Championship Standings

Shared SofaScore total URC 2026/27 standings after 2 games per side: Ulster 11th on 5, Munster 9th on 6. The table repeats the form results, so its dimension stays zero.

Pos	Team	P	W	L	PD	Pts
United Rugby Championship 26/27
1	Sharks	2	2	0	+23	10
2	Cardiff Rugby	2	2	0	+19	9
3	Lions	2	2	0	+17	9
4	Edinburgh	2	2	0	+9	9
5	Glasgow Warriors	2	1	0	+6	8
6	Dragons	2	1	0	+12	7
7	Bulls	2	1	1	+30	6
8	Stormers	2	1	1	+10	6
9	Munster	2	1	1	-2	6
10	Connacht	2	1	1	-11	5
11	Ulster	2	0	1	-5	5
12	Benetton	2	0	1	-3	3
13	Leinster	2	0	2	-7	3
14	Scarlets	2	0	2	-18	2
15	Ospreys	2	0	2	-33	1
16	Zebre Parma	2	0	2	-47	1

Head-to-head: verified recent sample

Ulster (2)

(4) Munster

2W

4W

Munster have won four of the retrieved six, but the latest Belfast meeting was Ulster’s 28–3 win. Munster’s 41–14 April victory came in Limerick; the most recent score should not erase that venue split. This is the retrieved recent sample, not an all-time record.

Recent Results

Average score in the last 6 meetings: Sample mean: Ulster 21.0 – Munster 24.5; fixed team orientation regardless of venue.

Extended Form

Key Matchups

Ulster need Doak to turn McCloskey’s carrying into space for Stockdale and Baloucoune. Munster’s Beirne-led forwards should challenge that platform, while their reserve halfbacks face a harder closing assignment than Casey and Hanrahan. Starting-unit edges are qualified selection judgments; they are not retrieved scrum, lineout or player-performance measurements. Beirne returns to lead Munster, with Ahern, Gleeson and Hodnett available later. Ulster have Timoney and Augustus starting plus McCann in reserve; Munster get only a small depth lean, limited by young replacement halfbacks O’Donovan and O’Shea.