The2025–26 season isLeinster Rugby'sfifth season in theUnited Rugby Championship (URC), their 32nd season of professional rugby and their 138th season of representative rugby since their foundation. Along with competing in the URC and itsIrish Shield competition, both of which it will enter as champion, the club will also participate in the2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup. Leinster will open the URC season with an away tie atStormers on 26 September 2025.^[1]

Leinster Women will contest the2025 IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series, branded theVodafone Women's Interprovincial Championship for sponsorship reasons, as defending champions, opening their season on 10 August 2025 againstUlster Women. They will also field the combinedWolfhounds team, with Ulster Rugby in the2025–26 Celtic Challenge, once more as defending champions.

Leinster's pre-season campaign consists of a single match, hostingCardiff at theSouth DublinTallaght Stadium

13 September 2025	Leinster	10–31	Cardiff	Tallaght Stadium
18:00		Report[17]

The full itinery of matches was released on 21 May 2025.^[18][1]

26 September 2025	(1 BP)Stormers	35 – 0	Leinster	Cape Town Stadium
18:00	Try:Ungerer (45') Roos (63' 68') Matthee (71') Con:Matthee (45' 64' 69') Pen:Matthee (7' 33' 42')	Report[19]	Cards:Deegan 63' T. O'Brien 67'	Attendance: 13 529 Referee:Gianluca Gnecchi

4 October 2025	(1 BP)Bulls	39 – 31	Leinster (1 BP)	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
17:30	Try:de Klerk (4') Kriel (16', 78') Gumede (41') le Roux (58') Jacobs (68') Con:Johannes (5', 42') Kriel (79') Pen: Johannes (35')	Report	Try:Clarkson (30') Cooney (44') T. O'Brien (46') Penny (66') Con:Prendergast (31', 45', 47', 66') Pen: Prendergast (20') Cards:Connors 21'	Attendance: 6 937 Referee:Adam Jones

11 October 2025	(1 BP)Leinster	31 – 5	Sharks	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
17:30	Try:Jamie Osborne (12') Jimmy O'Brien (23') v.d. Flier (27') Deegan (49') Gus McCarthy (71') Con:Harry Byrne(13', 23', 28') Cards:Boyle 74'	Report	Try:Hooker(30')	Attendance: 17, 549

18 October 2025	Leinster	14 – 31	Munster (1 BP)	Croke Park,Dublin
17:15	Try:Kelleher (7') Penny (79') Con:Prendergast (8', 80'+1) Cards:Frawley 77'	Report MOTM:Jack Crowley	Try:Gleeson (17') Tom Farrell (23') Coughlan (37') penalty try (76') Con:Crowley (18', 24', 38') Pen: Crowley (49') Cards:Coombes, 79'	Attendance: 51,859 Referee:Gianluca Gnecchi

25 October 2025	(1 BP)Leinster	50 – 26	Zebre Parma (1 BP)	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
17:30	Try:Kenny (2' c, 27' c) Soroka (7' m, 12' c) Cahir (48' c) Byrne (55' m) Snyman (68' c) Connors (78' m) Con: (2', 13', 27', 49', 69') Cards:A Osborne 30'	Report Scoreboard Highlights	Try:Belloni (10' c) Dominguez (20' c) Quattrini (32' c) Marco Zanon (73' m) Con:da Re (11', 21', 33') Cards: Dominguez 37'	Attendance: 14,128[20] Referee:Ian Kenny

28 November 2025	Dragons	10–24	Leinster (1 BP)	Rodney Parade, Newport
19:45	Try:Screech (31' c) Con:de Beer(32') Pen:O'Brien(47')	Report	Try:Soroka (4' m) Kenny (44' c, 59' m) Snyman (78' c) Con:Byrne (45', 79') Cards:Mangan 29' to 39' Penny 38' to 48' McGrath 80' to f.t.'	Attendance: 4,244[21] Referee:Morne Ferreira

19 December 2025	(1 BP)Leinster	24 – 20	Ulster (1 BP)	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
19:45	Try:Ioane 27' c Kenny 54' m Lowe 66' m Sheehan 74' c Con:Prendergast 27' Byrne 75' Cards:Ryan 59'	Report	Try:Kok (2) 14' m, 34' c Stewart 38' m Con:Doak 35' Pen: Doak 62' Cards:McCann 72'	Attendance: 22,011 Referee:Andrew Brace (IRFU)

27 December 2025	(1 BP)Munster	8 – 13	Leinster	Thomond Park, Limerick
19:45	Try:Kelly 70' m Pen:Crowley 55'	Report	Try:v.d. Flier 6' c Con:Byrne 7' Pen: Byrne (2) 53', 59'	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Peter Martin (IRFU)

