Defeat for McDermott in Six Nations
Sligo’s Aoife McDermott featured for the Irish Womens Rugby team in this weekend’s defeat to England, which saw their winning start come to an end.
Reigning champions England ran in five unanswered tries to triumph 27-0 in Doncaster in the third round tie of the Six Nations.
TIME LINE: 3 minutes - England try: Sarah Hunter - 5-0; conversion: Emily Scarratt - 7-0; 14 mins - England try: Abby Dow - 12-0; conversion: missed by Emily Scarratt - 12-0; 27 mins - England try: Jess Breach - 17-0; conversion: missed by Emily Scarratt - 17-0; 40 mins - England try: Vicky Fleetwood - 22-0; conversion: missed by Emily Scarratt - 22-0; Half-time - England 22 Ireland 0; 59 mins - England try: Sarah McKenna - 27-0; conversion: missed by Emily Scarratt - 27-0; Full-time - England 27 Ireland 0
IRELAND WOMEN: Eimear Considine (UL Bohemians/Munster); Lauren Delany (Firwood Waterloo Ladies/IQ Rugby), Sene Naoupu (Old Belvedere/ Leinster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock/Leinster), Aoife Doyle (Railway Union/Munster); Claire Keohane (Railway Union/Munster), Kathryn Dane (Old Belvedere/Ulster); Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/ Leinster), Cliodhna Moloney (Wasps/IQ Rugby), Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Aoife McDermott (Railway Union/Leinster), Judy Bobbett (Blackrock/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemians/ Munster) (capt), Edel McMahon (Wasps/Connacht/ IQ Rugby), Anna Caplice (Harlequins/IQ Rugby) (13).
Replacements used: Laura Feely (Galwegians/ Connacht) for Peat (13 mins), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster) for McDermott (48), Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union/Leinster) for Keohane, Leah Lyons (Harlequins/IQ Rugby) for Djougang (both 61), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemians/Munster) for Dane, Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster) for Doyle (both 63), Victoria Dabanovich-O’Mahony (Old Belvedere/Leinster) for Moloney, Dorothy Wall (Railway Union/Munster) for Caplice (both 66), Doyle for Naoupu (75).