Fixtures Edinburgh Men 26/27 BKT United Rugby Championship
Fri 25 Sep 2026 Affidea Stadium
Ulster-Rugby-MASTER-RGBUlster
29 - 34 Away
ER-Full-500×500Edinburgh
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FT

Five points on the road.

79'

Blyth-Lafferty steals. Penalty then won.

The replacement hooker gets on ball and we steal.

Seconds later we win a penalty through Euan Mcvie.

77'

McAlpine clears

We spill in the Ulster half and they get boot on ball.

We get back and McAlpine kicks clear.

74'

Penalty Ulster

It’s 29-34 in Belfast.

73'

Penalty Ulster

Penalty for a high tackle. Ulster will take aim at the sticks.

73'

Knock on

Ulster knock on in attack.

We’re being brought back to look at a tackle from Piers O’Conor.

 

72'

Patterson clears

The scrum-half clears from the scrum.

71'

Knock on

Ulster spill and we’ll have a scrum in our 22.

70'

Ulster win the breakdown penalty

The hosts win a pen at the breakdown and kick into our half.

68'

Building well

We keep hold the ball well and build the phases just shy of the Ulster 22.

66'

Penalty won

Ulster are off their feet and we win a penalty on half-way. Grayson nudges just shy of the Ulster 22.

65'

Try Ulster

Ulster attack well again and touch down in the corner. It’s 26-34.

62'

Try Ulster

The hosts get in again as they move it wide and touch down.

It’s 19-34

60'

Two men down

Geordie Gwynn and Kienan Higgins have taken a knock

Ulster have a lineout just shy of our 22.

57'

Try Ulster

Zac Ward touches down in the corner.

The conversion is successful and its 12-34.

54'

Knock on

Hector knocks on from the resulting lineout.

54'

Fred again!

Another big jackal turnover from Freddy!

54'

Grayson clears

We get it away from the scrum and Grayson clears.

51'

Ulster attack

The hosts are in our 22 but knock on.

50'

We steal

Good defence and we get up off the line to steal.

Patterson clears.

49'

Scrum Ulster

We’re penalised for taking too long to box kick from our half.

Ulster scrum.

48'

TRY!

Piers O’Conor finishes!

Grayson breaks, Patterson supports and O’Conor finishes.

Grayson converts and it’s 5-34!

46'

Grayson sends it long

We’re to half-way with a solid kick to touch from Grayson.

45'

No try

Ulster are in touch as they looked to have got over the line following a lucky bounce of the ball.

We secure the lineout and win the penalty.

44'

Patterson clears

We secure the restart and Patterson sends it long with a box kick.

43'

TRY!

Hector Patterson scores as we work a lovely handling move down the short side!

Grayson converts and it’s 5-27!

41'

Back underway

Ulster get us back underway in Belfast.

40'

Half-time

We secure the lineout and kick out to end the half.

40'

Into touch

Ulster attack well to finish the half but we force the hosts into touch.

Edinburgh lineout, 5m out.

39'

TRY!

Try Satala!

We attack the line, Grayson kicks through, it bounces into the hands of Liam McConnell who offloads to Satala who dives over!

Grayson converts and its 5-20!

37'

Ulster knock on again

Patterson hoists it high and Ulster knock on as we compete in the air.

Scrum Edinburgh on half-way.

35'

Ulster knock on

The hosts knock on from the resulting lineout as we compete hard.

34'

Ulster scrum pen

Ulster win the penalty inside their half and will kick to touch.

33'

Knocked on

Some brilliant phases of attack but Ulster stay strong.

Its a knock and we have a break in play to get our breath back!

32'

We win it back

Ulster steal at the resulting lineout.

However their box kick is shot and we have it back.

We continue to attack.

Breathless stuff here.

29'

Fred again!

Another jackal penalty from Fred in our 22!

Grayson nudges one to half-way.

28'

Penalised

We’re pinged for a block straight from the restart. Ulster nudge one into our 22.

28'

Penalty Grayson!

Jimmy Grayson makes no mistake and it’s 5-13!

27'

Freddy!

Freddy Douglas gets straight on ball to win the penalty right off the restart!

25'

Try Ulster

The hosts score as Michael Lowry sprints in down the short side.

25'

Ulster attack

The hosts move it well and are into our 22.

23'

Penalty Grayson!

James Grayson nudges it over and we’re up 0-10.

22'

Ulster pinged

They are off their feet and Grayson will nudge into the hosts’ 22.

20'

TRY!

Freddy Douglas is the man who powers over from only inches out under the sticks!

James Grayson nudges over and it’s 0-7!

19'

Lineout stolen

We have the ball inside the Ulster 22 after pinching the Ulster lineout.

The hosts are offside and its free ball.

16'

Ulster pinged

The hosts are pinged at the breakdown. Grayson sends one deep into touch.

16'

Grayson clears

Good nudge from Jimmy to get us clear.

We steal from the resulting lineout.

15'

Edinburgh scrum

Good defence, strip the ball and its our scrum.

14'

Scrum Ulster

Hector Patterson knocks on from the lineout in our 22 and Ulster have the scrum in good position.

12'

Scrum pen

Ulster win the pen and nudge just outside our 22.

11'

Satala chases and hits

Hector Patterson sends a beauty of a box kick up and Mal Satala chases, putting in an almighty shot to force the ball to spill.

We get the back ball but its eventually spilled and we its scrum Ulster.

8'

Lineout

We have a lineout inside the Ulster 22 but the hosts get up and steal, clearing their lines.

7'

Hepburn down

Alec Hepburn has taken a knock. He is eventually able to get back up and we’re back underway.

6'

Charged down

James Grayson sends a really tidy nudge to keep Ulster pinned back.

Lowry’s clearance is charged down and we looked to be close, but the hosts are able to gather and clear their lines.

5'

Hits the sticks

Grayson’s penalty cannons off the uprights.

The ball ricochets into the hands of Kienan Higgins and we had a sniff at the line but Ulster eventually steal and clear there lines.

4'

Tidy start

We’ve started really sharp and keep the ball for the opening three minutes.

We eventually win a penalty and James Grayson will take a shot at the sticks.

1'

Kick-off!

James Grayson gets us going in Belfast!

19:40

Welcome!

Welcome to the Galbraith Match Centre for tonight’s URC opener with Ulster!