3 January 2026	(1 BP)Leinster	52 – 17	Connacht	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
17:30	Try:Sheehan 4' c Tector (2) 8' c, 62' c Prendergast 39' m Deeny 44' c O'Brien (2) 52' c, 67' c Kenny 75' Con: Prendergast (6/8) 5', 8', 45', 52', 63', 67' Cards:Joe McCarthy 26'	Report	Try:Tierney-Martin 19' c Bealham 36' c Con:Gilbert (2/2) 20', 37' Pen: Gilbert 28'	Attendance: 21,422 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

24 January 2026	Connacht	23 – 34	Leinster (1 BP)	The Sportsground, Galway
17:30	Try:Tierney-Martin 12' c West 48' c Con:Gilbert (2/2) 13', 49' Pen: Gilbert (3) 23', 33', 67'	Report	Try:Gunne 8' c RG Snyman 57' c Tector 60' c Frawley 70' c Con:Byrne (4/4) 9', 58', 61', 71' Pen: Byrne (2) 27' 31'	Attendance: 12,481 Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRE)

31 January 2026	(1 BP)Leinster	28 – 20	Edinburgh	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
17:30	Try:Deegan 13' c Penny (3) 44' c, 68' c, 74' c Con:Tector (4/4) 14', 45', 69', 75'	Report	Try:v.d. Merwe 20' m Satala 39' c Shiel 80+1' m Con:Thompson 40' Pen: Thompson 23' Cards:Hunter-Hill 10'	Attendance: 18,505

27 February 2026	Cardiff	v	Leinster	Cardiff Arms Park
19:45

21 March 2026	Glasgow Warriors	v	Leinster	Scotstoun Stadium
17:30

28 March 2026	Leinster	v	Scarlets	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
17:30

17 April 2026	Ulster	v	Leinster	Ravenhill Stadium,Belfast
19:45

25 April 2026	Benetton	v	Leinster	Stadio Comunale di Monigo
19:45

9 May 2026	Leinster	v	Lions	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
17:30

16 May 2026	Leinster	v	Ospreys	Aviva Stadium,Dublin
17:15

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Glasgow Warriors	11	9	0	2	310	155	+155	44	21	7	1	44	Qualifies for home URC quarter-final; Qualification for the2026–27 Champions Cup
2	Leinster	11	8	0	3	301	234	+67	44	31	7	1	40
3	Stormers	10	8	0	2	274	161	+113	34	20	4	0	36
4	Ulster	10	7	0	3	302	208	+94	42	28	6	2	36
5	Cardiff	11	7	0	4	232	203	+29	34	28	5	3	36	Qualifies for URC quarter-final; Qualification for the2026–27 Champions Cup
6	Munster	11	7	0	4	227	218	+9	33	29	5	2	35
7	Bulls	10	5	0	5	263	258	+5	38	37	4	1	25
8	Ospreys	11	4	2	5	239	263	−24	36	40	4	1	25
9	Sharks	10	4	1	5	222	258	−36	33	32	5	1	24	Qualification for the2026–27 Challenge Cup
10	Lions	10	4	1	5	267	310	−43	36	46	4	2	24
11	Benetton	11	4	1	6	201	266	−65	22	36	2	1	21
12	Connacht	10	3	0	7	243	269	−26	32	37	5	4	21
13	Edinburgh	10	3	0	7	195	194	+1	30	30	2	4	18
14	Dragons	11	2	2	7	212	271	−59	27	40	2	4	18
15	Scarlets	10	3	1	6	173	239	−66	22	32	0	1	15
16	Zebre Parma	11	2	0	9	190	344	−154	25	48	2	2	12

2025–26 United Rugby Championship Regional Shield tables view ·watch ·edit ·discuss
Irish Shield
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts	Pos overall
1	Leinster	5	4	0	1	137	99	+38	19	12	3	0	19	2
2	Ulster	3	2	0	1	77	51	+26	10	7	1	1	10	4
3	Munster	4	2	0	2	59	70	–11	8	9	1	1	10	6
4	Connacht	4	0	0	4	79	132	–53	10	19	0	2	2	12
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[23] number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams currently leading the regional shield. Upon the conclusion of the regular season, these teams win their respective regional shields. (S) : URC Shield champion

Leinster have been drawn in Pool 3 of the European Rugby Champions Cup. alongside fellow URC side Stormers (whom Leinster will not play in line with the competition's rules), Leinster will faceHarlequins,Leicester Tigers,Bayonne and erstwhile rivalsLa Rochelle. The full fixture details were released on 15 July 2025.

