Energia Women’s All-Ireland League: Results Round-Up
Blackrock College's Maggie Boylan reaches over to score a try against Malone at Stradbrook ©John Crothers Sports Photography
Galwegians took care of Cooke to make it back-to-back wins in the Energia Women’s All-Ireland League, while Suttonians’ second-half fightback earned them a losing bonus point against Old Belvedere.
ENERGIA WOMEN’S ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE – RESULTS:
ROUND 5: Saturday, October 30
COOKE 7 GALWEGIANS 47, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: Try: Helen McGhee; Con: Amanda Morton
Galwegians: Tries: Mairead Coyne, Megan Walsh, Fiona Scally, Faith Oviawe, Elizabeth McNicholas, Ursula Sammon, Laoise McGonagle; Cons: Emma Keane 6
HT: Cooke 7 Galwegians 19
COOKE: Teah Maguire; Tamzin Boyce, Coral Lapsley, Dolores Hughes, Georgia Boyce; Amanda Morton, Beth Cregan; Ilse van Staden, Megan Simpson, Aishling O’Connell (capt), Caolinn McCormack, Sorcha Mac Laimhin, Naomi McCord, Katie Hetherington, Helen McGhee.
Replacements: Fiona McCaughan, Cara McKevitt, India Daley, Eimear McQuillan.
GALWEGIANS: Mairead Coyne; Saskia Morrissey, Megan Walsh, Ursula Sammon, Laoise McGonagle; Emma Keane, Mary Healy (capt); Ellen Connolly, Tracy Lawlor, Jessica Loftus, Celia Killilea, Niamh O’Grady, Fiona Scally, Lisa-Marie Murphy, Kate Feehan.
Replacements: Ruby Lynch, Elizabeth McNicholas, Kiara Irwin, Sabina Egan, Faith Oviawe, Darwyn O’Halloran, Ines Delgado.
BALLINCOLLIG v RAILWAY UNION, Tanner Park (Covid-19-affected match cancelled – 0-0. Both teams are awarded two points)
SUTTONIANS 17 OLD BELVEDERE 22, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Tries: Sophie Gibney, Lauren Farrell McCabe, Emily McKeown; Con: Nicole Carroll
Old Belvedere: Tries: Elaine Anthony, Hannah Heskin, Vanessa Hullon, Lesley Ring; Con: Jemma Farrell
HT: Suttonians 0 Old Belvedere 22
SUTTONIANS: Sophie Gibney; Molly Fitzgerald, Jessica Kelleher, Catherine Martin, Lena Kibler; Nicole Carroll, Lauren Farrell McCabe (capt); Julia Bauer, Aoife Brennan, Katie Grant Duggan, Louise Catinot, Aislinn Layde, Carrie O’Keeffe, Ciara Farrell, Aifric O’Brien.
Replacements: Katie Reel, Ciara O’Brien, Sophie Brennan, Brenda Barr, Jools Aungier, Emily McKeown.
OLD BELVEDERE: Grace Miller; Laura Carty, Ailbhe Dowling, Hannah Heskin, Clare Gorman; Aine Donnelly, Jemma Farrell; Alice O’Dowd, Rachel Murphy, Vic Dabanovich O’Mahony, Elaine Anthony, Jan Carroll, Ivanna Dempsey, Lesley Ring, Clodagh Dunne.
Replacements: Melissa Hayden, Jessica Spain, Niamh O’Dowd, Ciara O’Dwyer, Hannah Tyrrell, Vanessa Hullon, Kate Balance.
BLACKROCK COLLEGE 52 MALONE 7, Stradbrook
Scorers: Blackrock College: Tries: Michelle Claffey 2, Maggie Boylan 3, Jackie Shiels, Ciara Scanlan, Anna Potterton; Cons: Jackie Shiels 6
Malone: Try: Emma Jordan; Con: Holly Brannigan
HT: Blackrock College 31 Malone 0
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Maggie Boylan; Natasja Behan, Michelle Claffey (capt), Ciara Scanlan, Caoimhe O’Callaghan; Jackie Shiels, Laura Delaney; Aoife Moore, Niamh Tester, Christy Haney, Anna Potterton, Mairead Holohan, Hannah Hodges, Niamh Griffin, Casey O’Brien.
Replacements: Caoimhe Molloy, Meadhbh O’Callaghan, Valerie Power, Orla Molloy, Kate Cullen.
MALONE: Holly Brannigan; Anna Stanfield, Jill Stephens, Sophie Armstrong, Emma Jordan; Peita McAlister (capt), Rachael McIlroy; Sarah Murphy, Ashleigh Currie, Chrissie McKee, Jasmine Ward, Hannah Beattie, Aoife Cahill, Emma Taylor, Amonae Dabbs-Brown.
Replacements: Niamh McCloskey, Cara O’Neill, Laura Maybin.
UL BOHEMIANS 28 WICKLOW 0, UL Arena
* Match cancelled – the IRFU National Competitions Committee has determined five league points and a scoreline of 28-0 will be awarded to UL Bohemians