Welcome to our Women’s All Ireland League Competition Page. Once play resumes, you will find all the latest information on the competition here. In the mean time you can look back at the league standings and player statistics for the previous seasons.
At the moment the Women’s AIL competition has been postponed for the 2020-21 season due to the COVID -19 pandemic.
The 2019-20 Women’s All Ireland League was cancelled after 12 rounds due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was confirmed by the IRFU on 19th March with the games governing body stating:
There will be no league or cup winners in any competition organised at a national level including the Energia All-Ireland Leagues, Energia Women’s All-Ireland Cup and the Energia Bateman Cup.
The planned expansion of the Energia Women’s All-Ireland League for the 2020/21 season remains in place.
The Front Row Union reacted quickly to bring the season to some sort of completion with online voting and virtual team challenges that ended with UL Bohemian being crowned Virtual Champions. UL Bohemian also picked up our Team of the Season award for their undefeated season.
We also held a poll for The Front Row Union Dream Team for the first time, a competition that registered over 17,000 votes.
League Table
| Team | P | W | PD | BP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.L. Bohemian | 12 | 12 | 357 | 11 | 59 |
| Railway Union | 12 | 9 | 284 | 12 | 48 |
| Blackrock | 12 | 7 | 89 | 6 | 34 |
| Old Belvedere | 12 | 7 | 110 | 5 | 33 |
| Suttonians | 10 | 4 | (113) | 2 | 18 |
| Cooke | 11 | 3 | (195) | 3 | 15 |
| Galwegians | 12 | 3 | (267) | 2 | 12 |
| Malone | 11 | 1 | (265) | 3 | 7 |
Player Statistics
Though the season wasn’t completed it was decided that it was still important to recognise those players who had contributed to the game over the 12 (partial) rounds. Our award winners for the truncated season can be viewed in the drop down lists below.
2019-20 Women’s All Ireland League Leading Scorer
The leading points scorer was Blackrock College RFC’s Hannah O’Connor who scored 80 points from 7 tries, 15 conversions and 5 penalties in an impressive season.
2019-20 Women’s All Ireland League Leading Try Scorer
The leading try scorer was UL Bohemian RFC’s Chloe Pearse who was the leading try scorer across the men’s and women’s All Ireland Leagues with 15 tries from 12 games.
2019-20 Women’s All Ireland League Player’s Player
In the highest ever vote for Women’s AIL, Chloe Pearse was voted the Players Player of the Season after picking up 829 votes (54%) from a total of 1523 votes cast.
Railway Union won the Women’s All Ireland League for the first time, beating UL Bohemian in the playoff final.
Highfield withdrew from the competition before the season started leaving a seven team league. St Mary’s College were relegated at the end of the season. Suttonians beat Malone in the promotion playoffs though both teams were invite to join to take the league back up to eight teams.
League Table
| Team | P | W | D | PD | BP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.L. Bohemian | 12 | 9 | 1 | 168 | 7 | 46 |
| Old Belvedere | 12 | 9 | 0 | 154 | 6 | 42 |
| Railway Union RFC | 12 | 8 | 0 | 142 | 8 | 38 |
| Blackrock | 12 | 6 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 33 |
| Cooke | 12 | 5 | 0 | (67) | 6 | 26 |
| Galwegians | 12 | 4 | 0 | (13) | 5 | 22 |
| St Mary’s College | 12 | 0 | 0 | (465) | 1 | -1 |
Player Statistics
2018-19 Leading Points Scorer
The Woman’s AIL Top Points Scorer is U.L Bohemians Niamh Briggs with 88 points. The experienced player racked up 5 tries, 24 conversions and 5 penalties.
2018-19 Leading Try Scorer
The Women’s AIL Top Try Scorer as Galwegians Denise Redmond. The abrasive forward picked up a total of 8 tries over the 11 games she played.
2018-19 Player’s Player
Railway Union’s Emma Taylor was rewarded by her peers, holding on to onto top spot for the bulk of the season to win the Women’s AIL Players Player Award for 2018/2019.
UL Bohemian’s claimed the league title after a 15 – 0 win against Old Belvedere in the final of the Women’s All Ireland League Playoffs. The result means that Bohs beat every other side twice in a formidable league campaign, this win reversing their only regular season defeat after Blevo claimed a 19 – 0 win in early January.
St Mary’s College regained promotion back into the AIL, beating Tralee RFC in the play-off final. They will replace Tullamore who are relegated after one season in the senior league.
Player Statistics
Women’s All Ireland Player’s Player of the Year Award
Old Belvedere’s Nora Stapleton is the first player to receive the award sponsored by The Front Row Union, after topping a poll of the Women’s Clubs in the All Ireland League, piping Railway Union’s Cliodhna Moloney and UL Bohemian’s Aine Staunton in a close contest.
