A spirited Enniskillen lost out to a strong City of Derry side 10 – 22 in this entertaining Women’s AIL 2N League match at Enniskillen Rugby Club on Sunday afternoon.
Derry were without three of their Ulster representatives but they still managed to put out a strong side with veteran Diane Nixon leading the way. In fact it was Nixon who grabbed the opening score shortly after kick off forcing her way over the line off the back of a ruck. The conversion was missed and the visitors led 0 – 5.
The young Enniskillen side took this setback in their stride and proceeded to dominate large periods of the first half with centre pairing Sarah Teague and Alana McCaffrey particularly impressive. However despite their territorial advantage the home side were only able to post 3 points, thanks to a penalty from Teague, moving the scoreboard along to 3 – 5.
Enniskillen continued to push but City of Derry hit back on the counter as the end of the . . .
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