The Front Row Union Sport - 2021-06-26 Ireland 2 Great Britain 2, Development Match 4

2021-06-26 Ireland 2 Great Britain 2, Development Match 4

Jun 27, 2021

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Ireland Women have been playing Great Britain Women in a Development Series at The University of Ulster Campus, Jordanstown.

We caught up with the teams in Match 3 of a four match series. Ireland won the first two game, each by a 1 – 0 scoreline but they lost the third 0 – 3 and they went into the final game defending a 2 – 1 series lead.

GB Women started Game 4 of the 4 Development Series determined to follow up Friday’s 3-0 win and tie the series.

Within 5 minutes GB had taken a 1-0 lead, after a short period of determined pressure. Ireland Women withstood an onslaught for the rest of the quarter.

GB’s pressure continued in the 2nd quarter but Ireland began to find cracks in the GB defense and equalized before halftime.

Early in the 3rd quarter GB took a 2-1 lead and looked to build on it, but the Irish defence held firm.

In the closing minutes of the 4th quarter Ireland equalized and their strong defence saw the home team hold on for a 2-2 draw.

Ireland win the 4 Game Series, 2-1, with one game drawn.

Ireland Women National Development Squad: Roisin Begley (Catholic Institute/Munster), Charlotte Beggs (Ulster Elks/Ulster), Nadia Benallal (Beeston/Ulster), Niamh Carey (UCD/Leinster), Ellen Curran (UCD/Leinster), Sophia Cole (UCD/Leinster), Amy Elliott (UCD/Leinster), Katie Fearon (Railway Union/Leinster), Laura Foley (Catholic Institute/Munster), Gemma Ferguson (GK, Ulster Elks/Ulster), Erin Getty (Queens/Ulster), Christina Hamill (Loreto/Leinster), Anna Horan (UConn Huskies, USA/Munster), Jane Kilpatrick (Loughborough Students/Ulster), Orla Macken (Pembroke/Leinster), KJ Marshall (UCD/Leinster), Ellie McLoughlin (GK, Muckross/Leinster), Jess McMaster (Queens/Ulster), Lisa Mulcahy (Loreto/Leinster), Siofra Murdoch (Monkstown/Leinster), Siofra O’Brien (Loreto/Leinster), Sara Patton (Railway Union/Leinster), Caoimhe Perdue (UCC/Munster), Ellen Reid (Banbridge/Ulster), Yasmin Pratt (Loreto/Leinster), Millie Regan (GK, Railway Union/Leinster), Abbie Russell (Old Alex/Leinster), Muireann Scanlon (UCC/Munster), Caitlin Sherin (Loreto/Leinster)