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All Ireland rugby round-up… Cooke lose in Dublin as Bohemians march on at the top

BELFAST side Cooke lost 24-3 to Suttonians in Dublin in the weekend Energia All-Ireland League Women’s Division. Aoife Corey’s late try saw UL Bohemian pip Blackrock College to extend their unbeaten run at the top of the table.

ENERGIA ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE WOMEN’S DIVISION – ROUND 14:

Saturday, March 9

BLACKROCK COLLEGE 15 UL BOHEMIAN 17, Stradbrook
Scorers: Blackrock College: Tries: Aoife Moore, Niamh Griffin; Con: Abby Moyles; Pen: Abby Moyles
UL Bohemian: Tries: Stephanie Nunan, Fiona Reidy, Aoife Corey; Con: Kate Flannery
HT: Blackrock College 10 UL Bohemian 5

BLACKROCK COLLEGE: Maggie Boylan; Clíodhna O’Sullivan, Mya Alcorn, Catherine Martin, Andrea Murphy; Abby Moyles, Niamh Griffin; Aoife Moore, India Daley, Shannon Heapes (capt), Clíodhna Ní Chonchobhair, Molly Fitzpatrick, Emily Whittle, Koren Dunne, Ann-Marie Rooney.

Replacements: Maeve Óg O’Leary, Ava Fannin, Aibidh Ní Mháille, Hannah Hodges, Anna Potterton, Leah Reilly, Cara Martin, Megan Thornton, Nikki Gibson.

UL BOHEMIAN: Aoife Corey; Aoibhe O’Flynn, Stephanie Nunan, Rachel Allen, Laoise McGonagle; Aoife O’Shaughnessy, Abbie Salter-Townshend; Nicola Sweeney, Beth Buttimer, Fiona Reidy, Ciara Monahan, Sarah Garrett, Brianna Heylmann, Lily Brady, Chloe Pearse (capt).

Replacements: Ciara McLoughlin, Claire Bennett, Eva McCormack, Muirne Wall, Kate Flannery, Alana McInerney, Clara Barrett.

OLD BELVEDERE 72 GALWEGIANS 12, Ollie Campbell Park
Scorers: Old Belvedere: Tries: Megan Edwards, Emma Tilly 5, Laura Sampson, Lisa Callan 2, Jess Keating, Grace Tutty, Jenny Murphy; Cons: Jemma Farrell 6
Galwegians: Tries: Grace Browne Moran, Gemma Faulkner; Con: Emma Keane
HT: Old Belvedere 25 Galwegians 12

OLD BELVEDERE: Aine Donnelly; Emma Tilly, Aoife Rutley, Jenny Murphy, Megan Edwards; Jemma Farrell, Jade Gaffney; Jess Keating, Lisa Callan, Katie Layde, Clodagh Dunne, Laura Sampson, Aine Rutley, Lesley Ring (capt), Éadaoin Murtagh.

Replacements: Melissa Hayden, Hannah Rapley, Katelynn Doran, Kara Mulcahy, Vanessa Hullon, Grace Tutty, Kate Ballance, Aine Nangle.

GALWEGIANS: Sarah O’Connell; Sinead O’Brien, Gemma Faulkner, Molina Oung, Chloe Casey; Emma Keane, Aoife Williams; Ellen Connolly, Dearbhla Canty, Orla Fenton, Jane Neill, Cara Connolly, Nolwenn Dubois, Grace Browne Moran (capt).

Replacements: Eve Tarpey, Lily Claffey Howard, Eimear Hynes, Maria Diaz, Shauna Macklin.

SUTTONIANS 24 COOKE 3, JJ McDowell Memorial Grounds
Scorers: Suttonians: Tries: Ciara Spencer, Lauren Farrell McCabe, Julia O’Connor, Carrie O’Keeffe; Cons: Lauren Farrell McCabe 2
Cooke: Pen: Amanda Morton
HT: Suttonians 14 Cooke 0

SUTTONIANS: Katelyn Faust; Megan Cullen, Julia O’Connor, Kerry Browne, Lena Kibler; Lauren Farrell McCabe, Rachael McIlroy; Ciara Spencer, Aoife Brennan, Róisín O’Driscoll, Louise Catinot, Grainne Tummon, Brenda Barr (capt), Carrie O’Keeffe, Leomie Kloppers.

Replacements: Aislinn Layde, Meabh O’Brien, Ciara Twomey.

COOKE: Laura Cairns; Katie Gilmour, Tara O’Neill, Kelly McCormill, Tamzin Boyce; Amanda Morton, Georgia Boyce; Aishling O’Connell (capt), Megan Simpson, Ilse van Staden, Cara O’Kane, Ellen Patterson, Teah Maguire, Emily Martin, Gemma McCamley.

Replacements: Izzy Harris, Stacey Sloan, Daina Marks, Cindy Cancino.

BALLINCOLLIG 10 RAILWAY UNION 63, Tanner Park
Scorers: Ballincollig: Tries: Ellie Cournane, Ciara Fleming
Railway Union: Tries: Maddy Aberg 5, Molly Boyne, Faith Oviawe, Dani Franada, Katie O’Dwyer, Patricia Doyle, Megan Collis; Cons: Nikki Caughey 4
HT: Ballincollig 10 Railway Union 22

BALLINCOLLIG: Ellie Cournane; Miriam Murphy, Emily O’Regan, Brighid Twohig, Grace Buckley; Michelle O’Driscoll, Anna Roche; Ciara Fleming, Aoife Fleming, Clare Coombes, Sarah O’Donovan, Laurileigh Baker, Sarah O’Donovan, Shirley Bailey, Caolainn Healy, Aoife Madigan.

Replacements: Sinead O’Donnell, Olivia Hay Mulvihill, Anna Kate Cournane, Saoirse Crowe, Saskia Wycherley, Orla Maher.

RAILWAY UNION: Dani Franada; Salome Trauth, Niamh Byrne (capt), Maddy Aberg, Molly Boyne; Nikki Caughey, Sarah Browne; Grainne O’Loughlin, Meabh Keegan, Isobel Clerk, Keelin Brady, Faith Oviawe, Patricia Doyle, Katie O’Dwyer, Lindsay Peat.

Replacements: Rebecca Draper, Megan Collis, Lorraine Parisot, Michelle Nadine, Christine Coffey.