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Connacht Rugby v Leinster Rugby — United Rugby Championship
United Rugby Championship · Round 5
Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
Connacht scorers:
Tries Heffernan 28′
Leinster scorers:
Tries McCarthy 16′, Larmour 25′, Lawlor 32′, Deegan 52′, Carbery 61′, Mangan 73′, Gunne 78′
Cons Carbery 17′, Carbery 26′, Carbery 33′, Carbery 61′, Carbery 74′, Carbery 78′
Pens Carbery 51′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (GMT)
- Fri 19:45
- South Africa (SAST)
- Fri 21:45
- Sydney (AEDT)
- Sat 06:45
- New Zealand (NZDT)
- Sat 08:45
Venue
Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway
Form and season so far
Season figures: United Rugby Championship table.
United Rugby Championship table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Edinburgh Rugby, your team | +28 | 19 |
| 6 | Leinster, your team | +68 | 18 |
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| 10 | Benetton Rugby, your team | +11 | 11 |
| 11 | Connacht, your team | −52 | 10 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time5–50
- 78′ Conversion Leinster: Joey Carbery Conversion 5–50
- 78′ Try Leinster: Fintan Gunne Try 5–48
- 74′ Conversion Leinster: Joey Carbery Conversion 5–43
- 73′ Try Leinster: Ciaran Mangan Try 5–41
- 72′ Replacement Leinster: Caspar Gabriel On for Connor Fahy
- 72′ Replacement Leinster: Alex Soroka On for James Culhane
- 71′ Replacement Leinster: Cormac Foley On for Todd Lawlor
- 70′ Replacement Leinster: Fintan Gunne On for Cormac Foley
- 65′ Replacement Leinster: Peter Dooley On for Alex Usanov
- 65′ Replacement Leinster: Alex Mullan On for Niall Smyth
- 63′ Replacement Leinster: Ciaran Mangan On for Jordan Larmour
- 63′ Replacement Leinster: Stephen Smyth On for Gus McCarthy
- 62′ Replacement Connacht: Colm Reilly On for Caolin Blade
- 61′ Conversion Leinster: Joey Carbery Conversion 5–36
- 61′ Try Leinster: Joey Carbery Try 5–34
- 57′ Replacement Leinster: Cormac Foley On for Fintan Gunne
- 56′ Replacement Connacht: Fiachna Barrett On for Finlay Bealham
- 55′ Replacement Leinster: Conor O’Tighearnaigh On for Alan Spicer
- 53′ Replacement Connacht: Finn Treacy On for Shayne Bolton
- 52′ Try Leinster: Max Deegan Try 5–29
- 51′ Penalty goal Leinster: Joey Carbery Penalty goal 5–24
- 51′ Replacement Connacht: Niall Murray On for Josh Murphy
- 51′ Replacement Connacht: Jerry Cahir On for Francois van Wyk
- 51′ Replacement Connacht: Matt Victory On for Dave Heffernan
- 43′ Replacement Connacht: Sam Gilbert On for John Devine
- Half-time5–21
- 40′ Replacement Connacht: Shamus Hurley-Langton On for Sean O'Brien
- 33′ Conversion Leinster: Joey Carbery Conversion 5–21
- 32′ Try Leinster: Todd Lawlor Try 5–19
- 28′ Try Connacht: Dave Heffernan Try 5–14
- 26′ Conversion Leinster: Joey Carbery Conversion 0–14
- 25′ Try Leinster: Jordan Larmour Try 0–12
- 17′ Conversion Leinster: Joey Carbery Conversion 0–7
- 16′ Try Leinster: Gus McCarthy Try 0–5
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Connacht
Coach: Stuart Lancaster- 1 Francois van Wyk
- 2 Dave Heffernan
- 3 Finlay Bealham
- 4 Josh Murphy
- 5 David O'Connor
- 7 Will Connors
- 8 Paul Boyle (captain)
- 9 Caolin Blade
- 10 Sean Naughton
- 11 Daniel Ryan
- 12 Cathal Forde
- 13 John Devine
- 14 Shayne Bolton
- 15 Josh Ioane
Replacements
- 16 Matt Victory on at 51′
- 17 Jerry Cahir on at 51′
- 18 Fiachna Barrett on at 56′
- 19 Niall Murray on at 51′
- 20 Shamus Hurley-Langton on at 40′
- 21 Colm Reilly on at 62′
- 22 Finn Treacy on at 53′
- 23 Sam Gilbert on at 43′
Leinster
Coach: Leo Cullen- 1 Alex Usanov Prop
- 2 Gus McCarthy Hooker
- 3 Niall Smyth Prop
- 4 Brian Deeny Lock
- 5 Alan Spicer Lock
- 6 Max Deegan (captain) Flanker
- 7 Scott Penny Flanker
- 8 James Culhane No. 8
- 9 Fintan Gunne Scrum-half
- 10 Joey Carbery Fly-half
- 11 Jordan Larmour Wing
- 12 Charlie Tector Centre
- 13 Connor Fahy Centre
- 14 Joshua Kenny Wing
- 15 Todd Lawlor Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Stephen Smyth on at 63′
- 17 Peter Dooley on at 65′
- 18 Alex Mullan on at 65′
- 19 Conor O’Tighearnaigh on at 55′
- 20 Alex Soroka on at 72′
- 21 Cormac Foley on at 71′
- 22 Caspar Gabriel on at 72′
- 23 Ciaran Mangan on at 63′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Connacht 41%, Leinster 59%
Carries: Connacht 83, Leinster 126
Metres made: Connacht 149, Leinster 615
Line breaks: Connacht 0, Leinster 11
Tackles made: Connacht 200, Leinster 128
Tackles missed: Connacht 25, Leinster 15
Turnovers won: Connacht 7, Leinster 4
Lineouts won: Connacht 11/13, Leinster 17/19
Scrums won: Connacht 4/4, Leinster 6/6
Penalties conceded: Connacht 7, Leinster 7
Yellow cards: Connacht 0, Leinster 0
Red cards: Connacht 0, Leinster 0
Passes: Connacht 118, Leinster 146
Tries: Connacht 1, Leinster 7
Try assists: Connacht 0, Leinster 4
Conversions: Connacht 0, Leinster 6
Penalty goals: Connacht 0, Leinster 1
Drop goals: Connacht 0, Leinster 0
Turnovers: Connacht 18, Leinster 16
Offloads: Connacht 6, Leinster 11
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Connacht wins
- 0
- Draws
- 0
- Leinster wins
- 2
Last 2 meetings in our data, all competitions.
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