| Home team | Edinburgh |
| Away team | Conancht |
| Venue | Hive Stadium |
| Competition | URC |
| Kick off time | 7:45 pm (UK) |
| Watch Live in the UK | Premier Sports |
Edinburgh vs Connacht URC preview as the sides meet at the Hive Stadium.
Edinburgh are out of contention in the table but could finish as high as 10th after a disappointing season which has seen them mostly in the bottom half.
Connacht must win this game as they sit one point outside the top eight. A win gives them a chance to qualify for the top eight and playoffs as well as gaining Champions Cup rugby for next year.
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Edinburgh vs Connacht lineups tbc
| Edinburgh | Connacht | ||||
| Forwards | |||||
| Schoeman | 1 | Bohan | |||
| Ashman | 2 | de Buitlear | |||
| Blyth-Lafferty | 3 | Bealham | |||
| Sykes | 4 | Joyce | |||
| Young | 5 | J Murphy | |||
| Dodd | 6 | Prendergast | |||
| Douglas | 7 | Hurley-Langton | |||
| Bradbury | 8 | Jansen | |||
| Backs | |||||
| Patterson | 9 | B Murphy | |||
| Thompson | 10 | Ioane | |||
| van der Merwe | 11 | Bolton | |||
| Thomson | 12 | Aki | |||
| O’Conor | 13 | West | |||
| Graham | 14 | Jennings | |||
| Paterson | 15 | Gilbert | |||
| Replacements | |||||
| Blyth-Lafferty | 16 | Yarr | |||
| Venter | 17 | Dooley | |||
| Hill | 18 | Illo | |||
| Hunter-Hill | 19 | O’Connor | |||
| McVie | 20 | Boyle | |||
| Currie | 21 | Devine | |||
| Shiel | 22 | Carty | |||
| Brown | 23 | Naughton | |||
Recent Form:
Edinburgh (Home team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Won | 9th May 2026 | URC | Dragons | 15-24 |
| Won | 24th April 2026 | URC | Sharks | 33-28 |
| Won | 17th April 2026 | URC | Zebre | 31-30 |
| Loss | 5th April 2026 | Champions Cup | Leinster | 49-31 |
| Loss | 28th March 2026 | URC | Stormers | 33-14 |
Edinburgh have won three in a row to putt them in a better position after what has been a difficult year. All of these wins have been by nine points or less. Tom Currie scored a try on the stroke of half time to give 14-10 lead at the break. Keddie put the Dragons back ahead to start the second half, but two Duhan Van Der Merwe helped Edinburgh win 24-15.
Connacht (Away team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Won | 9th May 2026 | URC | Munster | 26-7 |
| Loss | 25th April 2026 | URC | Lions | 33-21 |
| Won | 18th April 2026 | URC | Stormers | 24-33 |
| Loss | 11th April 2026 | Challenge Cup | Montpellier | 45-22 |
| Won | 3rd April 2026 | Challenge Cup | Sharks | 29-12 |
Connacht have won two of their last three games, which included a massive win over the Stormers in South Africa. In the last round they faced a big test in an interpro derby against Munster at Dexcom. They took an early lead, when Munster received a 20-minute red card. Connacht made this period tell scoring two more tries to go into the break 19-0 ahead. Craig Casey scored with just over 10 minutes to go but one for try for Connacht helped them win 26-7.
Edinburgh vs Connacht head-to-head record (last five matches):
| Date | Competition | Winner | Score |
| 10th May 2025 | URC | Edinburgh | 21-31 |
| 11th November 2023 | URC | Edinburgh | 25-22 |
| 25th March 2023 | URC | Connacht | 41-26 |
| 4th March 2022 | URC | Edinburgh | 56-8 |
| 13th March 2021 | URC | Edinburgh | 14-15 |
Edinburgh won this meeting last year but 10 points, making it four wins from five against Connacht. They have also won two of the last three in Galway.
