Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 13 Results Round-Up
Cooke's Kelly McCormill, who won the Celtic Challenge title with the Wolfhounds, gets her offload away despite a tackle from UL Bohemian centre Stephanie Nunan ©INPHO/Leah Scholes
Wicklow and Galwegians registered their first Energia All-Ireland League wins since November and December respectively, while Women’s Division leaders UL Bohemian won at Cooke to make it a dozen victories in a row.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 13:
Saturday, March 2 –
SUTTONIANS 12 OLD BELVEDERE 39, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Tries: Kerry Browne, Róisín O’Driscoll; Con: Lauren Farrell McCabe
Old Belvedere: Tries: Jade Gaffney, Lisa Callan, Clodagh Dunne 2, Emma Tilly, Éadaoin Murtagh, Aoife Rutley; Cons: Jemma Farrell 2
HT: Suttonians 0 Old Belvedere 10
SUTTONIANS: Katelyn Faust; Amber Redmond, Meabh O’Brien, Kerry Browne, Lena Kibler; Lauren Farrell McCabe, Rachael McIlroy; Ciara Spencer, Aoife Brennan, Róisín O’Driscoll, Brenda Barr (capt), Grainne Tummon, Julia O’Connor, Carrie O’Keeffe, Leomie Kloppers.
Replacements: Nicola Bolger, Aislinn Layde, Megan Cullen, Louise Catinot.
OLD BELVEDERE: Aine Donnelly; Grace Tutty, Emma Tilly, Aoife Rutley, Megan Edwards; Jemma Farrell, Jade Gaffney; Hannah Wilson, Jess Keating, Katie Layde, Clodagh Dunne, Laura Sampson, Aine Rutley, Lesley Ring (capt), Katelynn Doran.
Replacements: Hannah Rapley, Kara Mulcahy, Lisa Callan, Kate Ballance, Vanessa Hullon, Éadaoin Murtagh.
COOKE 7 UL BOHEMIAN 28, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: Try: Tara O’Neill; Con: Amanda Morton
UL Bohemian: Tries: Lily Brady, Chloe Pearse 2, Ciara O’Dwyer; Cons: Aisling Stock 4
HT: Cooke 7 UL Bohemian 14
COOKE: Laura Cairns; Katie Gilmour, Tara O’Neill, Kelly McCormill, Tamzin Boyce; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Ella Garland, Megan Simpson, Ilse van Staden, Izzy Harris, Cara O’Kane, Ellen Patterson, Teah Maguire, Emily Martin, Gemma McCamley (capt).
Replacements: Alanagh van Staden, Eimear McQuillan, Stacey Sloan, Daina Marks, Cindy Cancino.
UL BOHEMIAN: Aoibhe O’Flynn; Rebecca O’Shea, Stephanie Nunan, Rachel Allen, Aisling Stock; Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Abbie Salter-Townshend; Ciara O’Dwyer, Lily Brady, Fiona Reidy, Ciara Monahan, Sarah Garrett, Aoibheann Hahessy, Clodagh O’Halloran, Chloe Pearse (capt).
Replacements: Nicola Sweeney, Aoife O’Sullivan, Sadhbh Finn Spellissy, Ciara McLoughlin, Niamh Brodie, Lorraine O’Connor, Laura O’Mahony.
GALWEGIANS 14 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 10, Crowley Park
Scorers: Galwegians: Tries: Orla Dixon, Grace Browne Moran; Cons: Emma Keane 2
Blackrock College: Tries: Andrea Murphy, Amelia McFarland
HT: Galwegians 14 Blackrock College 0
GALWEGIANS: Hannah Clarke; Emma O’Leary, Orla Dixon, Evanna Finn, Chloe Casey; Emma Keane, Aoife Williams; Ruth Whittle, Ava Kavanagh, Ellen Connolly, Orla Fenton, Dearbhla Canty, Nolwenn Dubois, Mollie Starr, Grace Browne Moran (capt).
Replacements: Eve Tarpey, Grace Fennell, Katherine Mahon, Elizabeth McNicholas, Stacy Hanley, Molina Oung, Shauna Macklin.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Andrea Murphy; Ellen Boylan, Sarah Farley, Catherine Martin, Maggie Boylan; Clíodhna O’Sullivan, Niamh Griffin; Ava Fannin, Emily Whittle, Shannon Heapes (capt), Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Molly Fitzpatrick, Nikki Gibson, Koren Dunne, Kate Jordan.
Replacements: Ann-Marie Rooney, Aibidh Ní Mháille, Orla Wafer, Hannah Hodges, Amelia McFarland, Mya Alcorn, Cara Martin.
WICKLOW 32 BALLINCOLLIG 24, Ashtown Lane
Scorers: Wicklow: Tries: Eimear Douglas, Linda Dempsey, Lauren Barry, Saoirse O’Reilly; Cons: Beth Roberts 3; Pens: Beth Roberts 2
Ballincollig: Tries: Laurileigh Baker 2, Brighid Twohig, Kelly Griffin; Cons: Anna Roche 2
HT: Wicklow 14 Ballincollig 17
WICKLOW: Naoise O’Reilly; Robyn McCarthy, Jennifer Madden, Robyn Johnston, Alannah Dixon; Beth Roberts, Laura Griffin; Valerie Conyard, Eimear Douglas (co-capt), Linda Dempsey, Laura Newsome, Jessica Griffey, Ciara O’Leary, Ciara Short, Nicola Schmidt.
Replacements: Noelle Ward, Lauren Barry, Caoimhe Molloy (co-capt), Emma Curran, Hannah Rose Buckley, Katherine Ward, Saoirse O’Reilly.
BALLINCOLLIG: Ellie Cournane; Brighid Twohig, Kira Fitzgerald, Meaghan Kenny, Grace Buckley; Kelly Griffin, Anna Roche; Ciara Fleming, Aoife Fleming, Sinead O’Donnell, Gillian Coombes, Laurileigh Baker, Sarah O’Donovan, Shirley Bailey, Aoife Madigan.
Replacements: Clare Coombes, Alix Cunneen, Anna Kate Cournane, Saoirse Crowe, Emma Connolly, Emily O’Regan.