Leinster Rugby vs Cardiff Rugby

Did you
know?
• Leinster Rugby have won
all twelve fixtures they
have played so far in this
season’s BKT United Rugby
Championship only missing
out on a try bonus on four
occasions.
• The Leinstermen’s solitary
defeat at the RDS Arena in
the Championship since
November 2021 was in last
season’s semi-final to the
Vodacom Bulls.
• Leinster’s only defeat in
their last seven fixtures
against Welsh regions was to
today’s opponents, Cardiff,
at the Arms Park almost
exactly twelve months ago.
• Cardiff Rugby have won
just one of their last
four BKT United Rugby
Championship matches: 29-24
at Dragons RFC on Boxing Day.
• The Welshmen have won
three of their last four away
games in the Championship.
• Cardiff’s last six fixtures
against Irish opponents have
all been won by the home side
on the day whilst their most
recent victory away at an
Irish province was on a trip
to Connacht in September
2017.
• The most recent encounter
between the two sides was
a Cardiff victory at the
Arms Park last January but
the Welshmen have not won
successive Championship
games against the
Leinstermen since 2004.
COMPARISON
Overall URC head-to-head record:
Played 32, Leinster won 24, Cardiff won 6 with 2 matches drawn.
Last 3 URC results:
26 Dec - Munster (A) W 20-19 26 Dec - Dragons (A) W 29-24
1 Jan - Connacht (H) W 41-12 1 Jan - Ospreys (H) L 19-22
7 Jan - Ospreys (A) W 24-19 7 Jan - Scarlets (H) L 22-28
URC 2022/23
1ST - W12 D0 L0 - 56PTS
10TH - W6 D0 L6 - 29PTS
WWWWWW (28pts)
URC form
LWLWLL (12pts)
Top try scorer
8 - Dan Sheehan 5 - Josh Adams
Top points scorer
67 - Ross Byrne 89 - Jarrod Evans
Date Venue L C Leinster scorers Cardiff scorers
Sat 1 Oct 16 Cardiff Arms Park 16 13 Rhys Ruddock(T) Johnny Sexton(C/3P) Gareth Anscombe(T/C/2P)
Sat 25
Mar 17
Fri 8
Sep 17
Fri 31
Aug 18
Sun 22
Nov 20
Sat 29
Jan 22
RDS Arena 22 21 Ross Byrne(2C/P) Dan Leavy(T) Luke
McGrath(T) Ross Molony(T)
RDS Arena 37 9 Ross Byrne(4C/3P) Barry Daly(T) James
Tracy(T) Sean Cronin(T) Nick McCarthy(T)
Cardiff Arms Park 33 32 Ross Byrne(2C/2P) James Tracy(T) Bryan
Byrne(2T) Jamison Gibson-Park(T) Fergus
McFadden(P)
RDS Arena 40 5 Harry Byrne(5C) James Tracy(T) Scott
Penny(2T) Dave Kearney(T) Michael
Silvester(T) Jimmy O'Brien(T)
Cardiff Arms Park 27 29 Adam Byrne(T) Ross Byrne(3C/2P) James
Tracy(T) Scott Penny(T)
Sion Bennett(T) Tomos Williams(2T) Steve
Shingler(3C)
Steve Shingler(3P)
Rey Lee-Lo(2T) Jason Harries(2T) Jarrod
Evans(3C/2P)
Aled Summerhill(T)
Hallam Amos(T) Owen Lane(T) Ben
Thomas(P) Jarrod Evans(2C/4P)
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