#EnergiaAIL Women’s Division: Round 9 Results Round-Up
Railway Union winger Aimee Clarke tries to break through the Galwegians defence during today's clash at Park Avenue ©Ronan Ryan
Megan O’Connor converted Caoilfhionn Conway Morrissey’s late try to earn a share of the spoils for Ennis against Old Belvedere. Elsewhere in the Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division, Railway Union saw off Galwegians’ challenge to move into the top four.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 9:
Saturday, December 13 –
BALLINCOLLIG 22 UL BOHEMIAN 68, Tanner Park
Scorers: Ballincollig: Tries: Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Niamh Crotty, Eve Prendergast; Cons: Emma Connolly, Fia Whelan; Pen: Emma Connolly
UL Bohemian: Tries: Gráinne Burke, Clara Barrett, Becca O’Shea, Emma Dunican 2, Aoife Corey 3, Lily Brady, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Rachel Allen, Chloe Pearse; Cons: Éabha Nic Dhonnacha 4
HT: Ballincollig 10 UL Bohemian 32
BALLINCOLLIG: Niamh Crotty; Emelia Deane, Kate O’Sullivan, Alison Kelly, Grace Kingston; Emma Connolly, Eve Prendergast; Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Aoife Fleming, Lily Morris, Anna Kavanagh, Amelia Green, Alex Good, Aoibheann McGrath, Aoife Madigan (capt).
Replacements: Sinéad O’Donnell, Orlaith Morrissy, Megan O’Callaghan, Caolainn Healy, Kelly Griffin, Fia Whelan, Vicki Good.
UL BOHEMIAN: Aoife Corey; Holly O’Dwyer, Clara Barrett, Rachel Allen, Becca O’Shea; Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Abbie Salter-Townshend; Gráinne Burke, Emma Dunican, Ciara McLoughlin, Aoibhe O’Flynn, Claire Bennett, Lily Brady, Clodagh O’Halloran, Chloe Pearse (capt).
Replacements: Ciara O’Dwyer, Fiona Reidy, Anaïs Jubin, Jane Clohessy, Caoimhe Murphy, Sarah Heavenor, Nicole Cronin.
ENNIS 24 OLD BELVEDERE 24, Drumbiggle Road
Scorers: Ennis: Tries: Patricia Coote, Aoibheann Hahessy, Caoilfhionn Conway Morrissey 2; Cons: Megan O’Connor 2
Old Belvedere: Tries: Naoise Smyth, Ellie O’Sullivan Sexton, Kate Ballance, Lisa Callan; Cons: Ellie O’Sullivan Sexton 2
HT: Ennis 10 Old Belvedere 19
ENNIS: Patricia Coote; Emily Murphy, Saskia Conway Morrissey, Emma Byrne, Aoibhín Donnelly; Lyndsay Clarke, Megan O’Connor; Annie Lynch, Aisling Heapes, Ciara Coughlan, Laura Cooney, Aoibheann Hahessy, Emma Daly, Micaela Glynn (capt), Caoilfhionn Conway Morrissey.
Replacements: Ava Downes, Saoirse Reidy, Caoilinn Cahill, Emily Anglim, Clodagh McMahon, Alfrey Perkins.
OLD BELVEDERE: Laura Carty; Grace Tutty, Emma Kelly, Hazel Simmons, Kate Ballance; Ellie O’Sullivan Sexton, Jade Gaffney; Hannah Rapley, Lisa Callan, Alisha Flynn, Laura Sampson, Naoise Smyth, Áine Rutley, Éadaoin Murtagh, Lesley Ring (capt).
Replacements: Shana Murphy, Hannah Wilson, Eilis Doyle, Zara Martin, Julia O’Connor, Eowyn Edwards, Amy Bond.
