Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 4 Results Round-Up
Beibhinn Parsons was in superb try-scoring form as she helped Blackrock College to a bonus point win over Galwegians ©INPHO/Nick Elliott
There was no stopping Beibhinn Parsons at Stradbrook where she scored five tries on her Energia All-Ireland League debut for Blackrock College. Elsewhere, Wicklow fought back from 10 points down to draw with Ballincollig.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 4:
Saturday, October 8 –
SUTTONIANS 5 RAILWAY UNION 78, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Try: Lena Kibler
Railway Union: Tries: Carmen Rodera 3, Leah Tarpey 2, Katie Heffernan, Aoife McDermott, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe 3, Ava Ryder, Eve Higgins, Aimee Clarke 2; Cons: Eve Higgins 4
HT: Suttonians 5 Railway Union 32
Match Report: Rodera And Murphy Crowe Claim Hat-Tricks For Railway Union
SUTTONIANS: Emma Jordan; Lena Kibler, Jools Aungier, Meabh O’Brien, Annie Buntine; Órfhlaith Murray, Emily McKeown; Janita Kareta, Julia O’Connor, Mary Healy, Brenda Barr, Grainne Tummon, Louise Catinot, Nicola Bolger, Roisin O’Driscoll.
Replacements: Aoife Brennan, Ciara Spencer, Carrie O’Keeffe, Casey White, Shannon Touhey, Clara Sexton, Moya Kernan.
RAILWAY UNION: Katie Heffernan; Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe, Eve Higgins, Leah Tarpey, Niamh Byrne (capt); Molly Scuffil-McCabe, Ailsa Hughes; Lindsay Peat, Chloe Blackmore, Megan Collis, Keelin Brady, Aoife McDermott, Carmen Rodera, Deirdre Roberts, Daisy Earle.
Replacements: Grainne O’Loughlin, Emma Fabby, Emerson Allen, Sonia McDermott, Molly Boyne, Aimee Clarke, Ava Ryder.
BALLINCOLLIG 10 WICKLOW 10, Tanner Park
Scorers: Ballincollig: Tries: Heather Kennedy, Michelle O’Driscoll
Wicklow: Tries: Sarah Gleeson, Caoimhe Molloy
HT: Ballincollig 0 Wicklow 0
Match Report: Honours Even Between Ballincollig And Wicklow After Tense Battle
BALLINCOLLIG: Heather Kennedy; Michelle O’Driscoll, Christine Arthurs, Meaghan Kenny, Alison Kelly; Kelly Griffin, Mona Fehily; Roisin Ormond, Clodagh Walsh (capt), Clare Coombes, Gillian Coombes, Denise Redmond, Kira Fitzgerald, Katelyn Fleming, Tiare Siguenza.
Replacements: Annie Laffan, Orla Rea, Eimear Perryman, Caolainn Healy, Aoife Buckley, Michelle Stafford, Sinéad O’Reilly.
WICKLOW: Ella Roberts (capt); Loretta Gilbert, Aoibhin Stone, Sarah Gleeson, Meagan Parkinson; Beth Roberts, Roisin Stone; Linda Dempsey, Maya McDevitt, Lauren Barry, Rachel Griffey, Caitlin Griffey, Caoimhe Molloy, Jessica Schmidt, Nicola Schmidt.
Replacements: Eimear Douglas, Laura Newsome, Leah Murphy, Orla Molloy, Jennifer Madden.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE 36 GALWEGIANS 19, Stradbrook
Scorers: Blackrock College: Tries: Beibhinn Parsons 5, Enya Breen; Cons: Enya Breen 3
Galwegians: Tries: Mollie Walsh, Dearbhla Canty; Pens: Nicole Fowley 3
HT: Blackrock College 19 Galwegians 14
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Ella Durkan; Megan Burns, Maeve Liston, Enya Breen, Beibhinn Parsons; Lisa Mullen, Tatum Bird; Laura Feely, Emma Hooban, Shannon Heapes, Eimear Corri, Anna Potterton, Mairead Holohan, Aoife Moore (capt), Beth Cregan.
Replacements: Niamh Tester, Casey O’Brien, Roisin McWey, Michelle Claffey, Emily Lane, Jackie Shiels, Ciara Scanlan.
GALWEGIANS: Mairéad Coyne; Maria Gorham, Orla Dixon, Ursula Sammon, Mollie Walsh; Nicole Fowley (capt), Olivia Haverty; Jessica Loftus, Elizabeth McNicholas, Ellen Connolly, Grace Browne Moran, Dearbhla Canty, Niamh O’Grady, Emily Gavin, Lisa-Marie Murphy.
Replacements: Nolwenn Dubois, Ruby Lynch, Faith Oviawe, Ciara Mulkern, Mary Healy, Emma Keane, Maelle Jouve.
COOKE 0 OLD BELVEDERE 65, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: –
Old Belvedere: Tries: Laura Carty 2, Erin King, Emma Tilly, Jennie Finlay, Brittany Hogan, Aoife Dalton 2, Katie Whelan, Aine Rutley, Fiona Tuite; Cons: Dannah O’Brien 5
HT: Cooke 0 Old Belvedere 27
COOKE: Teah Maguire; Tamzin Boyce, Christy Hill, Kelly McCormill, Claire Johnston; Amanda Morton, Hannah Downey; Ilse van Staden, Megan Simpson, Emma Kearney, Cara O’Kane, Aishling O’Connell (capt), Stacey Sloan, Naomi McCord, Helen McGhee.
Replacements: Eimear McQuillan, Fiona McCaughan, Chloe McMorran, Georgia Boyce, Megan Edwards, Ashleigh Orchard.
OLD BELVEDERE: Aine Donnelly; Emma Tilly, Aoife Dalton, Jenny Murphy, Laura Carty; Dannah O’Brien, Katie Whelan; Niamh O’Dowd, Jennie Finlay, Aine Rutley, Rachel Winters, Elaine Anthony, Fiona Tuite, Erin King, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (capt).
Replacements: Melissa Hayden, Brittany Hogan, Vic Dabanovich O’Mahony, Jane Neill, Éadaoin Murtagh, Emma Kelly, Finola Collins.