11 years ago Saturday 3rd September sees a festival of rugby taking place as part of the Women’s Interprovincial series. The Connacht Ladies take on the Munster Ladies at 2.30pm in what should be a cracker of a match at Galway Corinthians RFC.
As a build up to the main match there are two additional games;
A Connacht U-18 Selection shall take on a Munster U-18 Selection at 12pm.The U-18’s under the direction of Wendy Hickey shall see their first action since last year when they made history as the first U-18 girls team to don the Connacht jersey
Over the past few weeks a Connacht Development squad has been put through their paces by Ciaran Loughnane, Luke o’ Donnell and Sinead Cosgrave. At 1pm the Connacht Development team will take on a Munster Development side.
The senior squad is bolstered by the return of players from Tralee and Portlaoise alongside familiar local faces and some new. This year sees a new look coaching team in Colm Power and Emer O’ Dowd who hope to lay out their markers on Saturday.
Senior Connacht side to face Munster
1. Maire Hanly Longford
2. Natasha Hayword Galwegians
3. Ruth O’Reilly Galwegians
4. Heather Cary Galwegians
5. Yvonne Dowd Longford
6. Niamh Fitzgerald St. Mary’s
7. Clare Molloy Bristol/Galwegians
8. Carol Staunton Galwegians
9. Soracha Ni Chadhain Galwegians
10. Clare Raftery Galwegians
11. Louise Kavanagh St. Mary’s
12. Christine Arthurs Tralee
13. Alison Miller (C) Portlaoise/Galwegians
14. Amy O’ Callaghan Highfield
15. Yvonne Delaney Portlaoise
16. Ailish Toner Young Munster
17. Karen Lennon Longford
18. Leanne Mc Carty Tralee
19. Michelle Barry Tralee
20. Nuala Ni Chadhain Galwegians
21. Tanala Kehoe Portlaoise
22. Elma Beirne
Senior Squad: Head Coach – Colm Power
Forwards Coach Emer o’ Dowd
Managers:
Jean Wynne
Wendy Hickey
Connacht Development Selection
Maire Murray (Capt) Galwegians
Alma Lacken Galwegians
Anne O’ Callaghan Galwegians
Aoife O’ Sullivan Tralee
Edel Hannon Young Munster
Hannah Smith NUIG
Emma Treanor
Katherine McDonagh Galwegians
Kathrin Antweiler Tuam
Leanne Mc Carthy Tralee
Lisa Mc Donagh Galwegians
Tina Fitzgerald Galwegians
Maria Riley Tuam
Jen Hee Winterlich Tuam
Grace Kelly Galwegians
Karen Lennon Longford
Maeve Foley Malahide
Connacht Selection: Head Coach – Ciaran Loughnane
Backs Coach – Luke O’ Donnell & Sinead
The Connacht ladies Committee would like to thank Galwegians RFC for the use of their training facilities throughout the summer and also Galway Corinthians for hosting the home games this year.
