Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 8 Results Round-Up
Blackrock College's Hannah O'Connor is pictured in action against Railway Union props Lindsay Peat and Katie O'Dwyer during last season's final at Energia Park ©INPHO/Ben Brady
A three-try first half salvo preserved Blackrock College’s unbeaten record and ended Railway Union’s, while UL Bohemians have climbed into the top four ahead of next week’s final round of the regular season.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 8:
Saturday, November 12 –
RAILWAY UNION 17 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 19, Park Avenue
Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Lindsay Peat, Aoife Doyle, Molly Scuffil-McCabe; Con: Nikki Caughey
Blackrock College: Tries: Anna Doyle, Maeve Óg O’Leary, Méabh Deely; Cons: Enya Breen 2
HT: Railway Union 5 Blackrock College 19
RAILWAY UNION: Molly Scuffil-McCabe; Leah Tarpey, Niamh Byrne (capt), Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Aoife Doyle; Nikki Caughey, Ailsa Hughes; Lindsay Peat, Chloe Blackmore, Megan Collis, Keelin Brady, Aoife McDermott, Carmen Rodera, Molly Boyne, Emerson Allen.
Replacements: Lisa Callan, Grainne O’Loughlin, Claire Byrne, Sonia McDermott, Emma Fabby, Christine Coffey, Stephanie Carroll.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Natasja Behan; Maeve Liston, Michelle Claffey (capt), Ella Durkan, Anna Doyle; Enya Breen, Tatum Bird; Aoife Moore, Emma Hooban, Laura Feely, Eimear Corri, Mairead Holohan, Beth Cregan, Maeve Óg O’Leary, Ali Coleman.
Replacements: Ava Fannin, Niamh Tester, Hannah O’Connor, Mya Alcorn, Ciara Scanlan, Lisa Mullen, Méabh Deely.
SUTTONIANS 24 BALLINCOLLIG 12, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Tries: Janita Kareta, Annie Buntine, Roisin O’Driscoll, Meabh O’Brien; Cons: Órfhlaith Murray 2
Ballincollig: Tries: Denise Redmond, Tiare Siguenza; Con: Denise Redmond
HT: Suttonians 12 Ballincollig 7
SUTTONIANS: Sophie Gibney; Meabh O’Brien, Catherine Martin (capt), Annie Buntine, Lena Kibler; Órfhlaith Murray, Amber Redmond; Janita Kareta, Julia O’Connor, Julia Bauer, Brenda Barr, Grainne Tummon, Nicola Bolger, Casey White, Carrie O’Keeffe.
Replacements: Ciara Spencer, Aoife Brennan, Mary Healy, Roisin O’Driscoll, Louise Catinot, Clara Sexton, Moya Kiernan.
BALLINCOLLIG: Heather Kennedy; Sinéad O’Reilly, Christine Arthurs, Meaghan Kenny, Alison Kelly; Michelle O’Driscoll, Mona Fehily; Roisin Ormond, Clodagh Walsh (capt), Clare Coombes, Gillian Coombes, Eimear Perryman, Kira Fitzgerald, Katelyn Fleming, Tiare Siguenza.
Replacements: Denise Redmond, Orla Rea, Laurileigh Baker, Ellen O’Keeffe, Michelle Stafford, Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Ella McCarthy.
COOKE 12 UL BOHEMIANS 55, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: Tries: Stacey Sloan, Sadhbh McGrath; Con: Amanda Morton
UL Bohemians: Tries: Alana McInerney 2, Eilis Cahill, Clara Barrett, Ciara O’Dwyer 2, Clodagh O’Halloran, Kate Flannery, Aoife Corey; Cons: Nicole Cronin 4, Kate Flannery
HT: Cooke 0 UL Bohemians 26
COOKE: Teah Maguire; Tamzin Boyce, Christy Hill, Kelly McCormill, Megan Edwards; Ashleigh Orchard, Georgia Boyce; Ilsa van Staden, Emma Kearney, Aishling O’Connell (capt), Cara O’Kane, Helen McGhee, Sadhbh McGrath, Chloe McMorran, Gemma McCamley.
Replacements: Fiona McCaughan, Katie Hetherington, Katie McNeill, Stacey Sloan, Hannah Downey, Amanda Morton, Coral Lapsley.
UL BOHEMIANS: Aoife Corey; Clara Barrett, Alana McInerney, Kate Flannery, Laura O’Mahony; Nicole Cronin, Muirne Wall; Fiona Reidy, Ciara O’Dwyer, Eilís Cahill, Claire Bennett, Rebecca Reilly, Sarah Garrett, Clodagh O’Halloran, Ciara Farrell.
Replacements: Kate Sheehan, Geena Behan, Nicola Sweeney, Eva McCormack, Sarah Quin, Rachel Allen, Brianna Heylmann.
OLD BELVEDERE 17 WICKLOW 8, Ollie Campbell Park
Scorers: Old Belvedere: Tries: Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird, Jemma Farrell, Aine Donnelly; Con: Dannah O’Brien
Wicklow: Try: Caoimhe Molloy; Pen: Beth Roberts
HT: Old Belvedere 17 Wicklow 3
OLD BELVEDERE: Aine Donnelly; Emma Tilly, Aoife Dalton, Minnona Nunstedt, Elise O’Byrne-White; Dannah O’Brien, Jemma Farrell; Orlaith McAuliffe, Rachel Murphy, Alice O’Dowd, Elaine Anthony, Clodagh Dunne, Fiona Tuite, Lesley Ring, Deirbhile Nic a Bhaird (capt).
Replacements: Vic Dabanovich O’Mahony, Hannah Wilson, Caoimhe Guinan, Rachel Winters, Katie Whelan, Clare Gorman, Emma Kelly.
WICKLOW: Ella Roberts; Naoise O’Reilly, Aoibhin Stone, Sarah Gleeson, Meagan Parkinson; Beth Roberts, Roisin Stone; Linda Dempsey, Eimear Douglas, Lauren Barry (capt), Rachel Griffey, Caitlin Griffey, Nicola Schmidt, Jessica Schmidt, Niamh Ni Dhroma.
Replacements: Noelle Ward, Caoimhe Molloy, Becky Condren, Loretta Gilbert, Orla Molloy, Erin McConnell, Saoirse O’Reilly.