Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 16 Results Round-Up
Railway Union's Niamh Byrne is pictured in action against Galwegians last month ©Ronan Ryan
Captain Niamh Byrne touched down twice as second-placed Railway Union won at Ollie Campbell Park to move six points clear of Old Belvedere in the race to reach next month’s final at the Aviva Stadium.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 16:
Saturday, March 30 –
BALLINCOLLIG 5 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 42, Tanner Park
Scorers: Ballincollig: Try: Gemma Lane
Blackrock College: Tries: Maggie Boylan 3, Lisa Mullen, Orla Wafer, Hannah O’Connor, Catherine Martin; Cons: Hannah O’Connor 2; Pen: Lisa Mullen
HT: Ballincollig 5 Blackrock College 13
BALLINCOLLIG: Alison Kelly; Sinead O’Reilly, Michelle O’Driscoll, Kate O’Sullivan, Brighid Twohig; Kelly Griffin, Gemma Lane; Ciara Fleming, Aoife Fleming, Clare Coombes, Sarah O’Donovan, Laurileigh Baker, Meaghan Kenny, Shirley Bailey, Tiare Siguenza (capt).
Replacements: Sinead O’Donnell, Róisín Ormond, Alix Cunneen, Gillian Coombes, Miriam Murphy, Emma Connolly, Orla Maher.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Méabh Deely; Mya Alcorn, Anna Doyle, Catherine Martin, Clíodhna O’Sullivan; Lisa Mullen, Ann-Marie Rooney; Ava Fannin, Emily Whittle, Shannon Heapes (capt), Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Nikki Gibson, Aoife Moore, Orla Wafer, Kate Jordan.
Replacements: Aibidh Ní Mháille, Manuela McCarthy, Hannah O’Connor, Maggie Boylan, Niamh Griffin, Shayne Richardson.
WICKLOW 29 COOKE 19, Ashtown Lane
Scorers: Wicklow: Tries: Robyn Johnston 2, Eimear Douglas, Lauren Barry; Cons: Beth Roberts 3; Pen: Beth Roberts
Cooke: Tries: Aishling O’Connell, Gemma McCamley, Tara O’Neill; Cons: Amanda Morton 2
HT: Wicklow 14 Cooke 7
WICKLOW: Alannah Dixon; Saoirse O’Reilly, Jennifer Madden, Nicole Humby, Robyn McCarthy; Robyn Johnston, Beth Roberts; Valerie Conyard, Eimear Douglas (co-capt), Lauren Barry, Laura Newsome, Jessica Griffey, Ciara Short, Nicola Schmidt, Caoimhe Molloy (co-capt).
Replacements: Noelle Ward, Linda Dempsey, Lara McElroy, Hannah Rose Buckley, Katherine Ward, Jessica Reynolds.
COOKE: Teah Maguire; Katie Gilmour, Tara O’Neill, Kelly McCormill, Tamzin Boyce; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Ella Garland, Megan Simpson, Aishling O’Connell, Ellen Patterson, Cara O’Kane, Emily Martin, Stacey Sloan, Gemma McCamley (capt).
Replacements: Eimear McQuillan, Ilse van Staden, Izzy Harris, Sorcha Mac Laimhin.
OLD BELVEDERE 18 RAILWAY UNION 34, Ollie Campbell Park
Scorers: Old Belvedere: Tries: Emma Tilly, Megan Edwards; Con: Jemma Farrell; Pens: Jemma Farrell 2
Railway Union: Tries: Aimee Clarke, Niamh Byrne 2, Faith Oviawe, Ailsa Hughes; Cons: Nikki Caughey 3; Pen: Nikki Caughey
HT: Old Belvedere 13 Railway Union 17
OLD BELVEDERE: Aine Donnelly; Megan Edwards, Éadaoin Murtagh, Jenny Murphy, Emma Tilly; Jemma Farrell, Jade Gaffney; Hannah Wilson, Lisa Callan, Katie Layde, Clodagh Dunne, Laura Sampson, Kara Mulcahy, Lesley Ring (capt), Katelynn Doran.
Replacements: Victoria Dabanovich O’Mahony, Hannah Rapley, Aine Rutley, Minnona Nunstedt, Vanessa Hullon, Aoife Rutley, Grace Tutty.
RAILWAY UNION: Ava Ryder; Rhiann Heery, Niamh Byrne (capt), Maddy Aberg, Aimee Clarke; Nikki Caughey, Ailsa Hughes; Grainne O’Loughlin, Meabh Keegan, Isobel Clerk, Keelin Brady, Faith Oviawe, Katie O’Dwyer, Molly Boyne, Lindsay Peat.
Replacements: Emily Gavin, Patricia Doyle, Salome Trauth, Claire Boles, Kayla Waldron, Sarah Browne, Claire Keohane.
SUTTONIANS 22 GALWEGIANS 19, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Tries: Lauren Farrell McCabe, Leomie Kloppers, Róisín O’Driscoll, Julia O’Connor; Con: Katelyn Faust
Galwegians: Tries: Emma O’Leary 2, Orla Dixon; Cons: Sinead O’Brien 2
HT: Suttonians 12 Galwegians 0
SUTTONIANS: Katelyn Faust; Brenda Barr (capt), Julia O’Connor, Shannon Touhey, Carrie O’Keeffe; Lauren Farrell McCabe, Rachael McIlroy; Ciara Spencer, Aoife Brennan, Róisín O’Driscoll, Grainne Tummon, Aislinn Layde, Nicola Bolger, Louise Catinot, Leomie Kloppers.
Replacements: Megan Cullen, Mary Healy, Jools Aungier, Ciara Twomey.
GALWEGIANS: Gemma Faulkner; Sarah O’Connell, Orla Dixon, Zorya Surguet, Evanna Finn; Emma Keane, Emma O’Leary; Ellen Connolly, Elizabeth McNicholas, Dearbhla Canty, Orla Fenton, Mollie Starr, Jane Neill, Nolwenn Dubois, Grace Browne Moran (capt).
Replacements: Stacy Hanley, Grace Fennell, Ruth Whittle, Cara Connolly, Lily Claffey Howard, Eve Tarpey, Sinead O’Brien.