PwC Under-18 Women’s Interpros: Round 2 Previews

The PwC Under-18 Women’s Interprovincial Championship continues today, with Ulster and Leinster’s future stars getting the chance to play in a Kingspan Stadium double header. Galway Corinthians RFC is the venue for leaders Connacht’s clash with Munster.

PWC UNDER-18 WOMEN’S INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 2:

Saturday, August 24 –

CONNACHT U-18 WOMEN (1st) v MUNSTER U-18 WOMEN (3rd), Galway Corinthians RFC, 1pm

CONNACHT U-18: Aoife Heaney (Claremorris RFC); Kate Gallagher (Ballina RFC), Émer Collins (Ballina RFC), Siofra Hession (Creggs RFC) (capt), Róisín O’Sullivan (Ballinasloe RFC); Carla Palasz (Westport RFC), Meabh Flannery (Galway Corinthians RFC), Ciara Corrigan (Creggs RFC), Uillin Eilian (Tuam/Oughterard RFC), Grace Kellett (Westport RFC), Faith Durkin (Ballinrobe RFC), Katie Griffin (Loughrea RFC), Anna McDermott (Ballinasloe RFC), Ruby Jennings (Claremorris RFC), Róisín Power (Ballinasloe RFC).

Replacements: Amy O’Toole (Tuam/Oughterard RFC), Cairínn Kearns (Gort/Monivea RFC), Louise Seoighe (Tuam/Oughterard RFC), Evie Kennedy (Balina RFC), Isabelle Quinn (Creggs RFC), Katie McNamara (Loughrea RFC), Aoibh Morrow (Connemara RFC), Esther Olanrewaju (Balinasloe RFC).

MUNSTER U-18: Clodagh McCarthy (Clonakilty RFC); Siobhan O’Callaghan (Ballincollig RFC), Niamh O’Mahony (Bandon RFC/Ballincollig RFC), Lily Byrne (Dolphin RFC), Grace Kingston (Bantry Bay RFC); Lani O’Donavan (Clonakilty RFC), Mia Hennelly (Ballina-Killaloe RFC); Tuathla Ryan (Ballina-Killaloe RFC), Erin Ridgway (Kinsale RFC/Dolphin RFC), Ella Buckley (Kanturk RFC/Ballincollig RFC), Sally Kelly (Ennis RFC), Aoife Grimes (Shannon RFC), Elena O’Brien (Midleton RFC), Roxanne Llewellyn (Clonakilty RFC), Cailinn O’Brien (Garryowen FC).

Replacements: Róisín Cullinane (Midleton RFC), Ella Guerin Crowley (Killarney RFC), Alice Buckley (Kanturk RFC), Leona Arra (Clonakilty RFC), Julie Finn (Clonakilty RFC), Sarah Keavey (Ennis RFC), Abi Kelly (Ennis RFC), Alice O’Donovan (Bantry Bay RFC).

ULSTER U-18 WOMEN (4th) v LEINSTER U-18 WOMEN (2nd), Kingspan Stadium, 2pm

ULSTER U-18: Aoibhin Smith (Virginia RFC); Tess McFadden (Monaghan RFC), Amy McConkey (Cooke RFC), Caitlin Crowe (County Cavan RFC), Sinead Bowers (Enniskillen RFC); Elise McDermott (Limavady RFC), Erin Robinson (Ballymena RFC); Cara McLean (Larne RFC) (capt), Elinor van Lill (Virginia RFC), Grace Simati (Letterkenny RFC), Olivia McKinley (Banbridge RFC), Maeve O’Dwyer (Virginia RFC), Dulcie Bowden (Cooke RFC), Laura Scott (Ards RFC), Niamh Fulton (Malone RFC).

Replacements: Aoife Prunty (Monaghan RFC), Rachael Henderson (Clogher Valley RFC), Orlaith Maguire (Enniskillen RFC), Sarah Corry (Enniskillen RFC), Brooke Schoenfeldt (Banbridge RFC), Julia Mulligan (Enniskillen RFC), Kaitlyn McMorrow (Letterkenny RFC), Abi Carson (Malone RFC).

LEINSTER U-18: Teniola Onigbode (Clontarf FC); Diana Izekor (Longford RFC/Wilson’s Hospital), Gráinne Cleary (Mullingar RFC), Molly Whately (Dundalk RFC), Kate O’Molloy (Dundalk RFC); Sophie Malone (Dundalk RFC), Aoibhe Kelly (Tullamore RFC/Roscrea RFC) (capt); Katie O’Driscoll (Suttonians RFC), Katie Kearney (Navan RFC), Shannon Codd (Wexford Wanderers RFC), Róisín Ridge (Seapoint Rugby Club), Mia Rowan (Longford RFC), Katie Anne Bobbett (Ashbourne RFC), Viktorija Kubiliute (Wexford Wanderers RFC), Usha Daly O’Toole (Gorey RFC).

Replacements: Orla O’Keeffe (Portarlington RFC), Kate Noons (Cill Dara RFC), Moya Murtagh (Mullingar RFC), Kate Miller (Cill Dara RFC), Shona Flanagan (New Ross RFC), Laura Walsh (Athy RFC), Ellie White (Cill Dara RFC), Rebecca Cahill (Portlaoise RFC).

ROUND 1 RESULTS:

Saturday, August 17 –

MUNSTER U-18 WOMEN 14 LEINSTER U-18 WOMEN 24, Virgin Media Park
Scorers: Munster: Tries: Lily Byrne 2; Cons: Lily Byrne 2
Leinster: Tries: Emma Jane Wilson, Teni Onigbode, Molly Whately, Sophie Malone; Cons: Aoibhe Kelly 2
HT: Munster 0 Leinster 7

ULSTER U-18 WOMEN 12 CONNACHT U-18 WOMEN 38, Newforge Sports Complex
Scorers: Ulster: Tries: Erin McConalogue, Cara McLean; Con: Elise McDermott
Connacht: Tries: Róisín O’Sullivan, Ruby Jennings, Carla Palasz, Anna McDermott, Louise Seoighe, Aoife Heaney; Cons: Siofra Hession 4
HT: Ulster 0 Connacht 12

FIXTURES TO COME –

ROUND 3:

Saturday, August 31 –

LEINSTER U-18 WOMEN v CONNACHT U-18 WOMEN, Energia Park, 1pm

MUNSTER U-18 WOMEN v ULSTER U-18 WOMEN, Virgin Media Park, 3pm

FINALS DAY:

Saturday, September 7 –

3RD PLACED TEAM v 4TH PLACED TEAM, Buccaneers RFC, 1pm

1ST PLACED TEAM v 2ND PLACED TEAM, Buccaneers RFC, 3pm