Women’s AIL. Semi Final 2 Railway Union 36 Blackrock 34

John McMurtry

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April 19, 2020

The second AIL Virtual Semi Final went down to the wire as Blackrock College battled it out with defending champions Railway Union.

Blackrock, represented by Michelle Claffey and Valerie Powers probably enjoyed the bulk of the game but Railway’s Melissa Slevin and Nikki Caughey snatched the result by claiming both penalty try chances.

However, if I’d seen this full video and if I had known it was Maeve Liston at the time I might have awarded the extra points to Rock. 😆

Blackrock and Ulster’s Maeve Liston with a unique toilet roll challenge.

The teams sparred it out over the opening rounds with Rock having an edge in the quiz questions. However an early seven pointer from Railway’s Aoife McDermott in the tea bag challenge kept them in front.

Blackrock were too late in getting their tea bag challenge in though it . . .

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