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Lions v Leinster
United Rugby Championship · URC Round 1
10bet Ellis Park · Sat, 26 Sept 2026
Kick-off 13:30 SA · 12:30 UK
Lions 27 Leinster 26
WON
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The champions beaten by a point in the opening match of the season. Leinster arrived at 10bet Ellis Park having won the 2026 Grand Final 36-7 against the Bulls, and left having lost by the narrowest margin there is. A statement of intent in the first eighty minutes of a campaign that also carries the club's first Investec Champions Cup.