Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 16 Results Round-Up
Railway Union maintained their 100% winning record in the league at home to south Dublin rivals Blackrock College ©Ronan Ryan
There were home bonus point wins across the board in the Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division, with Railway Union and UL Bohemian both guaranteeing home advantage in next month’s semi-finals.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 16:
Saturday, March 8 –
BALLINCOLLIG 34 TULLOW 12, Tanner Park
Scorers: Ballincollig: Tries: Kate O’Sullivan, Laurileigh Baker, Brighid Twohig, Michelle O’Driscoll, Fia Whelan, Vicki Good; Cons: Emma Connolly 2
Tullow: Tries: Grace Kelly, Roisin O’Toole; Con: Catherine Dempsey
HT: Ballincollig 17 Tullow 7
BALLINCOLLIG: Kate O’Sullivan; Michelle O’Driscoll (capt), Ellie Cournane, Alison Kelly, Brighid Twohig; Emma Connolly, Eve Prendergast; Alix Cunneen, Aoife Fleming, Sinead O’Donnell, Amelia Green, Laurileigh Baker, Anna Kavanagh, Aoife Madigan, Aoibheann McGrath.
Replacements: Lily Morris, Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Alisha Flynn, Michelle Stafford, Vicki Good, Fia Whelan, Rachel Naughton.
TULLOW: Roisin O’Toole; Alice Carroll, Jane O’Neill, Alex O’Brien, Lisa O’Toole; Catherine Dempsey, Aoife McGrath; Anna O’Neill, Grace Kelly (capt), Orla Hanlon, Nicola Caldbeck, Aoife Byrne, Emma Byrne, Lana Brennan, Carla Cloney.
Replacements: Katie Ann O’Neill, Courtney Kelly, Leanne Savage.
COOKE 24 GALWEGIANS 21, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: Tries: Amy Benson; Tara O’Neill, Lucy Thompson, Megan Simpson; Cons: Amanda Morton 2
Galwegians: Tries: Sarah Purcell, Sophie Cullen 2; Cons: Sinead O’Brien 3
HT: Cooke 12 Galwegians 14
COOKE: Niamh Marley; Molly Boyd, Paige Smyth, Tara O’Neill, Amy Benson; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Ella Garland, Megan Simpson (capt), Ilse van Staden, Izzy Harris, Sorcha Mac Laimhin, Enya Hughes, Katie Gilmour, Stacey Sloan.
Replacements: Fiona McCaughan, Aishling O’Connell, Fae Perry, Freya Craig, Lucy Thompson.
GALWEGIANS: Gemma Faulkner; Sinead O’Brien, Sarah Purcell, Lorna Morrin, Evanna Finn; Sophie Cullen, Megan Connolly; Ellen Connolly (capt), Stacy Hanley, Jessica Loftus, Orla Fenton, Grace Fennell, Eve Tarpey, Mollie Starr, Ailish Quinn.
Replacements: Dolores Hughes.
RAILWAY UNION 32 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 19, Park Avenue
Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Aimee Clarke, Lindsay Peat, Laura Sheehan, Megan Collis, Caoimhe McCormack, Alanna Fusiardi Wallace; Con: Caoimhe McCormack
Blackrock College: Tries: Maggie Boylan 2, Casey Jackson; Cons: Lisa Mullen 2
HT: Railway Union 12 Blackrock College 0
RAILWAY UNION: Aimee Clarke; Laura Sheehan, Alaïs Diebold, Niamh Byrne (capt), Rhiann Heery; Caoimhe McCormack, Ailsa Hughes; Kirstie Stevenson, Meabh Keegan, Megan Collis, Sonia McDermott, Aoife McDermott, Poppy Garvey, Evelyn Donnelly, Lindsay Peat.
Replacements: Alanna Fusciardi Wallace, Katie O’Dwyer, Emer Meagher, Grace Jackson, Hannah Johnston, Claire Keohane, Sarah Munnelly.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Andi Murphy; Ava Ryder, Tess Proos, Catherine Martin, Maggie Boylan; Lisa Mullen, Casey Jackson; Aoife Moore, Ann-Marie Rooney, Ava Fannin, Nikki Gibson, Hannah O’Connor (capt), Ciara Scanlan, Sarah Moody, Meadbh Scally.
Replacements: Lynn Koelman, Megan Brodie, Molly Fitzpatrick, Amelia McFarland, Sarah Farley, Kate Barry, Lauren Patterson.
UL BOHEMIAN 47 OLD BELVEDERE 0, Annacotty
Scorers: UL Bohemian: Tries: Eilís Cahill, Clodagh O’Halloran 3, Laoise McGonagle, Aoife Corey, Claire Bennett; Cons: Abby Moyles 6
Old Belvedere: –
HT: UL Bohemian 14 Old Belvedere 0
UL BOHEMIAN: Aoife Corey; Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Stephanie Nunan, Laoise McGonagle; Abby Moyles, Nicole Cronin; Ciara McLoughlin, Lily Brady, Eilís Cahill, Claire Bennett, Sarah Garrett, Ciara O’Dwyer, Clodagh O’Halloran, Chloe Pearse (capt).
Replacements: Maddy Kushner, Aoibheann Hahessy, Niamh Brodie, Rachel Allen, Abbie Salter-Townshend, Aisling Stock, Lyndsay Clarke.
OLD BELVEDERE: Emma Tilly; Vanessa Hullon, Elise O’Byrne-White, Minonna Nunstedt, Megan Edwards; Emma Kelly, Charlotte Nagle; Hannah Wilson, Lisa Callan, Katie Layde, Grace Tutty, Zara Martin, Áine Rutley, Lesley Ring (capt), Kara Mulcahy.
Replacements: Victoria Dabanovich O’Mahony, Chloe Ericson, Amy Bond, Kate Ballance, Tania Rosser.
WICKLOW 29 SUTTONIANS 13, Ashtown Lane
Scorers: Wicklow: Tries: Rachel Griffey 2, Sarah Gleeson, Erin McConnell, Jennifer Madden; Cons: Beth Roberts 2
Suttonians: Tries: Esmee Ligtvoet 2; Pen: Laura Claridge
HT: Wicklow 19 Suttonians 5
WICKLOW: Sarah Gleeson; Jennifer Madden, Clara Dunne, Roisin Stone, Faye O’Neill; Beth Roberts, Erin McConnell; Valerie Conyard, Eimear Douglas (capt), Erana Te Moananui, Laura Newsome, Caitlin Griffey, Ciara O’Leary, Ciara Short, Rachel Griffey.
Replacements: Joanne Smith, Aoife Nixon, Kathy Byrne, Katie Flynn, Laura Griffin, Alannah Dixon.
SUTTONIANS: Caoimhe Hoy; Lena Kibler, Meabh O’Brien (capt), Laura Claridge, Mairead McErlean; Esmee Ligtvoet, Meabh Collins; Roisin O’Driscoll, Aoife Brennan, Ciara Spencer, Caoimhe Guinan, Nicola Bolger, Orla McDonald, Carrie O’Keeffe, Julia O’Connor.
Replacements: Bronach Cassidy, Naoise Smyth, Sophie Gibney.
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