Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 3 Results Round-Up

Leaders Wicklow and Railway Union maintained their winning form at the top of the Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division, picking up important points on the road against Suttonians and Blackrock College respectively.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 3:

Saturday, October 19 –

OLD BELVEDERE 5 UL BOHEMIAN 31, Ollie Campbell Park
Scorers: Old Belvedere: Try: Megan Edwards
UL Bohemian: Tries: Chisom Ugwueru 2, Chloe Pearse, Muirne Wall, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha; Cons: Kate Flannery 2, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha
HT: Old Belvedere 0 UL Bohemian 24

OLD BELVEDERE: Megan Edwards; Kate Ballance, Emma Tilly, Emma Kelly, Vanessa Hullon; Ellie O’Sullivan Sexton, Jade Gaffney; Hannah Wilson, Lisa Cullan, Katie Layde, Clodagh Dunne (capt), Orlaith McAuliffe, Grace Tutty, Jane Neill, Kara Mulcahy.

Replacements: Sinead Farrell, Áine Rutley, Juliet Byrne, Maria Kenny, Eowyn Edwards, Alannah Boyle.

UL BOHEMIAN: Aoife Corey; Alana McInerney, Lucia Linn, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Chisom Ugwueru; Kate Flannery, Muirne Wall; Grainne Burke, Beth Buttimer, Eilis Cahill, Claire Bennett, Aoibhe O’Flynn, Clodagh O’Halloran, Brianna Heylmann, Chloe Pearse (capt).

Replacements: Ciara McLoughlin, Saoirse Crowe, Sarah Garrett, Aoibheann Hahessy, Maddy Kushner, Rachel Allen, Laoise McGonagle.

BLACKROCK COLLEGE 15 RAILWAY UNION 22, Stradbrook
Scorers: Blackrock College: Tries: Ava Fannin, Maggie Boylan; Con: Hannah O’Connor; Pen: Hannah O’Connor
Railway Union: Tries: Megan Collis, Lindsay Peat, Leah Tarpey; Cons: Nikki Caughey 2; Pen: Nikki Caughey
HT: Blackrock College 15 Railway Union 12

BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Andrea Murphy; Anna Doyle, Ava Ryder, Cara Martin, Maeve Liston; Lisa Mullen, Casey Jackson; Aoife Moore, Sarah Delaney, Ava Fannin, Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Koren Dunne, Lynn Koelman, Mya Alcorn, Hannah O’Connor (capt).

Replacements: Ann-Marie Rooney, Megan Brodie, Kate Jordan, Amelia McFarland, Maggie Boylan, Leah Reilly, Tess Proos.

RAILWAY UNION: Caoimhe McCormack; Amanda Berta, Niamh Byrne (capt), Leah Tarpey, Laura Sheehan; Nikki Caughey, Ailsa Hughes; Patricia Doyle, Emily Gavin, Megan Collis, Aoife McDermott, Poppy Garvey, Claire Boles, Molly Boyne, Lindsay Peat.

Replacements: Meabh Keegan, Kirstie Stevenson, Faith Oviawe, Grace Jackson, Evelyn Donnelly, Hannah Scanlan, Aimee Clarke.

GALWEGIANS 59 COOKE 22, Crowley Park
Scorers: Galwegians: Tries: Sophie Cullen 2, Gemma Faulkner 3, Sarah Purcell 2, Emily Foley 3, Róisín Maher; Cons: Emma O’Leary 2
Cooke: to follow
HT: Galwegians 22 Cooke 15

GALWEGIANS: Sophie Cullen; Gemma Faulkner, Sarah Purcell, Lorna Morrin, Emily Foley; Emma O’Leary, Grainne Moran; Ellen Connolly (capt), Stacy Hanley, Róisín Maher, Orla Fenton, Grace Fennell, Ailish Quinn, Mollie Starr, Sarah McCormick.

Replacements: Elizabeth McNicholas, Eve Tarpey, Katherine Mahon, Laura Hastings, Molina Oung, Megan Connolly, Sinead O’Brien.

COOKE: Becky Irvine; Katie Gilmour, Molly Boyd, Stacey Sloan, Beth O’Connell; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Ella Garland, Fiona McCaughan, Ilse van Staden, Sorcha Mac Laimhin, Cara O’Kane, Eimear McQuillan, Enya Hughes, Megan Simpson (capt).

Replacements: Fae Perry, Alanagh van Staden.

SUTTONIANS 5 WICKLOW 45, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Try: Katie Grant Duggan
Wicklow: Tries: Ella Roberts 2, Roisin Stone 2, Erin McConnell, Caoimhe Molloy, Naoise O’Reilly; Cons: Beth Roberts
HT: Suttonians 0 Wicklow 31

SUTTONIANS: Lauren Farrell McCabe; Clara Sexton, Meabh O’Brien, Julia O’Connor, Anne Marie Cullen; Laura Claridge, Lena Kibler; Katie Grant Duggan (capt), Aoife Brennan, Roisin O’Driscoll, Caoimhe Guinan, Nicola Bolger, Ciara Spencer, Orla McDonald, Carrie O’Keeffe.

Replacements: Megan Cullen, Mary Healy, Meabh Collins, Inaya Madyun, Naoise Smyth, Mairead McErlean, Ella Juan.

WICKLOW: Ella Roberts; Clara Dunne, Robyn Johnston, Roisin Stone, Emily McKeown; Beth Roberts, Erin McConnell; Caoimhe Molloy, Eimear Douglas (capt), Erana Te Moananui, Laura Newsome, Caitlin Griffey, Ciara O’Leary, Ciara Short, Rachel Griffey.

Replacements: Faith Morley, Valerie Conyard, Renee Koper, Robyn McCarthy, Jennifer Madden, Sarah Gleeson, Naoise O’Reilly.

TULLOW 10 BALLINCOLLIG 26, Blackgates
Scorers: Tullow: Tries: Grace Kelly 2
Ballincollig: Tries: Niamh Crotty 3, Michelle O’Driscoll; Cons: Emma Connolly 3
HT: Tullow 5 Ballincollig 7

TULLOW: Roisin O’Toole; Chloe Walsh, Chloe Farrell, Alex O’Brien, Jacinta Byrne; Aoife McGrath, Alice Carroll; Nicola Caldbeck, Anna O’Neill, Annie Gardner, Carla Cloney, Orla Hanlon, Emma Byrne, Lana Brennan, Grace Kelly (capt).

Replacements: Joanna Mahon, Niamh Ryan, Courtney Kelly, Aoife Byrne, Leanne Savage.

BALLINCOLLIG: Alison Kelly; Niamh Crotty, Saveena Giesbrecht, Michelle O’Driscoll (capt), Brighid Twohig; Emma Connolly, Eve Prendergast; Charlie McBurney, Aoife Fleming, Sinead O’Donnell, Amelia Green, Anna Kavanagh, Aoibheann McGrath, Shirley Bailey, Aoife Madigan.

Replacements: Niamh McCarthy, Alisha Flynn, Katelyn Fleming, Miriam Murphy, Laura Fahey, Rachel Naughton, Áine Dunniece.

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