There were joyous scenes at Dundalk RFC today where UL Bohemian dethroned Railway Union to win their first Energia All-Ireland Women's Cup title since 2019, while Galwegians reversed last week's result against Cooke to retain the All-Ireland Plate.
Galwegians captain Gemma Faulkner gets away from Cooke's Georgia Boyce during the Energia All-Ireland Women's Plate final ©INPHO/Bryan Keane
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND WOMEN'S CUP FINAL:
Saturday, January 27 – RAILWAY UNION 12 UL BOHEMIAN 34, Dundalk RFC Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Aoife Doyle, Rhiann Heery; Con: Dani Franada UL Bohemian: Tries: Eva McCormack, Laoise McGonagle, Rachel Allen 2, Clara Barrett; Cons: Rachel Allen, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha 2; Pen: Éabha Nic Dhonnacha HT: Railway Union 12 UL Bohemian 5 RAILWAY UNION: Aoife Doyle, Rhiann Heery, Niamh Byrne (capt), Maddy Aberg, Alaïs Diebold; Dani Franada, Claire Keohane; Gráinne O'Loughlin, Meabh Keegan, Kirstie Stevenson, Salome Trauth, Patricia Doyle, Katie O'Dwyer, Deirdre Roberts, Lindsay Peat. Replacements: Michelle Nadine, Rebecca Draper, Lauren Cooper, Alice Mills-Hicks, Isobel Clerk, Sarah Browne. UL BOHEMIAN: Clara Barrett; Aoibhe O'Flynn, Stephanie Nunan, Rachel Allen, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha; Aoife O'Shaughnessy, Muirne Wall; Chloe Pearse (capt), Ciara O'Dwyer, Fiona Reidy, Ciara Monahan, Sarah Garrett, Eva McCormack, Clodagh O'Halloran, Ciara (Griffin) O'Sullivan. Replacements: Nicola Sweeney, Niamh Brodie, Emma Daly, Karly Tierney, Aisling Stock, Rebecca Bradshaw, Nina Mathastein, Laoise McGonagle.
Galwegians captain Gemma Faulkner gets away from Cooke's Georgia Boyce during the Energia All-Ireland Women's Plate final ©INPHO/Bryan Keane