European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Leinster(3)	4	4	0	0	115	80	+35	16	10	2	0	18	HomeChampions Cup round of 16.
2	Harlequins(6)	4	3	0	1	184	86	+98	26	14	3	0	15
3	Stormers(9)	4	3	0	1	117	125	−8	15	19	2	0	14	AwayChampions Cup round of 16.
4	Leicester Tigers(16)	4	1	0	3	118	115	+3	17	15	2	0	6
5	La Rochelle(11CC)	4	1	0	3	101	114	−13	15	15	1	1	6	AwayChallenge Cup round of 16.
6	Bayonne	4	0	0	4	58	173	−115	8	24	0	0	0

6 December 2025	(1 BP)Leinster	45–28	Harlequins (1 BP)	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
17:30	Try:Larmour (2) 5' m, 25' m Ringrose 17' c Frawley 40' c T O'Brien 61' c Conan 65' c J O'Brien 68' c Con:Prendergast (2/4) 17', 40' Byrne (3/3) 62', 66', 69' Cards:J O'Brien 59'	Report	Try:Northmore 12' c Cleaves 34' c Penalty try 51' Beard 78' c Con:Evans (2/2) 13', 35' Benson (1/1) 79' Cards:Evans 58'	Attendance: 22,298 Referee:Craig Evans (Wales)

12 December 2025	Leicester Tigers	15–23	Leinster	Mattioli Woods Welford Road, Leicester
20:00	Try:Radwan 21' c Hassell-Collins 40' m Con:Searle (1) 22' Pen: Searle (20')	Report	Try:Gibson-Park 50' c Sheehan 72' c Con:Byrne 51' Prendergast 73' Pen: Byrne (3) 15', 32', 61'	Attendance: 18,061 Referee:Pierre Brousset (France)

10 January 2026	(1 BP)Leinster	25–24	La Rochelle (1 BP)	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
17:30	Try:Kenny (2) 2’ m, 8’ c van der Flier 66’ m Henshaw 69’ m Con:Prendergast (1/3) 9' Pen:Byrne (1/1) 80+1' Cards:O'Brien 12' J McCarthy 36'	Report	Try:Niniashvili 28’ c West (2) 58' c, 76' c Con:le Garrec (3/3) 29', 59', 77' Pen:le Garrec (1/1) 54'	Attendance: 38,044 Referee:Matthew Carley (England)

17 January 2026	Bayonne	13–22	Leinster	Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
16:15	Try:Maqala 14' c Con:Segonds (1/1) 15' Pen:Segonds (2/3) 23', 59' Cards:Jantjies 49'	Report	Try:Sheehan 55' c Prendergast 73' c Deegan 79' m Con:Byrne (2/3) 56', 74' Pen:Byrne (1/1) 20'	Attendance: 14,627 Referee:Luke Pearce (England)

Leinster qualified for the round of sixteen when they confirmed a top four finish in Pool 3 in Round 3. They confirmed a top four seeding, a home tie in the round of 16, and a potential home quarter-final, with victory over Bayonne in Round 4 of Pool 3. In the round of 16, Leinster will hostEdinburgh as third seeds overall.

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	1	Bordeaux Bègles
	16	Leicester Tigers
	8	Toulouse
	9	Bristol Bears
	4	Bath
	13	Saracens
	5	Northampton Saints
	12	Castres
	2	Glasgow Warriors
	15	Bulls
	7	Toulon
	10	Stormers
	3	Leinster
	14	Edinburgh
	6	Harlequins
	11	Sale Sharks

Round of 16

5 April 2026	Leinster (3)	v	(14)Edinburgh	Aviva Stadium

The IRFU introduced the A Championship as part of its professional pathway in 2024-25 to coincide with the union's 150th anniversary. This season sees the competition return as a six leg home and away round robin.^[25]

18 October 2025	Leinster 'A'	26 – 26	Munster 'A'	Ollie Campbell Park
12:00	Try:John McKee Caspar Gabriel penalty try Josh Kenny Con: Gabriel (2)	Report	Try:Shay McCarthy (2) Luke Murphy Kamil Nowak Con:Tony Butler (3)	Referee:Evan Urruzmendi

The2025IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series is being contested by women's teams representing the four provincial rugby unions of Ireland, under the same branding and uniforms as the senior men's teams in theUnited Rugby Championship. The competition currently uses asingle round-robin format, similar to the one used in both theSix Nations Championship and theWomen's Six Nations Championship. Each team plays the other three teams once.^[26]

As in previous seasons the competition also featuresplayoffs and a final.^[27][28][29]

Leinster Women returned as defending champions, but lost in the final toMunster Women.

