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Fidelity ADT Lions v Leinster Rugby — United Rugby Championship
Fidelity ADT Lions
7th in URC
· UTC
27
26
Full-time
1st half 17–192nd half 10–7
Leinster
10th in URC
Fidelity ADT Lions scorers:
Tries Cronjé 9′, Cronjé 24′, Mpeku 79′
Cons Smith 9′, Smith 25′, Smith 80′
Pens Smith 13′, Smith 61′
Leinster scorers:
Tries Gunne 6′, Gunne 14′, Gunne 39′, Smyth 80+5′
Cons Gabriel 15′, Gabriel 40′, Byrne 80+6′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 12:30
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 13:30
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sat 21:30
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sat 23:30
Venue
Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
- Capacity
- 62,567
- Surface
- Grass
Form and season so far
Season figures: United Rugby Championship table.
United Rugby Championship table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Lions, your team | −25 | 9 |
| 8 | Dragons RFC, your team | +5 | 8 |
| 9 | Munster, your team | −2 | 8 |
| 10 | Leinster, your team | +17 | 7 |
| 11 | Ulster, your team | −5 | 7 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time27–26
- 80+6′ Conversion Leinster: Harry Byrne Conversion 27–26
- 80+5′ Try Leinster: Stephen Smyth Try 27–24
- 80+3′ Yellow card Fidelity ADT Lions: SJ Kotze Yellow card
- 80+1′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: Zian Cilliers On for Nico Steyn
- 80′ Conversion Fidelity ADT Lions: Christopher Smith Conversion 27–19
- 79′ Try Fidelity ADT Lions: Kelly Mpeku Try 25–19
- 75′ Replacement Leinster: Oliver Coffey On for Hugh Cooney
- 72′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: Ethan Adams On for Richard Kriel
- 72′ Replacement Leinster: Ciaran Mangan On for Todd Lawlor
- 72′ Yellow card Leinster: Dylan McNeice Yellow card
- 69′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: Hyron Andrews On for Ruan Delport
- 66′ Replacement Leinster: Niall Smyth On for Andrew Porter
- 61′ Penalty goal Fidelity ADT Lions: Christopher Smith Penalty goal 20–19
- 61′ Replacement Leinster: Dylan McNeice On for Josh Ericson
- 59′ Replacement Leinster: Stephen Smyth On for Gus McCarthy
- 53′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: JC Pretorius On for Sibabalwe Mahashe
- 53′ Replacement Leinster: Josh Ericson On for Max Deegan
- 52′ Replacement Leinster: Peter Dooley On for Alex Usanov
- 50′ Replacement Leinster: Harry Byrne On for Caspar Gabriel
- 50′ Replacement Leinster: Brian Deeny On for Josh Ericson
- 46′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: Sibabalo Qoma On for Ettienne Oosthuizen
- 46′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: RF Schoeman On for Sebastian Lombard
- 46′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: Morne Brandon On for PJ Botha
- 46′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: SJ Kotze On for Boan Venter
- Half-time17–19
- 40′ Conversion Leinster: Caspar Gabriel Conversion 17–19
- 39′ Try Leinster: Fintan Gunne Try 17–17
- 25′ Conversion Fidelity ADT Lions: Christopher Smith Conversion 17–12
- 24′ Try Fidelity ADT Lions: Erich Cronjé Try 15–12
- 16′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: Henco Van Wyk On for Ethan Adams
- 15′ Conversion Leinster: Caspar Gabriel Conversion 10–12
- 14′ Try Leinster: Fintan Gunne Try 10–10
- 13′ Penalty goal Fidelity ADT Lions: Christopher Smith Penalty goal 10–5
- 9′ Conversion Fidelity ADT Lions: Christopher Smith Conversion 7–5
- 9′ Try Fidelity ADT Lions: Erich Cronjé Try 5–5
- 6′ Try Leinster: Fintan Gunne Try 0–5
- 2′ Replacement Fidelity ADT Lions: Ethan Adams On for Henco Van Wyk
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Fidelity ADT Lions
Coach: Ivan van Rooyen- 1 Boan Venter Prop
- 2 PJ Botha Hooker
- 3 Sebastian Lombard Prop
- 4 Ettienne Oosthuizen Lock
- 5 Ruan Delport Lock
- 6 Sibabalwe Mahashe Flanker
- 7 Bathobele Hlekani Flanker
- 8 Francke Horn (captain) No. 8
- 9 Nico Steyn Scrum-half
- 10 Christopher Smith Fly-half
- 11 Erich Cronjé Wing
- 12 Richard Kriel Centre
- 13 Henco Van Wyk Centre
- 14 Kelly Mpeku Wing
- 15 Boeta Chamberlain Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Morne Brandon on at 46′
- 17 SJ Kotze on at 46′
- 18 RF Schoeman on at 46′
- 19 Hyron Andrews on at 69′
- 20 Sibabalo Qoma on at 46′
- 21 JC Pretorius on at 53′
- 22 Zian Cilliers on at 80′
- 23 Ethan Adams on at 72′
Leinster
Coach: Leo Cullen- 1 Alex Usanov Prop
- 2 Gus McCarthy Hooker
- 3 Andrew Porter Prop
- 4 Ryan Baird Lock
- 5 Conor O’Tighearnaigh Lock
- 6 Max Deegan (captain) Flanker
- 7 Scott Penny Flanker
- 8 Josh Ericson No. 8
- 9 Fintan Gunne Scrum-half
- 10 Caspar Gabriel Fly-half
- 11 Andrew Osborne Wing
- 12 Charlie Tector Centre
- 13 Hugh Cooney Centre
- 14 Tommy O'Brien Wing
- 15 Todd Lawlor Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Stephen Smyth on at 59′
- 17 Peter Dooley on at 52′
- 18 Niall Smyth on at 66′
- 19 Brian Deeny on at 50′
- 20 Dylan McNeice on at 61′
- 21 Oliver Coffey on at 75′
- 22 Harry Byrne on at 50′
- 23 Ciaran Mangan on at 72′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Fidelity ADT Lions 39%, Leinster 61%
Carries: Fidelity ADT Lions 76, Leinster 127
Metres made: Fidelity ADT Lions 273, Leinster 593
Line breaks: Fidelity ADT Lions 6, Leinster 10
Tackles made: Fidelity ADT Lions 162, Leinster 92
Tackles missed: Fidelity ADT Lions 29, Leinster 20
Turnovers won: Fidelity ADT Lions 10, Leinster 4
Lineouts won: Fidelity ADT Lions 15/17, Leinster 11/13
Scrums won: Fidelity ADT Lions 6/6, Leinster 7/7
Penalties conceded: Fidelity ADT Lions 10, Leinster 12
Yellow cards: Fidelity ADT Lions 1, Leinster 1
Red cards: Fidelity ADT Lions 0, Leinster 0
Passes: Fidelity ADT Lions 121, Leinster 189
Tries: Fidelity ADT Lions 3, Leinster 4
Try assists: Fidelity ADT Lions 3, Leinster 2
Conversions: Fidelity ADT Lions 3, Leinster 3
Penalty goals: Fidelity ADT Lions 2, Leinster 0
Drop goals: Fidelity ADT Lions 0, Leinster 0
Turnovers: Fidelity ADT Lions 16, Leinster 14
Offloads: Fidelity ADT Lions 9, Leinster 11
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Fidelity ADT Lions wins
- 0
- Draws
- 0
- Leinster wins
- 2
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