Creggs U18 girls came away with a hard fought win against Ballinasloe RFC in the U18 Girls league on Tuesday evening on a scoreline of 24-19.

An excellent game , played in a good spirit, it was Creggs who took the early lead with a try from Siofra Hession which she converted after 7 Minutes but Ballinasloe hit straight back with a try of their own to leave the score 7-5.

Jemima Adams Verling was next on the scoresheet to extend Creggs lead to 12-5 but again Ballinasloe hit back with a try right on half time that was converted to leave the half time score 12-12.

Ballinasloe had the better of the early exchanges in the second half and scored early to take a lead 19-12 and were unfortunate not to score again before Creggs took more control of territory and scored two tries from Siofra Hession, One of which was converted to lead 24-19 with 7 Minutes remaining and they held on for the victory.