Creggs Senior women fell just short in their ambition to reach the league final when they fell to a defeat 36-24 today to Galwegians in Dangan. Played on a great surface in front of a large vocal home crowd, Creggs didn’t begin the game well and fell behind to an early try , followed almost immediately by another which was converted and the Galway outfit were 12-0 in front.
Creggs managed to get their game going and after multiple phases a try by captain Susan O Reilly brought the score back to 12-5.
Creggs were making a few mistakes and to their credit Galwegians made very little handling errors and they scored again to lead 19-5. Creggs showed great character and tries from Stacey Corbally and then a second after Hannah Hannat was deemed to be short by Gabrielle Kilcommons , one of which was converted by Eabha Dowd left the score 19-17 to Galwegians at Half time .
Creggs looked to have momentum as the second half started but a couple of handling errors by Creggs gave Galwegians attacking opportunities and they took them with two tries to lead 29-17. Creggs again rallied and a second try for captain Susan O Reilly brought the score back to 29-24 and Creggs looked to have the bonus point they needed secured but they failed to deal with the kick off and then conceded a try which was converted to leave the score 36-24 with 8 minutes remaining. Creggs went in search of a try that would have secured them a bonus point they needed to reach the final and after a number of phases they found themselves in the 22 but the final offload hit the deck and Galwegians kicked out the ball to secure their place in the League decider . It wasn’t to be today for our ladies but having lost a few players this year, it is to their credit that they have continued to develop and fight for each other.
Ladies fall short in Dangan