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Leinster Rugby v Cardiff Rugby — United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · Round 3
Saturday 10 October 2026 · 18:45
RDS arena
Leinster Rugby
29–5
Ended
1st half 22–5 · 2nd half 7–0
Cardiff Rugby
United Rugby Championship

Leinster v Cardiff Rugby

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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
Cardiff Rugby
L W W L W
  • 5–29 v Leinster Rugby · 10 Oct
  • 40–27 v Zebre Rugby · 2 Oct
  • 21–15 v Scarlets · 26 Sep

How it happened

  1. 9' Try Hugo Keenan 5–0
  2. 15' Yellow card Aled Davies
  3. 17' Try Jimmy O'Brien 10–0
  4. 19' Try Jack Conan 15–0
  5. 24' Try Mason Grady 15–5
  6. 26' Sub Sam Wainwright on for Javan Sebastian
  7. 37' Sub Javan Sebastian on for Sam Wainwright
  8. 37' Try Jimmy O'Brien 20–5
  9. 39' Conversion Sam Prendergast 22–5
  10. HT 22–5
  11. 52' Sub Johan Mulder on for Aled Davies
  12. 52' Sub Jarrod Evans on for Callum Sheedy
  13. 56' Sub Fintan Gunne on for Oliver Coffey
  14. 56' Sub Thomas Clarkson on for Tadhg Furlong
  15. 63' Sub Peter Dooley on for Alex Usanov
  16. 63' Sub Alan Spicer on for Max Deegan
  17. 63' Sub Evan Lloyd on for Daniel Thomas
  18. 63' Sub Rhys Barratt on for Danny Southworth
  19. 63' Sub Sam Wainwright on for Javan Sebastian
  20. 66' Sub Josh Ericson on for Jack Conan
  21. 66' Sub Robbie Henshaw on for Hugo Keenan
  22. 67' Sub Semisi Paea on for Liam Belcher
  23. 73' Sub Ronan Kelleher on for Dan Sheehan
  24. 73' Sub Steffan Emanuel on for Jacob Beetham
  25. 76' Try Jamie Osborne 27–5
  26. 77' Sub Caspar Gabriel on for Jamie Osborne
  27. 77' Sub Rory Thornton on for Alex Mann
  28. 77' Conversion Sam Prendergast 29–5
  29. FT 29–5

Match stats

Possession

45%
Ball possession
55%
159
Passes
181

Scoring

5
Tries
1
4
Try assists
0
2
Conversions
0

Scoring other

83
Carries
103
8
Clean breaks
3
0
Penalty goals
0
0
Drop goals
0

Other

9/10 (90%)
Scrums
5/5 (100%)
10/13 (77%)
Lineouts
14/17 (82%)
14
Turnovers
15
3
Turnovers won
3
408
Meters run
398
6
Offloads
9
171
Tackles
146
26
Tackles missed
16

Penalty

9
Penalties conceded
7
0
Red cards
0
0
Yellow cards
1

Line-ups

Leinster Rugby

  1. Alex Usanov
  2. Joe McCarthy
  3. James Ryan
  4. Max Deegan
  5. Scott Penny
  6. Jack Conan
  7. Oliver Coffey
  8. Jimmy O'Brien
  9. Jamie Osborne
  10. Joshua Kenny
  11. Hugo Keenan
  12. 2 Dan Sheehan
  13. 3 Tadhg Furlong
  14. 10 Sam Prendergast
Replacements
  1. Ronan Kelleher
  2. Peter Dooley
  3. Alan Spicer
  4. Josh Ericson
  5. Fintan Gunne
  6. Caspar Gabriel
  7. Robbie Henshaw
  8. 18 Thomas Clarkson

Head coach: Leo Cullen

Cardiff Rugby

  1. 1 Danny Southworth
  2. 2 Liam Belcher
  3. 3 Javan Sebastian
  4. 4 Teddy Williams
  5. 5 Josh McNally
  6. 6 Alex Mann
  7. 7 Daniel Thomas
  8. 7 Taine Basham
  9. 9 Aled Davies
  10. 10 Callum Sheedy
  11. 11 Harry Millard
  12. 13 Mason Grady
  13. 15 Jacob Beetham
  14. 15 Matty Young
Replacements
  1. Semisi Paea
  2. Jarrod Evans
  3. 1 Rhys Barratt
  4. 3 Sam Wainwright
  5. 4 Rory Thornton
  6. 9 Johan Mulder
  7. 12 Steffan Emanuel
  8. 16 Evan Lloyd

Head coach: Corniel van Zyl

Head to head

Last 1 meetings in our data: Leinster Rugby 0 – 1 Cardiff Rugby · avg 15 total points

27 Feb 2026 · United Rugby Championship
Cardiff Rugby Leinster Rugby
8
7 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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