THE Ulster-Leinster Wolfhounds powered past a game Glasgow Warriors with a 48-7 win in the second of two Celtic Challenge matches at Kingspan Stadium on Saturday.
Captained by Ulster’s Claire Boles, the Wolfhounds surged to a 36-0 half time lead against the visitors who fought back hard to contain them in the second half.
After losing against Clovers last time out, Wolfhounds raced into an early lead as Stacey Flood offloaded to Linda Djougang, who crossed with Dannah O’Brien converting.
The home team got their second try after 14 minutes as patient build-up play allowed Flood to find Katie Corrigan out wide to touch down and O’Brien added the extras from the tee.
Erin King then crashed over twice, Niamh O’Dowd bustled her way through and Corrigan registered another to stretch Wolfhounds’ lead before half-time.
Corrigan completed her hat-trick soon after the restart, dotting down in the corner.Glasgow were much improved in the second half and got their first and only try after 55 minutes when captain Ailie Tucker bundled over with Briar McNamara kicking the conversion.
Eve Higgins darted through a gap to score Wolfhounds’ eighth and final try to round off the victory.
WOLFHOUNDS: Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC/Leinster); Katie Corrigan (Old Belvedere RFC), Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC), Amy Larn (Athy RFC); Dannah O’Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Erin McConnell (Wicklow RFC); Niamh O’Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Maebh Clenaghan (Queen’s University RFC/Cooke RFC/Ulster), Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Alma Atagamen (Balbriggan RFC), Cliodhna Ni Chonchobhair (Blackrock College RFC), Molly Boyne (Railway Union RFC/Leinster), Claire Boles (Railway Union RFC/Ulster) (capt), Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC).
Replacements: Kelly Burke (Mullingar RFC/Leinster), Tricia Doyle (Railway Union RFC), Caoimhe Molloy (Wicklow RFC/Leinster), Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Ciara Short (Wicklow RFC), Katie Whelan (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster), Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow RFC), Megan Burns (Blackrock College RFC).
GLASGOW WARRIORS: Sky Phimster Stirling County); Abi Evans (Stirling County), Orla Proctor (Harlequins), Briar McNamara (Watsonian FC), Grace Deane (Loughborough Lightning); Ceitidh Ainsworth (Stirling County), Mairi McDonald (Exeter Chiefs); Ailie Tucker (Watsonian FC) (capt), Megan Hyland (Garioch), Katie Lindsay (Corstorphine Cougars), Holland Bogan (Stirling County), Aisha Zameer (University of Strathclyde), Erinn Foley (Hillhead Jordanhill), Gemma Bell (Gloucester-Hartpury), Emily Coubrough (University of Edinburgh).
Replacements: Aicha Sutcliffe (Stirling County), Alex Ward (Garioch), Louise Downie (Ayr RFC), Rowann Sinclair (Leicester Tigers), Freya Walker (Watsonian RFC), Mary Nelson (Watsonian FC), Poppy Mellanby (Biggar RFC), Izzy McGuire-Evans (Sale Sharks).
Referee: Keane Davison (IRFU)
