On Saturday afternoon, at Newforge, after the Schools Interprovincial, Cooke Women entertained the Severn River RFC, touring side, from the shores of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA. As Cooke contributed a number of players to the Ulster side, they fielded a scratch team, of young players, recently retired players and guests. Even, at that, they started the game with 13 players.
Cooke’s 13 players took the game to Severn River and opened the scoring, after 12 minutes, when Katie Gilmour powered over, for a 5-0 lead.
Gradually numbers wore Cooke down. Sarah Mercado’s spectacular dive over, followed by Charlee Bryan’s conversion gave Severn River a 7-5 lead, on 20 minutes. Three minutes later Casey Hartzell‘s crash ball and Bryan’s conversion . . .
Members Only Content
FRU Sports is funded by subscriptions. Subscribe now to read the full article and view all our images.
Last season alone we shared over 110,000 images across 578 galleries. Your support directly affects the number of matches we can cover.
Subscribe Now — From just £2.99/month
Already a member? Log in here
