Energia All-Ireland Women’s Junior Cup: Semi-Final Results Round-Up
Malone edged out Tuam/Oughterard to set up a shot at winning the Energia All-Ireland Junior Cup for the first time ©Malone RFC
Anna Stanfield’s late try steered Malone past last season’s beaten finalists Tuam/Oughterard in dramatic fashion, while MU Barnhall will aim for a hat-trick of Energia All-Ireland Women’s Junior Cup titles on Saturday, January 18 after a comprehensive semi-final win over Tralee.
ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND WOMEN’S JUNIOR CUP SEMI-FINALS:
Sunday, November 24
MALONE 31 TUAM/OUGHTERARD 27, Gibson Park
Scorers: Malone: Tries: Anna Stanfield 2, Alexa McMullan, Shirelle Wilson 2; Cons: Alexa McMullan 3
Tuam/Oughterard: Tries: Megan Walsh, Molly Boote, Karly Tierney, Alicia Costello; Cons: Megan Walsh 2; Pen: Megan Walsh
HT: Malone 14 Tuam/Oughterard 24
MALONE: Claire McKane; Sophie Armstrong, Emma Jordan, Peita McAlister (capt), Mia Ferguson; Alexa McMullan, Shirelle Wilson; Sarah Murphy, Katie-Anne McCallion, Ashleigh Currie, Lauren Maginnes, Hannah Beattie, Ruby Devine, Cara O’Neill, Anna Stanfield.
Replacements: Samantha Eley, Beth Leckey, Anna Park, Donna McGovern.
TUAM/OUGHTERARD: Molly Boote; Alicia Costello, Megan Walsh, Amy Burns, Dominika Lukasik; Emma Burns, Saoirse Quinn; Niamh Corless, Aoife O’Callaghan, Ella Burns, Karen Burns, Grainne Hahessy, Aebha Lydon, Charlotte O’Grady, Karly Tierney.
Replacements: Grainne O’Rourke, Rosie Ganley, Abigail Gibbons, Rhona O’Dea, Chloe Conneely, Keanah Irons, Katie Creaven, Rhian O’Callaghan, Angela Thornton, Doireann Byrne.
TRALEE 5 MU BARNHALL 64, O’Dowd Park
Scorers: Tralee: Try: Maura Collins
MU Barnhall: Tries: Abby Healy 3, Emily Byrne, Emer Sweetnam, Emma Brogan, Amy Rushton, Holly Leach, Katelynn Doran, Alex Casey; Cons: Ciara Faulkner 5, Abby Healy 2
HT: Tralee 0 MU Barnhall 31
TRALEE: Natasha Griffin; Vanessa Dineen, Alanna Maunsell, Maria Harnett, Emily May Burgin; Laoise O’Driscoll, Diane O’Keeffe; Rachel Horgan, Charlotte O’Neill, Maura Collins, Aine Enright (capt), Kayleigh Moriarty, Sophie Leach, Ashlea Sheehy, Katie Houlihan.
Replacements: Cait O’Connor, Michaela Murphy, Shauna Flynn, Kate O’Driscoll, Kaya Flynn.
MU BARNHALL: Amy Rushton; Emer Sweetnam, Ciara Faulkner, Abby Healy, Emma Brogan; Órfhlaith Murray (co-capt), Nais Jaime Bouquet; Emily Byrne, Kelly Burke, Rebecca Francis, Holly Leach, Ali Howick, Sinead Farrell, Prudence Isaac, Katelynn Doran (co-capt).
Replacements: Michelle Gorman, Hope Lowney, Alannah Fraser, Anna Mai O’Brien, Ellen Dunne, Alex Casey, Uxue Merino, Lia Branigan.
Past Energia All-Ireland Junior Cup Finals –
2023 – Tullamore 12 MU Barnhall 38
2024 – Tuam/Oughterard 6 MU Barnhall 15
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