Week 2 of the Women’s AIL continued on Sunday with three fixtures competed. Our featured match was Old Belvedere v UL Bohemian which you can view here. Featured match.
The full results are as follows:
Railway Union 32
TRY: Ailsa Hughes (2) Niamh Byrne, Susan Vaughan. CON: Nikki Caughey (2), Katelyn Faust (1). PEN: Nikki Caughey (2).
Cooke 12
TRY: Ilse van Staden, Eliza Downey. CON: Vicky Irwin.
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Old Belvedere 17
TRY: Elise O’Byrne White (2), Linda Djougang. CON: Ailbhe Dowling.
UL Bohemian 21
TRY: Chloe Pearse, Enya Breen. CON: Niamh Briggs. PEN: Niamh Briggs (2), Edel Murphy.
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Galwegians 53
TRY: Emma Doyle (3), Ursula Sammon (2), Denise Redmond, Ina Butler, Shannon Touhy, Edel McMahon. CON: Denise Redmond (4).
St Marys 0
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Women’s AIL Current Standings
The results leave the Week 2 League table as follows:
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | TB | LB | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railway Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 12 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Galwegians | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Old Belvedere | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Blackrock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| U.L. Bohemian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cooke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 70 | -51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St Mary’s College | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 116 | -116 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Women’s AIL Top Scorers.
There have been a total of 307 points scored over the two weekends with Railway leading the way with 95. At the moment Nikki Caughey leads the way with 18 points from six conversions and 2 penalties. Clubmate Niamh Byrne and Galwegians Emma Doyle are hot on her heels on 15 points from three tries each.
There have been 48 tries scored over the two weekends with 38 different players scoring. Railway have had 11 different try scorers, Galwegians 9 and Old Belvedere 7.
| Player | Club | T | C | P | DG | PTS |
| Nikki Caughey | Railway Union | – | 6 | 2 | – | 18 |
| Emma Doyle | Galwegians | 3 | – | – | – | 15 |
| Niamh Byrne | Railway Union | 3 | – | – | – | 15 |
| Denise Redmond | Galwegians | 1 | 4 | – | – | 13 |
| Hannah O’Connor | Blackrock | – | 3 | 2 | – | 12 |
| Ina Butler | Galwegians | 2 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Ursula Sammon | Galwegians | 2 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Ailbhe Dowling | Old Belvedere | – | 5 | – | – | 10 |
| Elise O’Byrne White | Old Belvedere | 2 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Megan Williams | Old Belvedere | 2 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Ailsa Hughes | Railway Union | 2 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Stephanie Carroll | Railway Union | 2 | – | – | – | 10 |
Women’s AIL Players Player Nominations.
On the Women’s Players Player nominations three more players have been nominated with Galwegians Mary Healy, UL Bohemian’s Claire Bennett and Railway Union’s Emma Taylor all receiving nominations.
However, this means that three players have received their second nomination in two games so it’s a big shout out for Old Belvedere’s Linda Djougang, Cooke’s Kelly McCormill and St Mary’s Jet Duinmeijer who have been setting the standards in the early season fixtures.
| Club | Player | Votes |
| St Marys | Jet Duinmeijer | 2 |
| Cooke | Kelly McCormill | 2 |
| Old Belvedere | Linda Djougang | 2 |
| UL Bohemian | Claire Bennett | 1 |
| Railway Union | Emma Taylor | 1 |
| Railway Union | Juliet Short | 1 |
| Galwegians | Mary Healy | 1 |
| Blackrock | Michelle Claffey | 1 |
| Galwegians | Ursula Sammon | 1 |
