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Leinster Rugby v Vodacom Bulls XV — United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · Final
Friday 19 June 2026 · 18:30
Croke Park
Leinster Rugby
36–7
Ended
1st half 22–0 · 2nd half 14–7
Vodacom Bulls XV

Form

Leinster Rugby
W L L W W
  • 29–5 v Cardiff Rugby · 10 Oct
  • 20–26 v Sharks · 3 Oct
  • 26–27 v Fidelity ADT Lions · 26 Sep
Vodacom Bulls XV
W L W L L
  • 57–15 v Fidelity ADT Lions · 10 Oct
  • 22–26 v Munster · 3 Oct
  • 47–13 v Zebre Rugby · 26 Sep

How it happened

  1. 2' Yellow card Canan Moodie
  2. 6' Try Tommy O'Brien 5–0
  3. 6' Conversion Sam Prendergast 7–0
  4. 7' Sub Jack Conan on for Caelan Doris
  5. 16' Try Rieko Ioane 12–0
  6. 25' Yellow card Willie Le Roux
  7. 27' Try Jack Conan 17–0
  8. 28' Conversion Sam Prendergast 19–0
  9. 32' Penalty Sam Prendergast 22–0
  10. 40' Sub Garry Ringrose on for Tommy O'Brien
  11. HT 22–0
  12. 46' Try Sam Prendergast 27–0
  13. 47' Sub Dan Sheehan on for Ronan Kelleher
  14. 47' Sub Thomas Clarkson on for Tadhg Furlong
  15. 47' Conversion Sam Prendergast 29–0
  16. 49' Sub Alex Usanov on for Jerry Cahir
  17. 54' Sub Jan-Hendrik Wessells on for Gerhard Steenekamp
  18. 54' Sub Wilco Louw on for Francois Klopper
  19. 54' Sub Cobus Wiese on for Ruan Vermaak
  20. 54' Sub Marco Van Staden on for Elrigh Louw
  21. 54' Sub Jeandre Rudolph on for Cameron Hanekom
  22. 56' Sub Stedman-Ghee Rivett Gans on for Stravino Jacobs
  23. 58' Yellow card James Lowe
  24. 62' Try Canan Moodie 29–5
  25. 63' Conversion Handre Pollard 29–7
  26. 69' Sub Harry Byrne on for Sam Prendergast
  27. 69' Sub Zak Burger on for Embrose Papier
  28. 70' Sub Diarmuid Mangan on for Joe McCarthy
  29. 72' Sub Nizaam Carr on for Johan Grobbelaar
  30. 74' Sub Luke McGrath on for Jamison Gibson-Park
  31. 77' Try Harry Byrne 34–7
  32. 78' Conversion Harry Byrne 36–7
  33. FT 36–7

Match stats

Possession

56%
Ball possession
43%
162
Passes
140

Scoring

5
Tries
1
2
Try assists
1
4
Conversions
1

Scoring other

113
Carries
95
9
Clean breaks
8
1
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
0

Other

6/7 (86%)
Scrums
6/7 (86%)
10/10 (100%)
Lineouts
16/19 (84%)
16
Turnovers
22
6
Turnovers won
5
429
Meters run
371
2
Offloads
11
133
Tackles
207
20
Tackles missed
25

Penalty

12
Penalties conceded
6
0
Red cards
0
1
Yellow cards
2

Line-ups

Leinster Rugby

  1. Jerry Cahir
  2. Ronan Kelleher
  3. Joe McCarthy
  4. James Ryan
  5. Max Deegan
  6. Jamison Gibson-Park
  7. James Lowe
  8. Jamie Osborne
  9. Rieko Ioane
  10. Tommy O'Brien
  11. Hugo Keenan
  12. 3 Tadhg Furlong
  13. 7 Josh Van Der Flier
  14. 8 Caelan Doris
  15. 10 Sam Prendergast
Replacements
  1. Alex Usanov
  2. Diarmuid Mangan
  3. Jack Conan
  4. Luke McGrath
  5. Harry Byrne
  6. 2 Dan Sheehan
  7. 13 Garry Ringrose
  8. 18 Thomas Clarkson

Head coach: Leo Cullen

Vodacom Bulls XV

  1. Gerhard Steenekamp
  2. Johan Grobbelaar
  3. Francois Klopper
  4. Ruan Vermaak
  5. Ruan Nortje
  6. Marcell Coetzee
  7. Elrigh Louw
  8. Embrose Papier
  9. Handre Pollard
  10. Stravino Jacobs
  11. Harold Vorster
  12. Canan Moodie
  13. 8 Cameron Hanekom
  14. 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse
  15. 15 Willie Le Roux
Replacements
  1. Marco Van Staden
  2. Jan-Hendrik Wessells
  3. Wilco Louw
  4. Cobus Wiese
  5. Jeandre Rudolph
  6. Zak Burger
  7. Stedman-Ghee Rivett Gans
  8. Nizaam Carr

Head coach: Johan Ackermann

Head to head

Last 1 meetings in our data: Leinster Rugby 0 – 1 Vodacom Bulls XV · avg 70 total points

4 Oct 2025 · United Rugby Championship
Vodacom Bulls XV Leinster Rugby
39
31 FT
Match info

United Rugby Championship

as of October 14, 2026 07:25
United Rugby Championship standings
#TeamPWDLPFPA+/−Pts
1Edinburgh Rugby33008054+2615
2Glasgow Warriors32109572+2312
3Vodacom Bulls XV320112654+7210
4Stormers32018154+2710
5Sharks32018983+610
6Cardiff Rugby32016671-59
7Fidelity ADT Lions320177102-259
8Dragons31118883+58
9Munster31117274-28
10Leinster Rugby31027558+177
11Ulster Rugby30218893-57
12Scarlets31026885-176
13Ospreys310281107-265
14Connacht Rugby31025684-285
15Benetton Treviso30126468-45
16Zebre Rugby300352116-641

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