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Edinburgh face off against Ulster in United Rugby Championship Round 18 on Fri 16th May 2025 at Hive Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 19:35 and is broadcast on Premier Sports. In South Africa it’s at 20:35 SAST on SuperSport, 06:35 NZST in New Zealand, 04:35 AEST in Australia and 11:35 EST on Flo Rugby in the US.
Ulster won the last encounter but Edinburgh are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 7 places in the league table with Ulster in 7th and Edinburgh in 14th as such Ulster are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Edinburgh vs Ulster will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Ben Healy converts the try.
A wonderful passing move by Edinburgh Rugby is finished off by Darcy Graham
Ben Healy has kicked a conversion.
A series of passes by Edinburgh Rugby results in a try for Darcy Graham
A bit of individual brilliance by Jude Postlethwaite leads to a try for Ulster Rugby
The touch judges raise their flags as Ross Thompson kicks the conversion.
Edinburgh Rugby are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Pierre Schoeman touching down.
The touch judges raise their flags as Ross Thompson kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Magnus Bradbury from scoring as they record the try for Edinburgh Rugby.
Ross Thompson does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
What an effort there by Ewan Ashman as they score the try.
The pressure has finally told as Werner Kok scores from close range.
Darcy Graham (Edinburgh Rugby) is shown a yellow card
Magnus Bradbury scores the try from close range.
Ross Thompson has kicked a conversion.
A bit of individual brilliance by Darcy Graham leads to a try for Edinburgh Rugby