Railway Union saw off a tough challenge from Blackrock College at Stradbrook to record a bonus point win in the opening match of their delayed defence of their Women’s AIL title.
I arrived at this match towards the end of the first quarter with Blackrock leading 3 – 0 thanks to a Hannah O’Connor penalty.
The home side appeared to be enjoying the best of territory and possession but Railway’s attacking line out gave the visitors more sustained opportunities in the red zone. Sure enough, the visitors were soon on the scoreboard, following my arrival, with an attacking line out in the Rock 22 leading to a couple of cuts at the line before Railway’s Kate McCarthy barged over from close range. Veteran Nikki Caughey added the extras to take the score to 3 – 7 in Railway’s favour.
Blackrock’s scrum half Naimh Griffin worked hard to keep Rock on the front foot with quick sniping runs at every opportunity winning the . . .
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