U18 Girls Secure Cup Final

Enniskillen U18’s travelled to Virginia to play the last of their cup matches on Sunday without Irish U18 Sophie Barrett added to Ulster players Cora Balfour and Aoife Keaney.

It was a beautiful day for running rugby and that is exactly what the crowd got from the first whistle to the last. Virginia started off with strong direct running and great ball retention but the skins defence held firm with Moyà Hill and Keeva Corry putting in the trade mark big hits.

The first score came when Moyà Hill’s pressure paid off when she intercepted a pass and ran 50 meters down field to release the backs with Sophie Meeke scoring her first of the day. 5-0

The next score came from a turnover in the middle of the park by Farrah Cartin McCloskey who then released Paula Cirule who made great ground down the wing before passing back inside to Niamh Johnston to touch down. Farrah adding the extras. 12-0

2 minutes later Clara Woods, Zoe Elliott and Lauren Kelly combined well to send Sophie Meeke in for her second of the day form 40 yards out. Converted again by Farrah who really had her kicking boots on. 19-0

Another textbook turnover by Hill led to the next try with Farrah releasing Scarlett Keys who timed her pass to perfection to release Paula who showed her pace and a clean pair of heals to run in from the halfway line. Farrah again on target. 26-0 Half Time

The game restarted in the same vein. From the restart Aine Reilly carried hard and the ball was passed out to Chloe Moore who showed great pace to round the defence and score under the posts from her own half. Moyà converting. 33-0

Sophie Meeke ran in two more long distance tries both converted by Moyà 47-0

From a line out deep in our own 22, Ciara found a jumper at the tail and we released the backline for Farrah to show the opposition her pace and run under the posts from 90 meters 52-0

From the restart Keys decided she was not to be left out and sprinted 60 meters under the post with Moyà converting 59-0

Virginia never gave up all day and to their credit they ran in 4 unanswered tries before Scarlett rounded the day of with another long range effort. 66-20

Thanks must go to Virgina for all their effort.

All eyes now turn to the Cup Final next week in Rainey where U14’s U16’s and U18’s will all be competing for Silverware on Finals day. A massive achievement for the club and the girls.