*PICTURED: The Ennis U18 Girls team
By Dearbhla Parry
U14 Boys Munster League:
Ennis RFC 33 – 0 Shannon RFC
Ennis qualified for the Munster League Semi-Final with a 5-try win over Shannon.
Alex Pelczar scored 4 tries, with Steven O’Neill adding 4 conversions and showing a great performance with the last try.
Ennis: Conor Quinn, Shaun Woods, Reece Yeung, Colm Griffin, Chris Rynne, Cormac Dinan, Cillian Dinan, Josh Flynn, Steven O’Neill, Jake O’Donoghue, Thomas Connolly, Alex Pelczar, Jamie Gillespie, Ronan O’Leary, Josh O’Halloran, Reece Corbett, Jamie Culleton, Eoin Keane, Harry Daniels, DD Corry, Dan Holly, Sean Peoples, Sam Kelly, Donal Garvey, Patrick Ryan and Luke O’Connor.
U16 Girls Challenge Match:
Ennis RFC 29 – 40 Ballinasloe RFC
The Ballinasloe girls started off strong when they quickly ran through the Ennis defence to score a try. However, Ennis responded well with a tap-and-go, resulting in a try by Abi Kelly. Kelly scored a second try under the posts which she also converted.
Captain Kate Howard scored a try from a well-worked attack, aided by strong carries by Aoife Martin and Sarah Keavey. But even with Fia Doody and Rachel Hayes’ great tackling, the opposition ran in a converted try before half-time, leaving the scores 19-17 to Ballinasloe.
Ballinasloe proved stronger in the second half however some excellent performances and scores – including a running team move involving out-half Eileen Keating and Faye Ryan which resulted in Aoife Martin diving over for a try – means this runout should help Ennis prepare for their next league game at home against Shannon.
Ennis: Fia Doody, Kathy Slattery, Rachel Hayes, Faye Ryan, Kiera Hanrahan, Aoife Martin, Grace Hoyne, Eileen Keating, Holly Murphy, Sarah Keavey, Abi Kelly, Kate Murray and Siofran Enright.
U18 Boys: Ennis RFC 49 – 12 Thurles RFC
The U18 boys continued their winning streak in Thurles with a dominant display.
By half-time, the score was 30-5 with well-executed tries coming from David Moses. In the second half, Ennis emptied the bench, where T. Kelly, K. Halpenny and E. Boyle all made great impressions. Back-rows J. Ryan and D. Costelloe contributed greatly to their team’s victory.
U18 Girls Munster League: Ennis RFC 41 – 0 Shannon RFC
Ennis RFC U18 girls won their second league game against Shannon RFC. Ennis began the game without the ball due to penalty infringements and knock-ons. Eventually following a good back line move, Amy Butler touched down in the corner to get Ennis off the mark.
They never looked back and the forwards began to dominate the breakdown, giving the backline a platform to work off.
More tries followed from Lyndsay Clarke, Emma Keane, Nell Walsh, Emily Kelly, Eileen Keane and Lyndsay Clarke.
Ennis: Annie Lynch, Kiera O’Neill, Caoilinn Cahill, Jenifer Weston, Ciara Frawley , Aisling Heapes, Maggie Murphy, Emily Kelly, Amber Keane Thompson, Lyndsay Clarke (Joint Captain), Amy Butler, Emma Keane (Joint Captain) , Tara Philips, Nell Walsh, Eileen Keane, Ciara Reidy, Kayla Considine, Alana Foudy, Ava Walsh, Ellis O’Flaherty and Sadhbh Faughey.
Senior Men: Ennis RFC 32 – 29 Dingle RFC
The Ennis Senior Men’s teams came out victorious on their first away game of the league against Dingle.
Despite being on the wrong end of a few penalties for not rolling out and receiving a yellow card before half-time, Ennis started the much stronger of the sides.
They led with 7-0 in the first 15 minutes. Calum Barret took a quick tap and ran on the blind side. Brendan Keane slipped through a gap, allowing Barrett to score under the post where Dylan Kenny slotted the conversion.
By the first 20 minutes, the score showed 14-0. Through some sustained pressure, Keane broke the line to give Ennis great field position. Oisin Mangan made a break off the side of the ruck and after being hauled down two metres from the try line, Barret quickly pounced to cross the line and Kenny duly converted.
A third try followed when Osgar O’Gormain picked from the base of the scrum, with Ben Gerathy scoring in the corner. Kenny just missed the conversion.
Ennis led at half-time by 19-10 however two quick tries from the West Kerrymen put them in front for the first time. An Ennis penalty levelled proceedings before Dingle got an intercept try to put them in the lead at 22-29.
With only 10 minutes left, Jack Scahill made a serious impact with his frequent line breaks. Ennis received another penalty which Kenny converted before Scahill, who was returning from an injury, successfully scored the last try which Kenny once again converted to help see Ennis out.
Senior Women’s Division 1 League: Ennis/Kilrush RFC 10 – 11 Tralee RFC
The Ennis/Kilrush women’s team lost to Tralee in their opening game of the division 1 league with a score of 10-11.
Ennis/Kilrush struck first with Aoibheann Hahessy breaking the defensive line from 15 meters. She crashed through several cover defenders to score an unconverted try. A Tralee penalty was bookended by another Hahessy try just before half-time to leave the score at 10-3 to Ennis.
This luck did not continue, as Tralee scored a try and a second penalty and despite defending doggedly for 80 minutes, Ennis lost by the narrowest of margins.
Fixtures:
U14 Girls Competition League: Ennis v Shannon
Saturday 11th November
Kick-off at 11:00 in Drumbiggle
U16 Girls League: Ennis v Shannon
Saturday 11th November
Kick-off at 12:00 in Lee’s Road
Senior Men’s Competition League: Ennis v Castleisland
Saturday 11th November
Kick-off at 14:30 in Drumbiggle
U13 Boys Competition League
Sunday 12th November
Kick-off at 11:00 in Drumbiggle
Senior Women’s Competition League: Ennis/Kilrush v Shannon
Sunday 12th November
Kick-off at 13:00 in Drumbiggle
U12 Min Blitz
Sunday 12th November
Kick-off TBC Away
U15 Boys Competition League: Ennis v Nenagh
Sunday 12th November
Kick-off TBC in Nenagh
