Creggs Senior women secured a win on Sunday in the opening round of the Connacht Womens Senior Cup, defeating University of Galway 31-10 in Creggs. The first half of the game was very even with Creggs getting in for a try in the corner after 10 minutes through Jennifer Morris. College replied 2 minutes later with a try of their own in the corner to leave the score 5-5. After 20 minutes Creggs again took the lead through Kelley Haugh which Eabha Dowd converted. From the kick off Creggs were turned over and College scored to leave the score 12- 10 after 22 minutes.Creggs were held up over the line on a couple of occasion before eventually regaining the lead through a Gabrielle Kilcommons which Eabha Dowd again converted leaving the half time score 19-10 in favour of Creggs.
In the second half, Creggs continued to attack and after a good carry from Ailish O Rourke and Captain Susan O Reilly, Eabha Dowd spotted the gap and glided through for a score to stretch the Creggs lead to 24-10. A heavy hail stone shower and cold breeze led to a few knock-ons and the game was played between both 10 metre lines for the next 10 minutes. Creggs regained territorial advantage and after Seren Griffiths and Shauna Fitzmaurice were stopped short, Creggs were awarded a penalty which Michaela Gillooly scored and Dowd converted to stretch the lead further to 31-10. College never gave up and continued to attack and some good Creggs defence held them out to hold out for the victory. Creggs will play Galwegians in the Cup Quarter Final next weekend in Creggs . Having lost to them in the league recently in a close game, Creggs women will need to be at their best to overcome the next challenge to reach the cup semi final.
Connacht Womens Senior Cup win over University of Galway