The Front Row Union Sport - AIL Women: Cooke 0 Blackrock 66

AIL Women: Cooke 0 Blackrock 66

Oct 25, 2021

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Blackrock travelled from Dublin to play Cooke women in a Women’s AIL game at Shaw’s Bridge.

On a dark, gloomy, wind and rain swept pitch, Cooke, who lacked cohesion and coordination crashed to a bruising defeat.

Blackrock scored more than a point a minute in the second half.

Cooke started brightly, but turned around 0 – 19 down. In the 2^nd half, they conceded over a point per minute to end on a 0 – 66 drubbing.

The Blackrock try scorers were Michelle Claffey (2), Aoife Wafer (3), Maeve Liston, Anna Doyle (2), Nichola Fryday and Maeve Og O’Leary. Conversions were made by Lisa Mullen (4) and Meabh Deely.

Cooke: Teah Maguire, Claire Johnston, Lucy Thompson, Dolores Hughes, Georgia Boyce, Amanda Morton, Hannah Kilgore, Ilse van Staden, Megan Simpson, Sorcha MacLaimhin, Caolinn McCormack, Helen McGhee, Katie Hetherington, India Daley, Beth Cregan, Replacements: Fiona McCaughan, Alanagh van Staden, Katie Kerr, Tamzin Boyce, Cara McKevitt, Coral Lapsley

Blackrock: Maggie Boylan, Anna Doyle, Michelle Claffey, Jackie Shiels, Maeve Liston, Lisa Mullen, Niamh Griffin, Aoife Moore, Emma Hooban, Christy Haney, Mairead Holohan, Nichola Fryday, Aoife Wafer, Maeve Óg O’Leary, Meadbh Scally, Replacements: Laura Feely, Niamh Tester, Eimear Corri, Anna Potterton, Meabh Deely, Natasja Behan, Ciara Scanlan