UL Bohs kept their unbeaten run alive with their seventh win of the campaign in hard fought circumstances over Railway Union, elsewhere Galwegians picked up their first win of the campaign.
Ballincollig (0T), 0-50 Old Belvedere (8T), Tanner Park
Dannah O’Brien marked her return from international commitments kicking five conversions as Belvedere cruised to an eight try win over Ballincollig.
Katie Corrigan gave the hosts the lead after 10 minutes, with O’Brien converting, the lead was furthered with Corrigan adding a second on the half hour mark before Katie Layde added a third try before the break, O’Brien converting both for a 21-0 lead.
Ten minutes into the second half Belvo had their bonus point try and a fifth to boot, Emma Tilly and Elise O’Byrne-White both crossing for unconverted tries. Keating added the sith try before the hour mark as the lead pushed to 36-0.
Tilly added a second try with ten left on the clock, O’Brien found the mark this time before converting the final try which Katie Whelan touched down five minutes from time. A very strong showing from Belvedere.
Cooke (0T) 0-65 Blackrock College (11T), Shaw’s Bridge
Blackrock kept their recent winning streak intact with a dominant performance in Belfast as Aoife Wafer and Catherine Martin scored hat tricks in the 11 try performance.
Rock welcomed back some familiar faces in this contest, but Wafer and Martin certainly stole the show. In a dominant opening half performance, Rock crossed for six tries, Wafer with a brace, combined with efforts from Martin, India Daley, Ellen Boylan and Mya Alcorn. Abby Moyles converted four of those tries.
Wafer who returned quickly from International duty added her hat trick which another of the returning faces Méabh Deely converted. Blackrock cruised home in the second half, Martin added two more to complete her hat trick, Daley added a second while Sarah Delaney also crossed. All of which went unconverted.
Wicklow (1T) 5-12 Galwegians (2T), Ashtown Lane
Aoife Williams was the hero as Galwegians celebrated their first win of the season getting over the line against Wicklow.
Wicklow had the better of the opening half as Ciara O’Leary crossed to give them a narrow 5-0 lead at the break. Just as it looked like it would be seven defeats for the campaign, Wegians had a resurgent second half in Ashtown Lane. Hannah Clarke levelled matters with a try after the hour mark. Before Williams crossed for a pivotal moment in the contest, the conversion from Emma Keane kept the result with the Galway side until the end
UL Bohemian (1T) 10-7 Railway Union (1T), Annacotty
Kate Flannery’s second half penalty proved to be the deciding factor as UL Bohs continued their unbeaten run with a narrow win over Railway Union.
Railway had built up a 7-0 lead shy of half time but a strong comeback in the second half by the hosts changed the dynamic of the contest and the outcome.
Eilis Cahill crossed from close range in the second half as UL got on the board with Flannery levelling matters from the tee. A few minutes later Flannery was accurate from close range of the tee to put three between the teams and from there the hosts battled hard to keep their lead.
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Diarmuid Kearney
Diarmuid Kearney is a freelance Sports Journalist based in Co Kerry. He has more than 5 years experience covering domestic and international soccer for different media organisations, while also working for local and national print and digital organisations covering GAA.