Club Women: Railway clinch AIL Championship.

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Railway Union RFC Women claimed their first ever AIL League Championship after a hard fought 13 – 8 win against UL Bohemian RFC Women in their showpiece final at Donnybrook on Saturday afternoon.

UL Bohemian went into the final looking for their third successive League title and with a strong wind behind them they enjoyed the bulk of territory and possession throughout the first half.

Niamh Briggs opened the scoring with an early penalty and their lead was extended to eight points when Sarah Quin went over off the back of a dominant scrum towards the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter largely consisted of Bohs hammering at the Railway line but the Dublin side managed to hold out and, crucially, a late flourish saw Bohs prop Fiona Reidy yellow carded before her opposite number, Shirley Corcoran, battled over the line to take the score to 8 – 5 at the break.

Railway enjoyed the better of the game . . .

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One response to “Club Women: Railway clinch AIL Championship.”

  1. Peter Earle

    Lovely write up thanks hard to get much coverage for any part of the Ail male or female.

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