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Skins Girls Dominate at Ulster Rugby Finals Day

Skins Girls Dominate at Ulster Rugby Finals Day

Ryan Cathcart13 Apr 2022 - 13:49
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Silverware at 14,16 and 18

Girls Youth Finals Day.

Location: Rainey Old Boys RFC.

The Girls youth section set off early on Sunday morning from Mullaghmeen with all three teams hoping to bring home silverware.
The U14s started things off with their Semi final against Letterkenny/Limavady. They faced a tough challenge but set about it with great vigour running out eventually 5 tries to 2 tries.
They had secured their spot against Virginia in the final.
What a final it was. With only seconds left to play, and the scores level at 3-3, the mighty Enniskillen girls put both pace and power into their final efforts and scored a try in the corner with the last play of the game making them the U14s Ulster Cup Winners in a real nail biter.

Next up were the U16s in their Cup Final and they faced an unknown opponent against Ards/Ballynahinch/Cooke (ABC). The ABC girls had made it to the U16s final having scored lots of points in their quarter and semi final. The Enniskillen girls had to work really hard to stay in the game in the first 10-15 minutes but once they had breached the ABC try line for the first time, then that settled any nerves they had. They went on to score a further three trys in the first half leaving the half time score at 26-0.
The girls really started to enjoy themselves in the second half and they went on to score another 6 trys leaving the final score 66-0.
The game was a massively tough challenge and it doesn’t reflect the effort and skills that the ABC team put in.

Finally, the U18s got their showpiece Final underway knowing that two Cups were already heading back to Enniskillen.
They also started off very strongly and put any nerves out of their systems with an early try. They then pushed on to score another 4 trys before the halftime whistle.
The Southern Stars team really made the second half a proper battle when they scored 3 trys but it wasn’t to be enough as the Enniskillen girls scored a further 3 trys of their own.
They ran out winners in a cracking Final.

To say that Sunday was a great day for Enniskillen Rugby Club would be a huge understatement. For the girls teams to win all three of the Ulster Cups is something that will be hard to match, however, knowing the skill and determination of these girls, they will certainly be planning to be there next year again as the sport grows in Ulster.

Well done to all players and coaches for the hard work all year.

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