Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division: Round 5 Results Round-Up
Blackrock College captain Hannah O'Connor comes up against Cooke lock Izzy Harris during their Energia All-Ireland League encounter at Stradbrook ©John Crothers Sports Photography
There were a number of hat-tricks and braces across the Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division, as Old Belvedere emerged as convincing winners over recent table toppers Wicklow, and Suttonians edged out Galwegians for their first win in four rounds.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 5:
Saturday, November 9 –
BLACKROCK COLLEGE 51 COOKE 0, Stradbrook
Scorers: Blackrock College: Tries: Tess Proos, Sarah Delaney, Maggie Boylan, Ava Fannin, Casey Jackson 2, Jillian O’Toole 2, Leah Reilly; Cons: Lisa Mullen 3
Cooke: –
HT: Blackrock College 22 Cooke 0
BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Kate Barry; Maggie Boylan, Tess Proos, Cara Martin, Anna Doyle; Lisa Mullen, Casey Jackson; Aoife Moore, Sarah Delaney, Ava Fannin, Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Kate Jordan, Orla Wafer, Lynn Koelman, Hannah O’Connor (capt).
Replacements: Ann-Marie Rooney, Megan Brodie, Hannah Hodges, Amelia McFarland, Jillian O’Toole, Leah Reilly, Ava Ryder.
COOKE: Hannah Downey; Sophie Moffett, Molly Boyd, Enya Hughes, Katie Gilmour; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Ella Garland, Maebh Clenaghan, Aishling O’Connell, Sorcha Mac Laimhin, Izzy Harris, Eimear McQuillan, Fiona McCaughan, Megan Simpson (capt).
Replacements: Ilse van Staden, Alanagh van Staden, Sunita Raja, Beth O’Connell.
OLD BELVEDERE 45 WICKLOW 12, Ollie Campbell Park
Scorers: Old Belvedere: Tries: Eowyn Edwards, Megan Edwards 3, Jade Gaffney, Sinead Farrell, Jemma Farrell; Cons: Jemma Farrell 5
Wicklow: Tries: Erana Te Moananui, Rachel Griffey; Con: Beth Roberts
HT: Old Belvedere 24 Wicklow 0
OLD BELVEDERE: Eowyn Edwards; Megan Edwards, Elise O’Byrne White, Deirbhile Nic a Bháird, Vanessa Hullon; Emma Kelly, Jade Gaffney; Hannah Wilson, Lisa Cullan, Clodagh Dunne, Orlaith McAuliffe, Lesley Ring (capt), Áine Rutley, Jane Neill, Kara Mulcahy.
Replacements: Sinead Farrell, Hannah Rapley, Juliet Condron, Grace Tutty, Kate Ballance, Jemma Farrell, Amy Bond.
WICKLOW: Ella Roberts; Sarah Gleeson, Clara Dunne, Roisin Stone, Emily McKeown; Robyn Johnston, Beth Roberts; Caoimhe Molloy, Eimear Douglas (capt), Erana Te Moananui, Laura Newsome, Caitlin Griffey, Ciara O’Leary, Ciara Short, Rachel Griffey.
Replacements: Faith Morley, Valerie Conyard, Jessica Griffey, Renee Koper, Erin McConnell, Saoirse O’Reilly, Faye O’Neill.
SUTTONIANS 24 GALWEGIANS 20, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Tries: Lauren Farrell McCabe 2, Meabh O’Brien, Isa Prins; Cons: Laura Claridge 2
Galwegians: Tries: Sophie Cullen, Ciara Mulkern, Róisín Maher, Grace Browne Moran
HT: Suttonians 12 Galwegians 10
SUTTONIANS: Lauren Farrell McCabe; Meabh Collins, Meabh O’Brien (capt), Mairead McErlean, Clara Sexton; Laura Claridge, Esmee Ligtvoet; Ciara Spencer, Aoife Brennan, Roisin O’Driscoll, Caoimhe Guinan, Nicola Bolger, Carrie O’Keeffe, Julia O’Connor, Isa Prins.