Latest Posts
- Women AIL: Cooke 5 Railway Union 29
- Women AIL: Cooke 0 Blackrock College 65
- Women AIL: Cooke 14 Wicklow 17
- Women AIL: Cooke 0 Suttonians 44
- Women AIL: Cooke 14 Ballincollig 24
- All Ireland League Women: Cooke 12 UL Bohemian 55
- All Ireland League Women: Railway Union 15 Old Belvedere 11
- All Ireland League Women: Cooke 0 Old Belvedere 65
- All Ireland League: Cooke 7 Suttonians 15 (Women)
- All Ireland Women: Cooke 33 Malone 5 9th Place Playoff
- Women AIL: Mid Season Wrap
- Women AIL: Cooke 19 Malone 10
- AIL Women: Malone 12 Suttonians 13
- AIL Women: Cooke 0 Railway Union 63
- AIL Women: Cooke 7 Galwegians 47
- AIL Women: Cooke 0 Blackrock 66
- AIL Women: Railway Union 37 UL Bohemian 10
- AIL Women: Old Belvedere 73 Ballincollig 0
- AIL Women: Cooke 24 Ballincollig 10
- AIL Women: Old Belvedere 57 Malone 12
- AIL Women: Malone 25 Galwegians 17
- AIL Women: Blackrock College 11 Railway Union 25
- Club Women: Leinster Branch agree senior status for Women AIL Clubs.
- Club Women: Malone Announce New Coaching Team
- Club Women: Railway Union continue to move women’s rugby forward.
- Not another ruckin podcast.
- Interact: What AIL Women’s Team are You
- The FRU Women’s AIL Dream Team
- Vote for the Women’s AIL Dream Team
- 2019-20 Women’s All Ireland League Team of the Season
- Virtual AIL. UL Bohemian 35 Railway Union 32 (Final)
- Women’s AIL. Semi Final 2 Railway Union 36 Blackrock 34
- Women’s AIL. Semi Final 1 UL Bohemian 42 Old Belvedere 20
- Women’s AIL. Season Wrap.
- Women’s Virtual AIL. Week 14 Results.
- Women’s Virtual AIL. Week 14 Predictions.
- Women’s Virtual AIL. Week 13 Results.
- Women’s Virtual AIL: Refix Match Results
- Energia Womens AIL. Week 13 Predictions
- Energia AIL Women. Week 12 Status Update.
- Energia Women’s AIL. Cooke 17 UL Bohemian 46.
- Energia AIL Women. Old Belvedere 3 Blackrock College 12 (Week 10 Refix)
- Energia AIL Women. Week 12 Wrap
- Energia AIL Women. Cooke 17 Blackrock College 41
- Energia AIL Women. Old Belvedere 27 Suttonians 5
- Energia AIL Women. Week 12 Preview
- AIL Women. Week 11 Wrap.
- AIL Women. Malone 17 Old Belvedere 21
- Energia AIL Women. Week 11 Preview.
- Energia AIL Women Week 10 Preview
- Energia AIL Women Week 9 Wrap
- Energia AIL Women Week 9 Preview
- Energia AIL Women: Week 8 Wrap.
- Energia Women’s AIL. Malone 31 Galwegians 17
- Energia AIL Women Week 8 Preview
- AIL Women: Who’s been doing what.
- Women AIL: Cooke 0 Railway Union 52
- AIL Women: Week 7 Predictions
- AIL Women: Week 6 Wrap
- AIL Women: Malone 0 Blackrock College 36
- AIL Women: Railway Union 10 UL Bohemian 24.
- AIL Women: Week 6 Preview
- AIL Women: Week 5 Wrap
- AIL Women: Blackrock 8 Old Belvedere 25
- AIL Women: UL Bohemian 46 Cooke 10
- AIL Women: Week 4 Wrap
- AIL Women: Week 3 Wrap
- AIL Women: Blackrock College 12 Cooke 26
- AIL Women: Malone 19 Railway Union 37
- AIL Women: Week 2 Wrap.
- AIL Women: Cooke edge all Ulster clash
- AIL Women: Week 1 Wrap.
- AIL Women: Malone 0 UL Bohemian 62
- AIL Women: Suttonians 10 Railway Union 60
- AIL Women: League kicks off this weekend
- Club Women: Railway clinch AIL Championship.
- Club Women: Malone miss out on promotion to AIL
- Club Women: AIL Championship Final Preview
- Club Women: AIL Qualifier Playoff Final Preview
- Club Women: Malone through to AIL Playoff Final.
- Club Women: Malone in AIL Qualifiers.
- Club Women. All Ireland League – Who Did What?
- Club Women: Round 14 Review
- Club Women: Cooke 22 St Mary’s College 20 (WAIL)
- Club Women: Week 13 Wrap.
- Club Women: Old Belvedere 26 St Mary’s 0 (WAIL)
- Club Women: Round 12 Review.
- Club Women: Blackrock 0 Railway Union 30
- Club Women: Round 11 review
- Club Women: Cooke 22 Galwegians 17
- Club Women: Blackrock 48 St Mary’s 0 (WAIL)
- Club Women: AIL Round 10 Review
- Club Women: Old Belvedere 5 Cooke 0
- Club Women: AIL Mid Season Wrap!
- Club Women: St Mary’s College 12 Blackrock College 64
- Club Women: St Mary’s College 10 Galwegians 22 WAIL
- Club Women: AIL Round 9 Preview
- Club Women: Round 8 Review
- Club Women: Cooke 12 Blackrock 22 (WAIL)