Galwegians replacement Megan Connolly waits to feed the ball into a scrum during their game against Railway Union ©Ronan Ryan
RAILWAY UNION 44 GALWEGIANS 0, Park Avenue
Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Sarah O’Donnell, Aoife McDermott 2, Claire Boles, Heidi Lyons, Leah Tarpey, Chloé Ponthus, Méabh Keegan; Cons: Hannah Scanlan
Galwegians: –
HT: Railway Union 29 Galwegians 0
RAILWAY UNION: Leah Tarpey; Aimee Clarke, Niamh Byrne (capt), Heidi Lyons, Sarah O’Donnell; Hannah Scanlan, Chloé Ponthus; Siobhán McCarthy, Emily Gavin, Megan Collis, Poppy Garvey, Aoife McDermott, Miyu Kojima, Molly Boyne, Claire Boles.
Replacements: Méabh Keegan, Evelyn Donnelly, Kirstie Stevenson, Hannah Johnston, Grace Jackson, Ailsa Hughes, Ava Usanova, Emma Fabby.
GALWEGIANS: Emily Foley; Kila Curran Coleman, Sophie Cullen, Niamh Murphy, Saoirse Lawley; Síofra Hession, Gráinne Moran (co-capt); Ella Burns, Stacy Hanley, Ellen Connolly (co-capt), Dearbhla Canty, Grace Browne Moran, Hannah Coen, Mollie Starr, Beibhinn Gleeson.
Replacements: Laura Scuffil, Katherine Mahon, Elizabeth McNicholas, Aisling Whyte, Megan Connolly, Rebecca Farrell, Sinéad O’Brien.
COOKE 0 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 43, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: –
Blackrock College: Tries: Penalty try, Cara Martin, Andi Murphy, Hannah O’Connor, Ava Fannin, Nikki Gibson 2; Cons: Pen try con, Abby Moyles 2, Ella Durkan
HT: Cooke 0 Blackrock College 31
COOKE: Molly Boyd; Elise McDermott, Teah Morton, Paige Smyth, Luighseach Murnaghan; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Shola Iluyemi, Emilee Jalosuo, Ilse van Staden, Sorcha Mac Laimhin, Bronach Cassidy, Laura Scott, Katie Gilmour, Megan Simpson (capt).
Replacements: Angelique Corry, Chloe Harwin, Isobel Harris.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Jill O’Toole; Andi Murphy, Cara Martin, Catherine Martin, Maggie Boylan; Abby Moyles, Sophie Balay-Chawke; Ava Fannin, Sam Brackett, Megan Brodie, Nikki Gibson, Kate Jordan, Sarah Moody, Maeve Óg O’Leary, Hannah O’Connor (capt).
Replacements: Ella Greene, Aoife Moore, Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Carrie O’Keeffe, Lisa Mullen, Ella Durkan, Sarah Farley.
Young number 8 Usha Daly O’Toole is pictured in possession for Wicklow during their Leinster derby clash with Tullow ©Ronan Ryan
TULLOW 15 WICKLOW 36, Blackgates
Scorers: Tullow: Tries: Alex O’Brien, Angela Viciano, Destiny Moses
Wicklow: Tries: Erin McConnell, Faye O’Neill 2, Robyn Johnston, Sophie Murphy, Jamie Church; Cons: Beth Roberts 3
HT: Tullow 10 Wicklow 21
TULLOW: Leanne Savage; Siobhán Kennedy, Sara Rennick (capt), Alex O’Brien, Destiny Moses; Chloe Farrell, Hilary Fitzgerald; Anna O’Neill, Gabby Cuddy, Joanna Mahon, Angela Viciano, Orla Hanlon, Emma Byrne, Lana Brennan, Katie Ann O’Neill.
Replacements: Aoife Byrne, Courtney Kelly, Grace Kelly.
WICKLOW: Faye O’Neill; Laura Griffin, Jamie Church, Robyn Johnston, Sophie Murphy; Beth Roberts, Erin McConnell; Dannii Masters, Eimear Douglas (co-capt), Valerie Conyard, Renee Koper, Laura Newsome, Ciara O’Leary, Róisín Ridge, Usha Daly O’Toole.
Replacements: Lorraine Voorbach, Faye Bolger, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Emily Roberts, Rachel Griffey (co-capt), Sophie Richardson.
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