Replacements: Orla McDonald, Bronach Cassidy, Mary Healy, Megan Cullen, Caoimhe Hoy, Anne Marie Cullen, Inaya Madyun.
GALWEGIANS: Sophie Cullen; Mollie Starr, Sarah Purcell, Ailish Quinn, Ciara Mulkern; Megan Connolly, Grainne Moran; Ellen Connolly (capt), Elizabeth McNicholas, Róisín Maher, Orla Fenton, Grace Browne Moran, Grace Fennell, Stacey Hanley, Sarah McCormick.
Replacements: Eve Tarpey, Jessica Loftus, Katherine Mahon, Celia Killilea, Holly O’Dwyer, Mollie Walsh.
TULLOW 0 RAILWAY UNION 106, Blackgates
Scorers: Tullow: –
Railway Union: Tries: Niamh Byrne, Patricia Doyle 2, Amanda Berta 2, Leah Tarpey 3, Lindsay Peat 2, Poppy Garvey 3, Ailsa Hughes, Caoimhe McCormack, Hannah Scanlan, Aimee Clarke, Martha Dwyer; Cons: Amanda Berta 4, Hannah Scanlan 3, Nikki Caughey
HT: Tullow 0 Railway Union 56
TULLOW: Roisin O’Toole; Chloe Walsh, Catherine Dempsey, Alex O’Brien, Leanne Savage; Aoife McGrath, Alice Carroll; Anna O’Neill, Niamh Ryan, Joanna Mahon, Aoife Byrne, Orla Hanlon, Emma Byrne, Carla Cloney, Grace Kelly (capt).
Replacements: Courtney Kelly, Jacinta Byrne, Jess Nolan, Emma O’Toole.
RAILWAY UNION: Caoimhe McCormack; Amanda Berta, Niamh Byrne (capt), Leah Tarpey, Sarah Munnelly; Hannah Scanlan, Ailsa Hughes; Patricia Doyle, Meabh Keegan, Kirstie Stevenson, Poppy Garvey, Salome Trauth, Evelyn Donnelly, Molly Boyne, Lindsay Peat.
Replacements: Hannah Johnston, Megan Collis, Grace Jackson, Martha Dwyer, Aimee Clarke, Nikki Caughey, Ellen O’Connor.
UL BOHEMIAN 55 BALLINCOLLIG 8, UL 4G pitch
Scorers: UL Bohemian: Tries: Chisom Ugwueru 2, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Laoise McGonagle, Eilís Cahill, Chloe Pearse 2, Rachel Allen, Penalty try; Cons: Caitríona Finn 3, Kate Flannery, Pen try con
Ballincollig: Try: Niamh Crotty; Pen: Emma Connolly
HT: UL Bohemian 17 Ballincollig 3
UL BOHEMIAN: Aoife Corey; Chisom Ugwueru, Éabha Nic Dhonnacha, Caitríona Finn, Laoise McGonagle; Kate Flannery, Muirne Wall; Ciara McLoughlin, Beth Buttimer, Eilís Cahill, Claire Bennett, Sarah Garrett, Aoibhe O’Flynn, Clodagh O’Halloran, Chloe Pearse (capt).
Replacements: Orla Curtin, Aoibheann Hahessy, Niamh Brodie, Rachel Allen, Abbie Salter-Townshend, Maddy Kushner, Abby Moyles.
BALLINCOLLIG: Alison Kelly; Niamh Crotty, Kate O’Sullivan, Michelle O’Driscoll (capt), Brighid Twohig; Emma Connolly, Eve Prendergast; Sinead O’Donnell, Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Alisha Flynn, Laurileigh Baker, Amelia Green, Anna Kavanagh, Aoibheann McGrath, Shirley Bailey.
Replacements: Clodagh Walsh, Chiara Calvetti, Lucy Morley, Miriam Murphy, Rachel Naughton, Vicki Good.
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