Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 1 Results Round-Up
Old Belvedere number 8 Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird tries to get past UL Bohemians' Aoife Corey during today's first round clash at Ollie Campbell Park ©INPHO/Evan Treacy
Fresh from her Ireland debut, Dannah O’Brien kicked her new club Old Belvedere to victory over UL Bohemians, while there were also wins for Galwegians and Blackrock College on the opening day of the Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division.
Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 1 Review
In Pics: Old Belvedere 14 UL Bohemians 5
Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 1 Highlights
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 1:
Saturday, September 10 –
OLD BELVEDERE 14 UL BOHEMIANS 5, Ollie Campbell Park
Scorers: Old Belvedere: Try: Lesley Ring; Pens: Dannah O’Brien 3
UL Bohemians: Try: Clodagh O’Halloran
HT: Old Belvedere 5 UL Bohemians 0
OLD BELVEDERE: Fiona Tuite; Elise O’Byrne-White, Aoife Dalton, Emma Kelly, Clare Gorman; Aine Donnelly, Jemma Farrell; Melissa Hayden, Rachel Murphy, Katie Layde, Clodagh Dunne, Elaine Anthony, Niamh O’Dowd, Lesley Ring, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird.
Replacements: Jennie Finlay, Jan Carroll, Emma Tilly, Dannah O’Brien, Katelyn Faust, Eadaoin Murtagh.
UL BOHEMIANS: Aoife Corey; Laura O’Mahony, Alana McInerney, Stephanie Nunan, Aoibhe O’Flynn; Rachel Allen, Muirne Wall; Geena Behan, Kate Sheehan, Fiona Reidy, Rebecca Reilly, Claire Bennett, Clodagh O’Halloran, Ciara Farrell, Chloe Pearse (capt).
Replacements: Ciara O’Dwyer, Nicola Sweeney, Eilis Cahill, Sarah Garrett, Lily Brady, Abbie Salter-Townshend, Aoibhinn O’Loughlin.
GALWEGIANS 76 BALLINCOLLIG 0, Crowley Park
Scorers: Galwegians: Tries: Ines Delgado, Laoise McGonagle 4, Sarah O’Connell 2, Emily Gavin, Niamh O’Grady 2, Ursula Sammon, Mairéad Coyne; Cons: Nicole Fowley 8
Ballincollig: –
HT: Galwegians 41 Ballincollig 0
GALWEGIANS: Mairéad Coyne; Sarah O’Connell, Ines Delgado, Ursula Sammon, Laoise McGonagle; Nicole Fowley (capt), Olivia Haverty; Jessica Loftus, Elizabeth McNicholas, Ellen Connolly, Niamh O’Grady, Dearbhla Canty, Emily Gavin, Nolwenn Dubois, Lisa-Marie Murphy.
Replacements: Ruby Lynch, Kiara Irwin, Lea Turner, Jordan Hopkins, Mary Healy, Orla Dixon, Tanya Farrell.
BALLINCOLLIG: Sinead O’Reilly; Heather Kennedy, Alison Kelly, Meaghan Kenny, Laurileigh Baker; Kelly Griffin, Michelle Stafford; Róisín Ormond, Clodagh Walsh (capt), Aoife Flynn, Caoilainn Healy, Eimear Perryman, Katelyn Fleming, Kira Fitzgerald, Denise Redmond.
Replacements: Tiare Siguenze, Orla Rea, Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Sarah O’Donovan, Róisín Long.
WICKLOW 17 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 45, Ashtown Lane
Scorers: Wicklow: Tries: Ella Roberts, Saoirse O’Reilly; Cons: Beth Roberts 2; Pen: Beth Roberts
Blackrock College: Tries: Maeve Liston, Lisa Mullen, Ali Coleman, Michelle Claffey, Penalty try, Méabh Deely, Anna Doyle; Cons: Lisa Mullen 4, Pen try con
HT: Wicklow 10 Blackrock College 12
WICKLOW: Ella Roberts; Meagan Parkinson, Aoibhin Stone, Sarah Gleeson, Suzanne Tyrrell; Beth Roberts, Roisin Stone; Linda Dempsey, Niamh Ni Dhroma (capt), Caoimhe Molloy, Rachel Griffey, Caitlin Griffey, Nicola Schmidt, Jessica Schmidt, Emma Curran.
Replacements: Kathy Byrne, Laura Newsome, Leah Murphy, Shauna Soady, Orla Molloy, Saoirse O’Reilly.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Ella Durkan; Roisin Crowe, Michelle Claffey (capt), Ciara Scanlan, Anna Doyle; Lisa Mullen, Maeve Liston; Shannon Heapes, Emma Hooban, Casey O’Brien, Eimear Corri, Anna Potterton, Mairead Holohan, Beth Cregan, Ali Coleman.
Replacements: Laura Feely, Ann-Marie Rooney, Niamh Tester, Roisin McWey, Méabh Deely, Natasja Behan, Hannah Hodges.