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Sharks v Leinster Rugby — United Rugby Championship

United Rugby Championship · Round 2
Saturday 3 October 2026 · 16:30
Kings Park Stadium
Sharks
26–20
Ended
1st half 14–7 · 2nd half 12–13
Leinster Rugby
United Rugby Championship

Sharks v Leinster

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Form

Sharks
L W W L W
  • 22–39 v Stormers · 10 Oct
  • 26–20 v Leinster Rugby · 3 Oct
  • 41–24 v Ospreys · 26 Sep
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

How it happened

  1. 17' Try Robbie Henshaw 0–5
  2. 18' Conversion Caspar Gabriel 0–7
  3. 26' Try Emmanuel Tshituka 5–7
  4. 27' Conversion Simphiwe Moyo 7–7
  5. 38' Yellow card Thomas Clarkson
  6. 40' Sub Niall Smyth on for Andrew Osborne
  7. 40' Try Litelihle Bester 12–7
  8. 40' Conversion Simphiwe Moyo 14–7
  9. HT 14–7
  10. 47' Sub Andrew Osborne on for Niall Smyth
  11. 49' Sub Brian Deeny on for Alan Spicer
  12. 49' Try Thomas Clarkson 14–12
  13. 51' Sub Sam Prendergast on for Caspar Gabriel
  14. 54' Sub Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché on for Thomas Du Toit
  15. 54' Sub Hanru Jacobs on for Vincent Koch
  16. 54' Sub Eben Etzebeth on for Jason Howell Jenkins
  17. 55' Sub Ethan Bester on for Siphosethu Mnebelele
  18. 55' Sub Matt Romao on for Nick Hatton
  19. 62' Sub Ethan Hooker on for Litelihle Bester
  20. 62' Sub Hugo McLaughlin on for Todd Lawlor
  21. 66' Penalty Sam Prendergast 14–15
  22. 69' Try Andre Esterhuizen 19–15
  23. 70' Sub Ivan Van Zyl on for Jaden Hendrikse
  24. 70' Sub Ciaran Mangan on for Josh Ericson
  25. 70' Sub Todd Lawlor on for Hugo McLaughlin
  26. 70' Conversion Simphiwe Moyo 21–15
  27. 74' Sub Gus McCarthy on for Ronan Kelleher
  28. 74' Sub Niall Smyth on for Thomas Clarkson
  29. 76' Sub Oliver Coffey on for Fintan Gunne
  30. 78' Try Edwill Van Der Merwe 26–15
  31. 79' Sub Alex Usanov on for Andrew Porter
  32. 80' Try Andrew Osborne 26–20
  33. FT 26–20

Match stats

Possession

40%
Ball possession
60%
70
Passes
142

Scoring

4
Tries
3
3
Try assists
2
3
Conversions
1
0
Penalty tries
0

Scoring other

60
Carries
92
3
Clean breaks
4
0
Penalty goals
1
0
Drop goals
0

Other

10/10 (100%)
Scrums
6/7 (86%)
14/14 (100%)
Lineouts
15/16 (94%)
15
Turnovers
14
6
Turnovers won
9
284
Meters run
296
7
Offloads
2
184
Tackles
62
11
Tackles missed
17

Penalty

15
Penalties conceded
13
0
Red cards
0
0
Yellow cards
1

Line-ups

Sharks

  1. Thomas Du Toit
  2. Vincent Koch
  3. Jason Howell Jenkins
  4. Darrien-Lane Landsberg
  5. Phepsi Buthelezi
  6. Emmanuel Tshituka
  7. Nick Hatton
  8. Simphiwe Moyo
  9. Litelihle Bester
  10. Andre Esterhuizen
  11. Edwill Van Der Merwe
  12. Luan Giliomee
  13. 2 Siphosethu Mnebelele
  14. 9 Jaden Hendrikse
  15. 13 Jurenzo Julius
Replacements
  1. Ethan Bester
  2. Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché
  3. Hanru Jacobs
  4. Matt Romao
  5. Ivan Van Zyl
  6. Zekethelo Siyaya
  7. Ethan Hooker
  8. 4 Eben Etzebeth

Head coach: JP Pietersen

Leinster Rugby

  1. Andrew Porter
  2. Ronan Kelleher
  3. Conor O’Tighearnaigh
  4. Alan Spicer
  5. Ryan Baird
  6. Josh Ericson
  7. Fintan Gunne
  8. Caspar Gabriel
  9. Andrew Osborne
  10. Robbie Henshaw
  11. Tommy O'Brien
  12. 7 Josh Van Der Flier
  13. 15 Todd Lawlor
Replacements
  1. Gus McCarthy
  2. Alex Usanov
  3. Niall Smyth
  4. Brian Deeny
  5. Ciaran Mangan
  6. Oliver Coffey
  7. 10 Sam Prendergast
  8. 18 Thomas Clarkson
  9. 23 Hugh Cooney
  10. 67 Hugo McLaughlin

Head coach: Leo Cullen

Head to head

Last 1 meetings in our data: Sharks 0 – 1 Leinster Rugby · avg 36 total points

11 Oct 2025 · United Rugby Championship
Leinster Rugby Sharks
31
5 FT
Match info

United Rugby Championship

as of October 13, 2026 23:25
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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