PwC Under-18 Girls Interpros – Round 1 Previews

The opening matches in the PwC Under-18 Girls Interprovincial Championship are part of double headers with the senior games, as the provinces’ future stars get the chance to shine at Virgin Media Park and Energia Park on Sunday.

PWC UNDER-18 GIRLS INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 1:

Sunday, August 10 –

MUNSTER UNDER-18s v CONNACHT UNDER-18s, Virgin Media Park, 2pm

MUNSTER U-18: Lily Byrne (Dolphin RFC); Abi Kelly (Ennis RFC), Alice O’Donovan (Bantry Bay RFC), Niamh O’Mahony (Ballincollig RFC), Keelin O’Shea (Iveragh Eagles RFC); Eliza O’Sullivan (Iveragh Eagles RFC), Julie Finn (Clonakilty RFC); Aoife Martin (Ennis RFC), Erin Ridgeway (Kinsale RFC/Dolphin RFC), Aine O’Rourke (Mallow RFC), Lisa O’Mahony (Ballincollig RFC), Sadhbh Brennan (Bantry Bay RFC), Elena O’Brien (Midleton RFC), Eliza Wiley Murphy (Scariff RFC), Cailinn O’Brien (Garryowen FC).

Replacements: Maya McMahon (Clonakilty RFC), Ciara O’Driscoll (Clonakilty RFC), Alice Buckley (Kanturk RFC), Laura Danaher (Scariff RFC), Orlaith Grimes (Shannon RFC), Sophie O’Riordan (Bruff RFC), Jo McCaughey (Clonakilty RFC), Maria O’Donovan (Clonakilty RFC).

CONNACHT U-18: Roisin O’Sullivan (Ballinasloe RFC); Kate Gallagher (Ballina RFC), Esther Albert (Ballinasloe RFC), Ruth Conway (Westport RFC) (co-capt), Aoibh Morrow (Tuam/Oughterard RFC); Mia White (Creggs RFC), Kitty Sweeney (Westport RFC); Isabel Lynott (Ballina RFC), Ciara Corrigan (Creggs RFC), Cairínn Kearns (Gort/Monivea RFC), Aoibhinn Lyons (Westport RFC), Juno Hayes (Tuam/Oughterard RFC), Ruby Jennings (Claremorris RFC), Anna McDermott (Ballinasloe RFC) (co-capt), Evie Kennedy (Ballina RFC).

Replacements: Millie Ager (Claremorris RFC), Holly Horkan (Westport RFC), Sharron Thornton (Tuam/Oughterard RFC), Orla Palasz (Westport RFC), Rhea Sestak (Loughrea RFC), Maebh Smith (Claremorris RFC), Leah McNamara (Westport RFC), Julianne Moore (Carrick-on-Shannon RFC).

LEINSTER UNDER-18s v ULSTER UNDER-18s, Energia Park, 5.30pm

LEINSTER U-18: Orla Rijksen (Mullingar RFC); Lillie Harney (Naas RFC), Sophie McDonagh (Tullamore RFC), Grainne Cleary (Mullingar RFC), Rebecca Cahill (Portlaoise RFC); Sophia White (Arklow RFC), Jade Carroll (Arklow RFC); Molly Hennessy Murphy (New Ross (RFC), Bobbi Cahill (Enniscorthy RFC), Lilly Murphy (Tullow RFC), Orlagh O’Brien (Mullingar RFC), Freya Brennan (Arklow RFC), Milita Valteryte (Dundalk RFC), Katieanne Bobbett (Ashbourne RFC), Emma O’Rourke (Navan RFC).

Replacements: Alex O’Shea (MU Barnhall RFC), Éabha O’Mahony (Mullingar RFC), Grace Cosgrove (Dundalk RFC), Muireann Foy (Mullingar RFC), Erin McFadden (Balbriggan RFC), Maebh Ní Cholla (Tullamore RFC), Diana Izekor (Longford RFC), Sloane Rangitaawa (Wicklow RFC).

ULSTER U-18: Aoibhín Smith (Virginia RFC); Natalie Turner (Enniskillen RFC), Sophie Hamilton (Omagh RFC), Brooke Schoendfelt (Malone RFC), Charlotte Thompson (Ballymoney RFC); Erin Robinson (Ballymena RFC), Julia Mulligan (Enniskillen RFC); Orlaith Maguire (Enniskillen RFC), Alice Seaney (Enniskillen RFC), Ella Moore (Malone RFC), Olivia McKinley (Banbridge RFC), Dearbhla Smith (Virginia RFC), Maisie Bowden (Cooke RFC), Myah Vance (Virginia RFC), Ciara Lewis (Malone RFC).

Replacements: Ava Boyle (City of Derry RFC), Jessica McFarlane (Limavady RFC), Jessica Kingston (Enniskillen RFC), Rachel Easdon (Ophir RFC), Alana Eadie (Banbridge RFC), Méabh Hull (Malone RFC), Rachel Kelly (Malome RFC), Eunice Adesanya (Virginia RFC).

PWC UNDER-18 GIRLS INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES –

Sunday, August 10 –

Munster v Connacht, Virgin Media Park, 2pm

Leinster v Ulster, Energia Park, 5.30pm

Saturday, August 16 –

Connacht v Ulster, Galway Corinthians RFC, 1pm

Leinster v Munster, Energia Park, 5.30pm

Saturday, August 23 –

Connacht v Leinster, Galway Corinthians RFC, 12.15pm

Ulster v Munster, Affidea Stadium, 1pm

Saturday, August 30 –

3rd/4th Place Play-Off, Wanderers FC, 1pm

Final, Wanderers FC, 2.45pm