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Ulster vs Munster · United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · 2025-26Full time
Ulster
28–3
Munster

Match report

Ulster beat Munster 28-3 at Kingspan, Belfast in round 9 of the United Rugby Championship on Friday, 2 January 2026.

That makes it two wins in a row for Ulster. Munster have now lost two in a row. Mike Adamson refereed.

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

Head to head

4
Ulster wins (40%)
1
Draws (10%)
5
Munster wins (50%)

Last 10 meetings, since June 2022

Biggest Ulster win
28–3
2 Jan 2026
Biggest Munster win
41–14
25 Apr 2026

Last 5 meetings

  • 10 Oct 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Ulster26
    Munster26
  • 25 Apr 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster41
    Ulster14
  • 2 Jan 2026 · United Rugby Championship
    Ulster28
    Munster3
  • 9 May 2025 · United Rugby Championship
    Munster38
    Ulster20
  • 20 Dec 2024 · United Rugby Championship
    Ulster19
    Munster22

Lineups

Avg. age
27.5
Avg. age
28.8

Ulster

  1. 1Angus Bell
  2. 2Tom Stewart
  3. 3Tom O’Toole
  4. 4Iain Henderson
  5. 5Joe Hopes
  6. 6Cormac Izuchukwu
  7. 7Nick Timoney
  8. 8Bryn Ward
  9. 9Nathan Doak
  10. 10Jack Murphy
  11. 11Zac Ward
  12. 12Stuart McCloskey
  13. 13James Hume
  14. 14Werner Kok
  15. 15Jacob Stockdale
Replacements
  1. 16Rob Herring
  2. 17Eric O'Sullivan
  3. 18Scott Wilson
  4. 19Harry Sheridan
  5. 20David McCann
  6. 21Conor McKee
  7. 22Jake Flannery
  8. 23Jude Postlethwaite

Munster

  1. 1Josh Wycherley
  2. 2Diarmuid Barron
  3. 3Michael Ala'alatoa
  4. 4Jean Kleyn
  5. 5Fineen Wycherley
  6. 6Thomas Ahern
  7. 7John Hodnett
  8. 8Alex Kendellen
  9. 9Paddy Patterson
  10. 10JJ Hanrahan
  11. 11Thaakir Abrahams
  12. 12Alex Nankivell
  13. 13Dan Kelly
  14. 14Calvin Nash
  15. 15Mike Haley
Replacements
  1. 16Lee Barron
  2. 17Jeremy Loughman
  3. 19Jack O'Donoghue
  4. 20Brian Gleeson
  5. 21Ethan Coughlan
  6. 22Tony Butler
  7. 23Sean O'Brien