Laois 4-8 Wicklow 1-7
Leinster U-16 ‘B’ Ladies Football Championship Round 2
The Laois U-16 Ladies team made it two wins from two in the Leinster championship over the weekend.
Ken Farrell’s charges put in a serious second half performance to get the better of Wicklow in tough conditions.
Bray Emmets GAA’s all-weather pitch was the venue for this contest on Saturday afternoon.
A physical Wicklow side matched Laois in the first half as the sides headed for the break level at 1-5 apiece.
But the tie changed in the opening five minutes of the second half as Laois scored 2-2 without reply.
The best of the scores came when a move started by Laois keeper Grace Foxe saw several players involved in handpassing the ball down field before Aisling Cawley eventually buried it into the net.
Laois now have a three week break before they are at home to Longford in Round 3.
SCORERS – Rebecca Cahill 2-0, Aoibhe Foyle 0-4, Aisling Cawley and Niamh Peake 1-1 each, Emma Murphy and Ailbhe Carroll 0-1 each
LAOIS: Grace Foxe (Ballyroan); Clodagh Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska), Julie Ann Bennett (Sarsfields), Tessa Harris-Byrne (St Brigid’s); Katie O’Reilly (St Brigid’s), Caoimhe Fitzpatrick (Sarsfields), Lara Culleton (Portlaoise); Ella Murphy (St Brigid’s), Evanna Ryle (Sarsfields); Rebecca Cahill (Portlaoise), Aoibhe Foyle (Sarsfields), Ailbhe Carroll (Portlaoise); Faye Brown (Portlaoise), Niamh Peake (Sarsfields), Aisling Cawley (Killeshin)
Subs: Emer Conroy (Sarsfields), Anna Mulligan (Portlaoise), Abbey-Louise Byrne (Portlaoise), Ella Phelan (Mountrath), Katie Kavanagh (Mountrath), Katie McGrath (Killeshin), Sarah-Leah Harkin (St Conleth’s), Jennifer Allison (St Conleth’s), Lorna Cronin (Sarsfields), Niamh Scully (Ballyroan), Grainne Keane (Shanahoe), Laoise Dunne (Ballyroan), Kaylagh O’Meara (Ballyroan), Rachel Heffernan (Sarsfields), Ellen Bergin (Portlaoise)
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