Energia All-Ireland Women’s Cup & Plate Finals: Results Round-Up

There were joyous scenes at Dundalk RFC today where UL Bohemian dethroned Railway Union to win their first Energia All-Ireland Women’s Cup title since 2019, while Galwegians reversed last week’s result against Cooke to retain the All-Ireland Plate.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND WOMEN’S CUP FINAL:

Saturday, January 27 –

RAILWAY UNION 12 UL BOHEMIAN 34, Dundalk RFC
Scorers: Railway Union: Tries: Aoife Doyle, Rhiann Heery; Con: Dani Franada
UL Bohemian: Tries: Eva McCormack, Laoise McGonagle, Rachel Allen 2, Clara Barrett; Cons: Rachel Allen, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha 2; Pen: Éabha Nic Dhonnacha
HT: Railway Union 12 UL Bohemian 5

RAILWAY UNION: Aoife Doyle, Rhiann Heery, Niamh Byrne (capt), Maddy Aberg, Alaïs Diebold; Dani Franada, Claire Keohane; Gráinne O’Loughlin, Meabh Keegan, Kirstie Stevenson, Salome Trauth, Patricia Doyle, Katie O’Dwyer, Deirdre Roberts, Lindsay Peat.

Replacements: Michelle Nadine, Rebecca Draper, Lauren Cooper, Alice Mills-Hicks, Isobel Clerk, Sarah Browne.

UL BOHEMIAN: Clara Barrett; Aoibhe O’Flynn, Stephanie Nunan, Rachel Allen, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha; Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Muirne Wall; Chloe Pearse (capt), Ciara O’Dwyer, Fiona Reidy, Ciara Monahan, Sarah Garrett, Eva McCormack, Clodagh O’Halloran, Ciara (Griffin) O’Sullivan.

Replacements: Nicola Sweeney, Niamh Brodie, Emma Daly, Karly Tierney, Aisling Stock, Rebecca Bradshaw, Nina Mathastein, Laoise McGonagle.

Galwegians captain Gemma Faulkner gets away from Cooke’s Georgia Boyce during the Energia All-Ireland Women’s Plate final ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND WOMEN’S PLATE FINAL:

Saturday, January 27 –

GALWEGIANS 19 COOKE 14, Dundalk RFC
Scorers: Galwegians: Tries: Nolwenn Dubois, Róisín Maher 2; Cons: Emma Keane 2
Cooke: Tries: Ilse van Staden, Stacey Sloan; Cons: Amanda Morton 2
HT: Galwegians 12 Cooke 0

GALWEGIANS: Gemma Faulkner (capt); Zorya Surguet, Mairead Coyne, Evanna Finn, Chloe Casey; Emma Keane, Emma O’Leary; Ellen Connolly, Ava Kavanagh, Róisín Maher, Mollie Starr, Orla Fenton, Sarah McCormick, Nolwenn Dubois, Jane Neill.

Replacements: Eve Tarpey, Lily Howard, Cara Connolly.

COOKE: Laura Cairns; Katie Gilmour, Tara O’Neill, Stacey Sloan, Tamzin Boyce; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Ella Garland, Megan Simpson, Ilse van Staden, Cara O’Kane, Aishling O’Connell (capt), Kirsty Jackson, Nicola Sloane, Gemma McCamley.

Replacements: Eimear McQuillan, Sorcha Mac Laimhin, Izzy Harris, Daina Marks, Becky Irvine, Teah Maguire.