alex Nankivell
  13. 13Tom Farrell
  14. 14Shane Daly
  15. 15Mike Haley
Replacements
  1. 16Diarmuid Barron
  2. 17Jeremy Loughman
  3. 18John Ryan
  4. 19Jean Kleyn
  5. 20Fineen Wycherley
  6. 21Paddy Patterson
  7. 22Dan Kelly
  8. 23John Hodnett

Leinster

  1. 1Andrew Porter
  2. 2Ronan Kelleher
  3. 4Joe McCarthy
  4. 5James Ryan
  5. 6Max Deegan
  6. 7Josh Van Der Flier
  7. 8Caelan Doris
  8. 9Jamison Gibson-Park
  9. 10Harry Byrne
  10. 11James Lowe
  11. 12Robbie Henshaw
  12. 13Rieko Ioane
  13. 14Tommy O'Brien
  14. 15Ciaran Frawley
Replacements
  1. 16John McKee
  2. 17Paddy McCarthy
  3. 18Tadhg Furlong
  4. 19Diarmuid Mangan
  5. 20Scott Penny
  6. 21Fintan Gunne
  7. 22Charlie Tector