Leinster vs Edinburgh

Did you
know?
• Leinster Rugby have lost two
of their last three United Rugby
Championship encounters, at home
to Ulster and away at Cardiff. The
defeat to Ulster was Leinster’s
only home loss since Munster beat
them at the RDS Arena in last
season’s Rainbow Cup.
• The Leinstermen have lost just
one of their last nine encounters
with Scottish opponents: 12-15
to Glasgow at Scotstoun in the
Rainbow Cup in June.
• Edinburgh Rugby lost their most
recent match 19-23 at Ospreys
on 29 January to end a six-game
unbeaten run in the United Rugby
Championship.
• Edinburgh have won twice away
from home in the United Rugby
Championship this season,
beating Zebre in Round 5 and
Dragons in Round 6.
• The Scotsmen have won only
one of their last eight fixtures
against Irish provinces: 15-14
against Connacht in Galway last
March.
• Leinster have lost only two
of their last nine encounters
with Edinburgh, at Myerside
in February 2018 and at BT
Murrayfield in March 2019.
• Edinburgh have lost on their
last eighteen visits to Dublin
to face Leinster in Dublin in
all tournaments since their
27-13 victory at Donnybrook in
November 2005.
COMPARISON
Overall URC head-to-head record:
Played 34, Leinster won 22, Edinburgh won 12.
Last 3 URC results:
27 Nov - Ulster (H) L 10-20 3 Dec - Benetton (H) W 24-10
3 Dec - Connacht (H) W 47-19 8 Jan - Cardiff Rugby (H) W 34-10
29 Jan - Cardiff Rugby (A) L 27-29 29 Jan - Ospreys (A) L 19-23
URC 2021/22
4th - W6 D0 L2 - 30PTS
WWWLWL (21pts)
URC form
2nd - W6 D1 L2 - 34PTS
WWWWWL (25pts)
Top try scorer
4 - Adam Byrne, 4 - Darcy Graham,
Dan Sheehan
Boan Venter, Ben Vellacott
Top points scorer
45 - Ross Byrne 37 - Blair Kinghorn
Date Venue L E Leinster scorers Edinburgh scorers
Fri 29 Sep 17 RDS Arena 21 13 Ross Byrne(C) Jordi Murphy(T) Joey
Carbery(T) Jamison Gibson-Park(T) Johnny
Sexton(2C)
Fri 9 Feb 18 Myreside 24 29 Ross Byrne(2C) Max Deegan(T) Barry
Daly(2T) Scott Fardy(T)
Sat 22 Sep 18 RDS Arena 31 7 James Lowe(T) Garry Ringrose(T) Jordan
Larmour(T) Fergus McFadden(T) Johnny
Sexton(T/3C)
Jason Tovey(T/C/2P)
Nathan Fowles(T) Duhan van der Merwe(T)
Jaco van der Walt(C) Mark Bennett(T) Sam
Hidalgo-Clyne(C) Murray McCallum(T) Luke
Crosbie(T)
Jaco van der Walt(C) Magnus Bradbury(T)
Fri 22 Mar 19 BT Murrayfield 11 28 Ciaran Frawley(2P) Sean Cronin(T) Jaco van der Walt(2C) Viliame Mata(T)
Willem Nel(T) Ross Ford(T) Simon Hickey(C)
Penalty Try(T)
Fri 11 Oct 19 RDS Arena 40 14 Michael Bent(T) Ross Byrne(4C) Harry
Byrne(C) Rowan Osborne(T) Scott Penny(T)
Jamison Gibson-Park(T) Caelan Doris(T)
Michael Milne(T)
Mon 16 Nov
20
RDS Arena 50 10 Ciaran Frawley(5C) Peter Dooley(T) Dave
Kearney(T) Cian Kelleher(3T) Dan Leavy(T)
Luke McGrath(2T)
Jaco van der Walt(C) Jamie Farndale(T)
Simon Hickey(C) Charlie Shiel(T)
Nathan Chamberlain(C/P) Nic Groom(T)
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