Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 8 Results Round-Up

Kate Flannery kicked a 70th-minute penalty to separate UL Bohemians from Railway Union in another tightly-contested top four clash. Meanwhile, a two-try second half performance inspired Galwegians’ first win of the season, away to Wicklow.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 8:

Saturday, November 18 –

BALLINCOLLIG 0 OLD BELVEDERE 50, Tanner Park
Scorers: Ballincollig: –
Old Belvedere: Tries: Katie Corrigan 2, Katie Layde, Emma Tilly 2, Jess Keating, Elise O’Byrne-White, Katie Whelan; Cons: Dannah O’Brien 5
HT: Ballincollig 0 Old Belvedere 21

BALLINCOLLIG: Valerie Heffernan; Brighid Twohig, Michelle O’Driscoll (capt), Shaniqka Wall, Alison Kelly; Kelly Griffin, Anna Roche; Ciara Fleming, Aoife Fleming, Róisín Ormond, Gillian Coombes, Laurileigh Baker, Caolainn Healy, Eimear Perryman, Kira Fitzgerald.

Replacements: Anna Perryman, Sinead O’Donnell, Naoise Murray, Grace Buckley, Jayne Pennefather.

OLD BELVEDERE: Emma Tilly; Grace Tutty, Elise O’Byrne-White, Jenny Murphy, Katie Corrigan; Dannah O’Brien, Jade Gaffney; Niamh O’Dowd, Jess Keating, Katie Layde, Clodagh Dunne, Ruth Campbell, Emma Kelly, Lesley Ring (capt), Éadaoin Murtagh.

Replacements: Hannah Wilson, Aine Rutley, Amy O’Mahony, Katie Whelan, Jemma Farrell, Kate Ballance, Vanessa Hullon.

COOKE 0 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 65, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: –
Blackrock College: Tries: Aoife Wafer 3, Catherine Martin 3, India Daley 2, Ellen Boylan, Mya Alcorn, Sarah Delaney; Cons: Abby Moyles 4, Méabh Deely
HT: Cooke o Blackrock College 38

COOKE: Daina Marks; Beth O’Connell, Katie Gilmour, Teah Maguire, Becky Irvine; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Sadhbh McGrath, Megan Simpson, Ilse van Staden, Izzy Harris, Aishling O’Connell (capt), Ella Garland, Emily Martin, Gemma McCamley.

Replacements: Sorcha Mac Laimhin, Jen Feeney, Stacey Sloan, Laura Cairns.

BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Abby Moyles; Ellen Boylan, Mya Alcorn, Catherine Martin, Andrea Murphy; Ella Durkan, Niamh Griffin; Aoife Moore, Emily Whittle, Shannon Heapes, Dorothy Wall, Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, India Daley, Aoife Wafer, Hannah O’Connor (capt).

Replacements: Sarah Delaney, Christy Haney, Ava Fannin, Koren Dunne, Leah Reilly, Méabh Deely, Clíodhna O’Sullivan.

WICKLOW 5 GALWEGIANS 12, Ashtown Lane
Scorers: Wicklow: Try: Ciara O’Leary
Galwegians: Tries: Hannah Clarke, Aoife Williams; Con: Emma Keane
HT: Wicklow 5 Galwegians 0

WICKLOW: Saoirse O’Reilly; Aoibhin Stone, Jennifer Madden, Robyn Johnston, Robyn McCarthy; Beth Roberts, Erin McConnell; Linda Dempsey, Eimear Douglas, Lauren Barry, Laura Newsome, Orla Molloy, Ciara O’Leary, Ciara Short, Caoimhe Molloy (capt).

Replacements: Val Conyard, Sophie Carton, Katherine Ward, Hannah Rose Buckley, Laura Griffin, Amy O’Neill.

GALWEGIANS: Gemma Faulkner; Chloe Casey, Evanna Finn, Hannah Clarke, Zorya Surguet; Emma Keane, Aoife Williams; Ellen Connolly, Ava Kavanagh, Dearbhla Canty, Jane Neill, Orla Fenton, Grace Browne Moran, Mollie Starr, Sarah McCormick.

Replacements: Katherine Mahon, Grace Fennell, Ruth Whittle, Cara Connolly.

UL BOHEMIANS 10 RAILWAY UNION 7, Annacotty
Scorers: UL Bohemians: Try: Eilís Cahill; Con: Kate Flannery; Pen: Kate Flannery
Railway Union: Try: Molly Boyne; Con: Nikki Caughey
HT: UL Bohemians 0 Railway Union 7

UL BOHEMIANS: Aoife Corey; Clara Barrett, Alana McInerney, Stephanie Nunan, Chisom Ugwueru; Kate Flannery, Abbie Salter-Townshend; Ciara O’Dwyer, Beth Buttimer, Fiona Reidy, Sarah Garrett, Claire Bennett, Eva McCormack, Clodagh O’Halloran, Chloe Pearse (capt).

Replacements: Eilís Cahill, Lily Brady, Jane Clohessy, Brianna Heylmann, Laoise McGonagle, Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Aoibhe O’Flynn.

RAILWAY UNION: Aimee Clarke; Rhiann Heery, Maddy Aberg, Kayla Waldron, Ava Ryder; Nikki Caughey, Claire Keohane; Grainne O’Loughlin, Meabh Keegan, Kirstie Stevenson, Keelin Brady, Faith Oviawe, Deirdre Roberts, Molly Boyne (capt), Lindsay Peat.

Replacements: Patricia Doyle, Salome Trauth, Leah Tarpey, Dani Franada, Sarah Browne, Niamh Byrne.