{"id":574580,"date":"2023-07-23T11:52:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T10:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=574580"},"modified":"2023-07-23T11:52:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T10:52:43","slug":"provincial-friendly-ulster-u18-girls-65-scottish-midlands-u18-girls-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=574580","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Friendly: Ulster U18 Girls 65 Scottish Midlands U18 Girls 0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Ulster U18 and U16 sides welcomed their Scottish midlands counterparts to Larne Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon for the first of two preseason hit outs  over the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I caught up with the U18 sides on Saturday for their first game which took part over three 20 minute periods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The Ulster side was pretty much in control from the start coming close on a couple of occasions before <strong>Tara O&#8217;Neill<\/strong> crossed out wide for the opening score after 10 minutes for a 5 &#8211; 0 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230722-Ulster-U18-v-Scottish-Midlands-U18-180-1-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574582\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anna Wilson scored Ulster&#8217;s third try after a strong run from deep<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The Scottish side defended resolutely but late tries from <strong>Ruby Starrett<\/strong> and <strong>Anna Wilson<\/strong>, both converted by <strong>Leah Irwin<\/strong> saw Ulster take a 19 &#8211; 0 lead into the first break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230722-Ulster-U18-v-Scottish-Midlands-U18-227-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574583\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luigseach Murnaghan is congratulated after scoring her hat trick try for Ulster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The visitors continued to show impressive commitment in defence but <strong>Cara McLean<\/strong> and <strong>Beth McBurney<\/strong> both crossed before <strong>Luigseach Murnaghan<\/strong> competed a quick fire hat trick in 9 minutes. Irwin converted two to take the score to 48 &#8211; 0 to Ulster at the end of the second period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230722-Ulster-U18-v-Scottish-Midlands-U18-292-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574588\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cara McLean crosses for her second try.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The Scottish team, who had shipped a few knocks by this stage, continued to battle away in the final period. However Ulster closed the game out with a second score from McLean before <strong>Grace Simati<\/strong> and <strong>Laura Scott<\/strong> both crossed to finish off the game. <strong>Megan Creighton <\/strong>took over kicking duties to land one conversion and take the final score to <strong>Ulster U18  65 Scottish Midlands 0. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20230722-Ulster-U18-v-Scottish-Midlands-U18-382-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574584\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laura Scott heads for the line for Ulster&#8217;s final score. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Ulster U18 Girls Squad: <\/strong>Amanda Farrell, Anna Wilson, Anne-Rose McNally, Beth McBurney, Cara McLean, Emer Smyth, Erin McConalogue, Grace Simati, Kate Farrell, Laura Scott, Leah Clarke, Leah Irwin, Lily Reaney, Lucy Calvin, Luigseach Murnaghan, Maeve O&#8217;Dwyer, Megan Creighton, Orlaith Breen, Ruby Starrett, Sarah Corry, Sarah Johnston, Victoria Campbell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:2px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-1-1 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2023 07 22 Cara McLean Try for Ulster U18\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S8C1UWjklRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-1-1 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2023 07 22 Luigseach Murnaghan scores two tries  for Ulster U18\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fww7kkoqTsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ulster U18 and U16 sides welcomed their Scottish midlands counterparts to Larne Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon for the first of two preseason hit outs over the weekend. 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