Match Details
🤝 Ulster Rugby v Cardiff Rugby\
🗓 Friday 4 March, 7.35pm\
🏟 Kingspan Stadium\
🏆 United Rugby Championship Round 13\
📺 Live on BBC NI, Premier Sports & RTE
Tickets
Tickets, priced from £20 for adults and £10 for juniors, are still available via the link below.
Officials
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU)\
AR: Peter Martin, Nigel Correll (IRFU)\
TMO: Leo Colgan (IRFU)
Campaign so far
Ulster currently sit joint second in the URC with 40 points from 11 games. Leinster are top on 44, while Cardiff are in 12th place on 18 points.
Did you know?
• Ulster Rugby have won their last five first team matches since their 13-18 defeat at Munster in Round 10 of the United Rugby Championship.
• Ulster have a 100% winning record at home this season in all competitions with their most recent defeat at Kingspan Stadium being 24-26 to Connacht in last season’s Rainbow Cup.
• Excluding unplayed matches, the Ulster men have won eight of their last nine encounters with Welsh regions. The loss was 13-19 to Ospreys in Swansea on 4 December.
• Cardiff Rugby’s only defeat in their last four United Rugby Championship fixtures was 10-34 at Edinburgh on 8 January.
• Cardiff’s only victory away from home in the Championship since last March was by a single point to Scarlets in Llanelli in the Rainbow Cup in May.
• Cardiff have won both encounters they have played against Irish provinces this season.
• Ulster have lost only one of their last six matches against Cardiff: 17-35 at the Arms Park in March 2018.
• Cardiff’s most recent victory in Belfast was 33-24 in April 2010 although they did draw 24-all there in April 2017.
Last Time Out
Ulster and Cardiff last met in November 2020 at Rodney Parade, where the Ulster men edged out a tough, low-scoring 7-11 victory.
Mike Lowry got Ulster's only try on the night, with John Cooney adding two penalties.