Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 9 Results Round-Up
Galwegians flanker Jane Neill played her part in their three-try victory away to Ballincollig this afternoon ©INPHO/Tom Maher
UL Bohemians and Railway Union emerged victorious from two titanic Energia All-Ireland League top four battles earlier today, while Galwegians and Suttonians both made it two wins on the trot.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 9:
Saturday, December 2 –
BALLINCOLLIG 14 GALWEGIANS 21, Tanner Park
Scorers: Ballincollig: Tries: Gemma Lane, Michelle O’Driscoll; Cons: Anna Roche, Sinead O’Reilly
Galwegians: Tries: Grace Browne Moran 2, Orla Dixon; Cons: Emma Keane 3
HT: Ballincollig 7 Galwegians 7
BALLINCOLLIG: Ellie Cournane; Valerie Heffernan, Alison Kelly, Michelle O’Driscoll (capt), Sinead O’Reilly; Anna Roche, Gemma Lane; Ciara Fleming, Aoife Fleming, Róisín Ormond, Gillian Coombes, Laurileigh Baker, Eimear Perryman, Saskia Wycherley, Kira Fitzgerald.
Replacements: Orla Rea, Clare Coombes, Meaghan Kenny, Kelly Griffin, Jayne Pennefather, Brighid Twohig, Anna Perryman.
GALWEGIANS: Gemma Faulkner; Chloe Casey, Zorya Surguet, Orla Dixon (capt), Sarah O’Connell; Emma Keane, Aoife Williams; Ruth Whittle, Ava Kavanagh, Ellen Connolly, Grace Fennell, Orla Fenton, Jane Neill, Mollie Starr, Grace Browne Moran.
Replacements: Róisín Maher, Dearbhla Canty.
OLD BELVEDERE 15 UL BOHEMIANS 20, Ollie Campbell Park
Scorers: Old Belvedere: Tries: Minnona Nunstedt, Clodagh Dunne; Con: Dannah O’Brien; Pen: Dannah O’Brien
UL Bohemians: Tries: Brianna Heylmann, Chisom Ugwueru, Aoibhe O’Flynn; Con: Kate Flannery; Pen: Kate Flannery
HT: Old Belvedere 12 UL Bohemians 10
OLD BELVEDERE: Aine Donnelly; Elise O’Byrne-White, Aoife Dalton, Minnona Nunstedt, Megan Edwards; Dannah O’Brien, Katie Whelan; Niamh O’Dowd, Jess Keating, Katie Layde, Clodagh Dunne, Ruth Campbell, Emma Kelly, Lesley Ring (capt), Éadaoin Murtagh.
Replacements: Lisa Callan, Linda Djougang, Amy O’Mahony, Brittany Hogan, Jade Gaffney, Grace Tutty, Aine Rutley.
UL BOHEMIANS: Aoife Corey; Aoibhe O’Flynn, Alana McInerney, Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Chisom Ugwueru; Kate Flannery, Abbie Salter-Townshend; Ciara O’Dwyer, Beth Buttimer, Eilís Cahill, Sarah Garrett, Claire Bennett, Brianna Heylmann, Lily Brady, Chloe Pearse (capt).
Replacements: Fiona Reidy, Grainne Burke, Jane Clohessy, Ciara Monahan, Nicole Cronin, Rachel Allen, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha.
RAILWAY UNION 38 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 22, Park Avenue
Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Lindsay Peat 3, Leah Tarpey 2, Maddy Aberg; Cons: Nikki Caughey 4
Blackrock College: Tries: Clíodhna O’Sullivan, Aoife Wafer 2; Cons: Ella Durkan 2; Pen: Méabh Deely
HT: Railway Union 19 Blackrock College 17
RAILWAY UNION: Aimee Clarke; Maddy Aberg, Niamh Byrne, Leah Tarpey, 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: Katie O’Dwyer, Isobel Clerk, Patricia Doyle, Dani Franada, Aoife Doyle, Ailsa Hughes, Rhiann Heery.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Méabh Deely; Clíodhna O’Sullivan, Mya Alcorn, Catherine Martin, Andrea Murphy; Ella Durkan, Niamh Griffin; Aoife Moore, Sarah Delaney, Christy Haney, Dorothy Wall, Eimear Corri, Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Aoife Wafer, Hannah O’Connor (capt).
Replacements: Emily Whittle, Shannon Heapes, Ava Fannin, Leah Reilly, Abby Moyles, Ann-Marie Rooney.
SUTTONIANS 45 WICKLOW 12, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Tries: Grainne Tummon, Leomie Kloppers 3, Nicola Bolger, Lauren Farrell McCabe, Meabh O’Brien; Cons: Lauren Farrell McCabe 5
Wicklow: Tries: Caoimhe Molloy, Saoirse O’Reilly; Con: Saoirse O’Reilly
HT: Suttonians 19 Wicklow 12
SUTTONIANS: Meabh O’Brien; Lena Kibler, Julia O’Connor, Kerry Browne, Moya Kernan; Lauren Farrell McCabe, Rachael McIlroy; Ciara Spencer, Aoife Brennan, Róisín O’Driscoll, Grainne Tummon, Leomie Kloppers, Nicola Bolger, Brenda Barr (capt), Mary Healy.
Replacements: Megan Cullen, Aislinn Layde, Eva Finn, Katelyn Faust, Shannen Price.
WICKLOW: Naoise O’Reilly; Saoirse O’Reilly, Aoibhin Stone, Erin McConnell, Laura Griffin; Robyn Johnston, Hannah Rose Buckley; Linda Dempsey, Eimear Douglas, Lauren Barry, Laura Newsome, Caoimhe Molloy (capt), Jess Reynolds, Ciara O’Leary, Ciara Short.
Replacements: Niamh O’Leary, Robyn McCarthy, Nicole Humby, Katherine Ward.