Interprovincial: Connacht U18 5 Ulster U18 34

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Ulster U18 Girls completed their second competitive fixture on Sunday afternoon in Athlone, maintaining their 100% win record with a convincing 5 – 34 win against Connacht.

The team now face Munster on Saturday 1st October in Westmanstown, Dublin to decide the first ever Inter-provincial champions. Kick off 3:30 pm.

Having arrived in Athlone in the midst of a downpour I didn’t have high hopes for this game, and so it proved in a wet and windy first half as both teams struggled to move the ball more than a couple of phases without some error or other.

Ulster had got off to a good start with Lisa Mullin knocking over an early penalty but the home side replied almost immediately, their big forwards working their way to the corner from the restart for one of their number to go over after a couple of stabs at the line.

Connacht’s pack and their hard running centres continued to put Ulster . . .

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