Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 15 Results Round-Up
Rachel Allen and her UL Bohemian team-mates remain unbeaten at the top of the Energia All-Ireland League Women's Division ©INPHO/Bryan Keane
Suttonians marked Róisín O’Driscoll’s 100th senior appearance for the club with a 17-5 win over Blackrock College, while 11 points still separate the leading three teams in the race to reach next month’s final at the Aviva Stadium.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 15:
Tuesday, March 19 –
BLACKROCK COLLEGE 5 SUTTONIANS 17, Stradbrook (played on Thursday)
Scorers: Blackrock College: Try: Ellen Boylan
Suttonians: Tries: Leomie Kloppers, Julia O’Connor, Molly Fitzgerald; Con: Lauren Farrell McCabe
HT: Blackrock College 0 Suttonians 12
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Ellen Boylan; Cara Martin, Leah Reilly, Catherine Martin, Amelia McFarland; Clíodhna O’Sullivan, Niamh Griffin; Aoife Moore, Emily Whittle, Shannon Heapes (capt), Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Hannah Hodges, Ann-Marie Rooney, Koren Dunne, Kate Jordan.
Replacements: Manuela McCarthy, Ava Fannin, Aibidh Ní Mháille, Nikki Gibson, Anna Potterton, Orla Wafer, Lisa Mullen.
SUTTONIANS: Katelyn Faust; Molly Fitzgerald, Julia O’Connor, Kerry Browne, Lena Kibler; Lauren Farrell McCabe, Rachael McIlroy; Ciara Spencer, Aoife Brennan, Róisín O’Driscoll, Louise Catinot, Grainne Tummon, Brenda Barr (capt), Carrie O’Keeffe, Leomie Kloppers.
Replacements: Eva Finn, Aislinn Layde, Emily McKeown, Meabh O’Brien, Ciara Twomey.
RAILWAY UNION 72 WICKLOW 12, Park Avenue (played on Friday)
Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Maddy Aberg 2, Patricia Doyle, Faith Oviawe 2, Alaïs Diebold 2, Molly Boyne, Lindsay Peat, Aimee Clarke 2, Ava Ryder; Cons: Nikki Caughey 5, Hazel Simmons
Wicklow: Tries: Penalty try, Jessica Griffey; Con: Pen try con
HT: Railway Union 43 Wicklow 0
RAILWAY UNION: Aimee Clarke; Alaïs Diebold, Niamh Byrne (capt), Maddy Aberg, Ava Ryder; Nikki Caughey, Sarah Browne; Patricia Doyle, Isobel Clerk, Katie O’Dwyer, Rebecca Draper, Faith Oviawe, Cassandra McCloat, Molly Boyne, Lindsay Peat.
Replacements: Michelle Nadine, Lorraine Parisot, Michaela O’Neill Johnson, Hazel Simmons.
WICKLOW: Naoise O’Reilly; Saoirse O’Reilly, Jennifer Madden, Katherine Ward, Robyn McCarthy; Robyn Johnston, Beth Roberts; Caoimhe Molloy (co-capt), Eimear Douglas (co-capt), Lauren Barrey, Jessica Griffey, Laura Newsome, Ciara O’Leary, Ciara Short, Nicola Schmidt.
Replacements: Noelle Ward, Valerie Conyard, Kathy Byrne, Sophie Carton, Hannah Rose Buckley, Nicole Humby.
COOKE 5 OLD BELVEDERE 67, Shaw’s Bridge (played on Saturday)
Scorers: Cooke: Try: Cara O’Kane
Old Belvedere: Tries: Lisa Callan, Lesley Ring 2, Éadaoin Murtagh 3, Megan Edwards 2, Jade Gaffney, Jenny Murphy, Kate Ballance; Cons: Jemma Farrell 6
HT: Cooke 0 Old Belvedere 36
COOKE: Teah Maguire; Katie Gilmour, Tara O’Neill, Kelly McCormill, Tamzin Boyce; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Alanagh van Staden, Megan Simpson, Ilse van Staden, Aishling O’Connell, Izzy Harris, Ella Garland, Cara O’Kane, Gemma McCamley (capt).
Replacements: Fiona McCaughan, Emily Martin, Beth O’Connell.
OLD BELVEDERE: Aine Donnelly; Grace Tutty, Éadaoin Murtagh, Jenny Murphy, Megan Edwards; Jemma Farrell, Jade Gaffney; Hannah Wilson, Lisa Callan, Hannah Rapley, Clodagh Dunne, Laura Sampson, Kara Mulcahy, Lesley Ring (capt), Katelynn Doran.
Replacements: Melissa Hayden, Victoria Dabanovich O’Mahony, Caoimhe Guinan, Kate Ballance, Vanessa Hullon, Tania Rosser.
UL BOHEMIAN 41 BALLINCOLLIG 7, Annacotty
Scorers: UL Bohemian: Tries: Aoife Corey, Brianna Heylmann, Kate Flannery, Claire Bennett, Ciara O’Dwyer, Aoibheann Hahessy 2; Cons: Kate Flannery 2, Rachel Allen
Ballincollig: Try: Laurileigh Baker; Con: Kelly Griffin
HT: UL Bohemian 22 Ballincollig 7
UL BOHEMIAN: Aoife Corey; Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Stephanie Nunan (capt), Rachel Allen, Laoise McGonagle; Kate Flannery, Abbie Salter-Townshend; Nicola Sweeney, Beth Buttimer, Fiona Reidy, Claire Bennett, Sarah Garrett, Eva McCormack, Brianna Heylmann, Ciara Monahan.
Replacements: Ciara O’Dwyer, Ciara McLoughlin, Grainne Burke, Clodagh O’Halloran, Aoibheann Hahessy, Jane Clohessy, Aoibhe O’Flynn.
BALLINCOLLIG: Sinead O’Reilly; Miriam Murphy, Michelle O’Driscoll, Kate O’Sullivan, Grace Buckley; Kelly Griffin, Gemma Lane; Ciara Fleming, Aoife Fleming, Clare Coombes, Sarah O’Donovan, Laurileigh Baker, Shirley Bailey, Aoife Madigan, Tiare Siguenza (capt).
Replacements: Sinead O’Donnell, Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Alix Cunneen, Gillian Coombes, Meaghan Kenny, Emma Connolly, Orla Maher.