Creggs senior womens unbeaten start to the Connacht Senior Womens League came to an end today when they lost to current champions Tuam 25-13 in Creggs Today. Creggs began the game well and took the lead through an Eabha Dowd penalty to lead 3-0 after 5 minutes. The opposition took advantage of a Creggs mistake to score a try and then after a succession of penalties by the home side , which gave Tuam territory, they scored again to take a commanding 12-3 lead. The Creggs girls went back on the attack with the last play of the half, and after a great carry by Kelly Haugh, Stacey Corbally scored in the corner to leave the half time score 12-8 to the visitors. Both teams had their opportunities in the second half, and it was the visitors who scored first after a simple pick up from the base of the scrum punished the Creggs defence and they stretched their lead to 17-8.
Creggs went back on the attack, and scored after a great break by Susan O Reilly, Kelley Haugh and hands out the backs , and a super offload by Shauna Fitzmaurice, freed Seren Griffiths to score and reduce the deficit to 17-13. The last 15 minutes of the game got away from Creggs who got two yellow cards in that period and Tuam kicked a Penalty to lead 20-13 and then in the very last play, Tuam again scored in the corner to finish the game 25-13 winners. We wish Rachel Kilcoyne a speedy recovery recover from an ankle injury received in the first half and the team need to regroup now as they travel to play University of Galway next weekend
Tuam 25 – Creggs 13