Under Milk Wood Part 3: Wales Women 15 Ireland Women 14.

by

, , ,

Ireland Women spurned a chance for their third win on the road losing a tense encounter with Wales Women 15 – 14 ar Cross Keys Rugby Club on Sunday afternoon.

Ireland were first on the score sheet with hooker Gill Bourke crashing over from the front of a lineout after 3 minutes. Full back Niamh Briggs added the extras to give Ireland a 0 – 7 lead.

Wales hit back scoring two tries trough Elen Evans and Adi Taviner plus a penalty and conversion from Amiee Young to give the hosts a 15 – 7 lead at the break.

Ireland upped their game in the second half and controlled much of the play but were unable to break through a spirited Welsh defence until 12 minutes from time when Munster hooker Bourke scrambled over for her second score.

Briggs converted out wide and with ten minutes to go it looked like the game was turning in Ireland favour. Unfortunately the . . .

You will need to log in or register to read the rest of this article. If you have not already registered you can click here to register.

In 2022 we added 102,631 new images in 510 galleries with a gallery breakdown of 263 Rugby, 217 Hockey and 30 Athletics. Your registration and subscription will help us to continue.

Thanks.


Corrections, comments or questions?

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.