Energia All-Ireland Women’s Cup Series: Round 1 Results Round-Up

The Energia Women’s All-Ireland Cup Series kicked off today with recently-crowned AIL champions Blackrock College picking up where they left off by beating Suttonians. Here are all the results from the first round.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND WOMEN’S CUP SERIES – ROUND 1 RESULTS:

Saturday, January 28 –

COOKE 29 BALLINCOLLIG 10, Shaw’s Bridge
Scorers: Cooke: Tries: Ilse van Staden, Hannah Downey, Helen McGhee 2; Cons: Amanda Morton 3; Pen: Amanda Morton
Ballincollig: Tries: Heather Kennedy, Laurileigh Baker
HT: Cooke 7 Ballincollig 10

COOKE: Lucy Thompson; Tamzin Boyce, Teah Maguire, Christy Hill, Megan Edwards; Amanda Morton, Hannah Downey; Ilse van Staden, Megan Simpson, Aishling O’Connell (capt), Gemma McCamley, Cara O’Kane, Chloe McMorran, Katie Hetherington, Helen McGhee.

Replacements: Ella Garland, Emma Kearney, Fiona McCaughan, Beth McCamley, Georgia Boyce, Annie Timoney.

BALLINCOLLIG: Heather Kennedy; Sinéad O’Reilly, Michelle O’Driscoll, Kelly Griffin, Alison Kelly; Jayne Pennefather, Mona Fehily; Roisin Ormond, Clodagh Walsh (capt), Clare Coombes, Gillian Coombes, Sarah O’Donovan, Tiare Siguenza, Laurileigh Baker, Denise Redmond.

Replacements: Annie Laffan, Orla Rea, Aoife Flynn, Tamsin Richards, Nicola Akande, Grace Buckley, Aoife Buckley.

GALWEGIANS 10 UL BOHEMIANS 29, Crowley Park
Scorers: Galwegians: Try: Ellen Connolly; Con: Nicole Fowley; Pen: Nicole Fowley
UL Bohemians: Tries: Niamh Kavanagh 2, Eilis Cahill 2, Chloe Pearse; Cons: Kate Flannery 2
HT: Galwegians 3 UL Bohemians 10

GALWEGIANS: Mairéad Coyne; Laoise McGonagle, Maelle Jouve, Ursula Sammon, Sinead O’Brien; Nicole Fowley (capt), Mary Healy; Jessica Loftus, Emily Gavin, Ellen Connolly, Dearbhla Canty, Orla Fenton, Nolwenn Dubois, Mollie Starr, Grace Browne Moran.

Replacements: Ruby Lynch, Hannah Coen, Niamh O’Grady, Camille Lassalle, Aoife Williams, Gemma Faulkner, Olivia Haverty.

UL BOHEMIANS: Stephanie Nunan; Aisling Stock, Alana McInerney, Rachel Allen, Niamh Kavanagh; Kate Flannery, Abbie Salter-Townshend; Geena Behan, Lily Brady, Eilís Cahill, Eva McCormack, Rebecca Reilly, Sarah Garrett, Jane Clohessy, Chloe Pearse (capt).

Replacements: Ciara O’Dwyer, Nicola Sweeney, Fiona Reidy, Sarah Quin, Aoibhe O’Flynn, Muirne Wall, Nina Mathastein.

RAILWAY UNION 39 WICKLOW 15, Park Avenue
Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Nikki Caughey, Lindsay Peat 2, Niamh Byrne 2, Aimee Clarke, Stephanie Carroll; Cons: Hazel Simmons, Nikki Caughey
Wicklow: Tries: Lauren Barry 2; Con: Beth Roberts; Pen: Beth Roberts
HT: Railway Union 17 Wicklow 10

RAILWAY UNION: Aoife O’Shaughnessy; Ava Ryder, Niamh Byrne (capt), Nikki Caughey, Stephanie Carroll; Hazel Simmons, Christine Coffey; Lindsay Peat, Deirdre Roberts, Katie O’Dwyer, Sonia McDermott, Aoife McDermott, Carmen Rodera, Keelin Brady, Emma Murphy.

Replacements: Claire Byrne, Grainne O’Loughlin, Daisy Earle, Emerson Allen, Katie Heffernan, Aimee Clarke, Leah Tarpey.

WICKLOW: Naoise O’Reilly; Saoirse O’Reilly, Aoibhin Stone, Sarah Gleeson, Meagan Parkinson; Beth Roberts, Erin McConnell (capt); Linda Dempsey, Eimear Douglas, Lauren Barry, Rachel Griffey, Jessica Schmidt, Caoimhe Molloy, Nicola Schmidt, Niamh Ni Dhroma.

Replacements: Noelle Ward, Laura Newsome, Loretta Gilbert, Leah Murphy, Suzanne Tyrrell, Megan McConnell.

SUTTONIANS 5 BLACKROCK COLLEGE 31, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Try: Grainne Tummon
Blackrock College: Tries: Niamh Tester, Michelle Claffey, Aoife Moore, Lisa Mullen, Mairéad Ní Chathasaigh; Cons: Lisa Mullen 2, Abby Moyles
HT: Suttonians 5 Blackrock College 14

SUTTONIANS: Sophie Gibney; Moya Kernan, Meabh O’Brien, Catherine Martin (capt), Annie Buntine; Órfhlaith Murray, Amber Redmond; Grainne Tummon, Julia O’Connor, Roisin O’Driscoll, Brenda Barr, Nicola Bolger, Casey White, Ali Howick, Carrie O’Keeffe.

Replacements: Aislinn Layde, Louise Catinot, Clara Sexton, Jools Aungier, Ciara Spencer.

BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Ellen Boylan; Valerie Power, Alanna Fitzpatrick, Ciara Scanlan, Mairéad Ní Chathasaigh; Lisa Mullen, Abby Moyles; Shannon Heapes, Niamh Tester, Ava Fannin, Hannah Hodges, Aoife Moore, Michelle Claffey (capt), Beth Cregan, Laura Feely.

Replacements: Azhria Shweiki, Keely Doonan.