	10 August 2025	(1 BP)Leinster Women	37–21	Ulster Women	Energia Park
	2:30pm	Try:Kathy Baker (2) Emma Brogan (3) Jane Neill Jade Gaffney Con: Nikki Caughey (1/7)	Report	Try: Siobhán Sheerin India Daley Sophie Barrett Con: Sheerin (3/3)	Referee: Cian Aherne (IRFU)

	16 August 2025	(1 BP)Leinster Women	22–33	Munster Women (1 BP)	Energia Park
	2:30pm	Try: Vicky Elmes Kinlan Kathy Baker Molly Boyne Katie Whelan Con: Ellie O'Sullivan Sexton (1/4)	Report	Try: Chloe Pearse (2) Chisom Ugwueru Kate Flannery Aoife Corey Con: Caitríona Finn (4/5)

	23 August 2025	(1 BP)Connacht Women	12- 17	Leinster Women	Dexcom Stadium,Galway
	2:30pm	Try: Orla Dixon Faith Oviawe Con: Éabha Nic Dhonnacha (1/2)	Report	Try: Kelly Burke Katie Layde Vicky Elmes Kinlan Con: Ellie O’Sullivan Sexton (1/3)	Referee: John Lillis (IRFU)

Finals day

Final

	30 August 2025	Leinster Women	15–50	Munster Women	Energia Park
	4:30pm	Try: Katie Whelan (2) Vicky Elmes Kinlan	Report,2	Try: Chloe Pearse Deirbhile Nic a Bháird 2 Aoife Corey Maeve Óg O’Leary Caitríona Finn Eilís Cahill Con: Finn (6/7) Pen: Finn	Referee: Daniel Carson (IRFU)

The2025–26 Celtic Challenge will be the fourth season of theCeltic Challenge, a cross-borderwomen's rugby union competition with teams fromIreland,Wales, andScotland. The six team tournament features a full doubleround robin fixture series, with each team playing the others both home and away. For the first time, the competition will include a finals series with semi-finals and a grand final.^[30][31]

Wolfhounds, a combined team representing Leinster and Ulster, return as two-time defending champions.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Wolfhounds(Q)	6	6	0	0	273	60	+213	45	9	6	0	30	Play-offs
2	Clovers(Q)	7	6	0	1	200	155	+45	32	25	4	0	28
3	Gwalia Lightning	7	4	0	3	198	138	+60	31	24	5	2	23
4	Glasgow Warriors	6	1	0	5	166	226	−60	23	31	5	2	11
5	Brython Thunder	7	2	0	5	95	208	−113	15	34	1	1	10
6	Edinburgh Rugby	7	1	0	6	95	230	−135	10	23	1	1	6

20 December 2025	(1 BP)Wolfhounds	34 – 7	Edinburgh Rugby	Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin
14:30	Try: Sophie Barrett (2) India Daley Maggie Boylan Eve Higgins Linda Djougang Con: Dannah O’Brien (2)	Report	Try: Cat Moody Con: Lucy MacRae Cards: Scarlett Haddow 59'	Referee: Padraic Reidy

3 January 2026	Clovers	7 – 24	Wolfhounds (1 BP)	Creggs RFC
15:00	Try: Jemima Adams Verling 40+2' c Con: Caitríona Finn 40+3'	Report	Try: Aoife Dalton 6' c Robyn O’Connor 37' m Maggie Boylan 64' m Eve Higgins 69' c Con: Dannah O'Brien (2) 7', 70'	Referee: Shane Tuohy

10 January 2026	Edinburgh Rugby	12 – 50	Wolfhounds (1 BP)	Edinburgh Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Try: Cieron Bell Talei Tawake Con: Nicole Marlow	Report	Try: Erin King India Daley Aoibheann Reilly Aoife Dalton Niamh Marley Maggie Boylan Aoife Corcoran Stacey Flood Con: Dannah O’Brien (4) Abby Moyles

18 January 2026	(1 BP)Wolfhounds	69 – 0	Brython Thunder	Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast
12:00	Try: Niamh Marley penalty try Vicky Elmes Kinlan (2) Robyn O’Connor (2) Linda Djougang Stacey Flood Maebh Clenaghan Jade Gaffney Naoise Smyth Con: Dannah O’Brien (3) Flood (2)2		Cards: Lisa Neumann 17'	Referee: Rob McGreer (IRFU)

25 January 2026	(1 BP)Wolfhounds	52 – 26	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)	Musgrave Park, Cork
15:00	Try: Caoimhe Molloy (2) Erin King Katie Corrigan Linda Djougang Fiona Tuite Maeve Óg O’Leary Vicky Elmes Kinlan Con: Abby Moyles (6/8) Cards: Fiona Tuite 61'	Report	Try: Holland Bogan Rianna Darroch Briar McNamara Sky Phimister Con: Millie Warren (3/4)	Referee: Kevin Coffey (IRFU)

1 February 2026	Wolfhounds	v	Gwalia Lightning	Virgin Media Park, Cork
12:30

15 February 2026	Glasgow Warriors	v	Wolfhounds	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
14:00

21 February 2026	Brython Thunder	v	Wolfhounds	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
12:£0

28 February 2026	Gwalia Lightning	v	Wolfhounds	CSE at Ystrad Mynach
13:00

8 March 2026	Wolfhounds	v	Clovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
15:00

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