The Front Row Union Sport - AIL Women: Cooke 22 St Mary’s College 24

AIL Women: Cooke 22 St Mary’s College 24

Oct 2, 2011

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This match is from the Women’s AIL 2011-12 which I’d guess was an experimental season for the Women’s game.

There were three All Ireland Leagues at the time, AIL 1 which consisted of 8 sides who played each other once then split and the top 4 and the bottom 4 played each other once more. There was also D2 North and D2 South.

D2 North featured 5 Ulster sides, Quins, CoD, Skins, Cavan and Carrick and was probably the one I was covering the most then. I certainly remember photographing a few tidy scraps with Garda who were also in D2 North along with Cill Dara, Longford and Barnhall.

It’s a bit of an experimental album from Bob with a few different edits so if you are in it the chances are you’re going to get a fantastic picture.

St Mary’s came out on top in this one, though both sides finished in the bottom half of the table. I would recognise the bulk of the Cooke player’s, who would all have been playing for Ulster anyway, and of course there is a brief glimpse of the legendary Paula Fitzpatrick, pre her superstar years, Orla Fitzsimons and Niamh Fitzgerald on Mary’s.

Don’t have any other details other than the score but if anyone has any more information then drop me a line via john@thefrontrowunion.com and I’ll update it.