Highlights: Junior Cup Joy Again For MU Barnhall

MU Barnhall scored the only tries of an engrossing Energia All-Ireland Women’s Junior Cup final, overhauling Tuam/Oughterard late on to prevail 15-6 at Mullingar RFC’s Shay Murtagh Park.

Inaugural winners of the competition last season, MU Barnhall had to dig deep before a late 10-point blitz saw Niamh Fitzgerald’s side secure back-to-back Junior Cup titles.

Having enjoyed a superb first two seasons in existence as a senior squad, Tuam/Oughterard’s young guns were looking to make a splash at a national level after becoming the first Connacht club to reach the All-Ireland Junior Cup final.

Check out the highlights of the game below:

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND WOMEN’S JUNIOR CUP FINAL:

Saturday, January 13 –

TUAM/OUGHTERARD COLTS 6 MU BARNHALL 15, Mullingar RFC
Scorers: Tuam/Oughterard Colts: Pens: Éabha Nic Dhonnacha 2
MU Barnhall: Tries: Lauren Patterson, Rebecca Francis; Con: Ciara Faulkner; Pen: Ciara Faulkner
HT: Tuam/Oughterard Colts 6 MU Barnhall 5

TUAM/OUGHTERARD COLTS: Hannah Clarke; Nia Lydon, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Amy Burns, Dominika Lukasik; Emma Burns, Rachel Forkan; Niamh Corless, Sarah-Jane Fox (capt), Holly Daly, Abigail Gibbons, Gráinne Hahessy, Aebha Lydon, Beibhinn Gleeson, Karly Tierney.

Replacements used: Rhona O’Dea, Katie Creaven, Fodhla Ní Bhraonain, Aoife O’Callaghan, Aifric Ní Ghibne.

MU BARNHALL: Ava Gleeson; Alex Casey, Ciara Faulkner (capt), Sinead Farrell, Lauren Patterson; Órfhlaith Murray, Nias Jaime Bouquet; Holly Lowney, Emma Kiernan, Rebecca Francis, Alannah Fraser, Ali Howick, Sarah Haughian, Prudence Isaac, Katelynn Doran.

Replacements used: Emily Byrne, Niamh Quinn, Amy Rushton, Brooke Fagan Merrigan.

Referee: Mark Hynes (IRFU)