Women: Ulster 10 Connacht 5

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Ulster Women (5) 10
TRY: Kathryn Dane, Jordanne Booth
Connacht Women (0) 5
TRY: Clare Rafferty

Ulster Women ended their recent drought with a 10 – 5 win against Connacht Women in this pre-season trial game at Enniskillen RFC on Saturday afternoon. 

Kathryn Dane and Jordanne Booth both crossed for the home side to give Ulster a 10 – 0 lead before Clare Rafferty pulled one back for Connacht late in the game. 

As befits a trial, both teams introduced a lot of new faces but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of play from the start with Ulster, in particular, quickly settling into a simple but effective game plan which saw them dominate the breakdown, territory and possession for much of the first period. 

Emma Jordan crossed halfway through the first period, only for the try to be disallowed for a double movement, but, just as I was starting to get concerned about their lack of rewards for their dominant play, a piece of quick thinking by scrum half Kathryn Dane . . .

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