It was a disappointing weekend for the Ulster girls in the AIL with only Enniskillen recording a win, and that against local rivals Cavan.
The 17 – 0 win for Skins sees them move from 6th to 5th in the League, leapfrogging Cavan in the process.
In the big match of the weekend Belfast Harlequins narrowly lost out 27 – 24 in a testy match at Westmanstown. Quins went into a 21 – 8 lead in the first half with tries from Ashleigh Baxter, Zoe Templeton and Nikki Caughey but things spilled over just before the Break with Baxter red carded when she retaliated after being pulled back by her hair for the second time.
Down to 14 players Quins were still in the game until Caughey received a yellow card and with visitors down to only 13 players the home side were able to establish a 27 – 24 lead. Back up to 14 players, Quins pushed for a winning score but time ran out much to the relief of the home side.
The rebuilding Carrick ladies side slumped to another defeat, this time at the hands of Barnhall. Despite a spirited effort the East Antrim girls ran out of steam to eventually lose 24- 0.
In the other match in AIL2N Longford beat Cill Dara 7 – 3 leaving the league as follows as it goes into the four moth break for Cup and International matches:
| Pos | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Garda | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 32 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| 2 |  |
Belfast Harlequins | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 54 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| 3 | |
Longford RFC | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 58 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | |
Cill Dara RFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 36 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 5 | |
Enniskillen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 95 | -5 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | |
Cavan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 65 | -19 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 |  |
City Of Derry | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | |
NUIM Barnhall | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 156 | -122 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | |
Carrickfergus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 109 | -109 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
In AIL1B Cooke Ladies will be looking forward to the break in the AIL and wil lhope to recover some form after a disappointing 24 – 0 loss to Galwegians. With St Mary’s beating NAvan 3 – 0 in the other 1B game the restructured League 1B looks as follows:
| Pos | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | TB | LB | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Galwegians | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 103 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | |
St. Mary’s | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 185 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | |
Cooke | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 72 | 206 | -24 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | |
Navan RFC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 173 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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