{"id":593716,"date":"2023-09-25T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=593716"},"modified":"2023-09-25T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:21:21","slug":"women-premiership-banbridge-3-omagh-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=593716","title":{"rendered":"Women Premiership: Banbridge 2 Omagh 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">With my morning Schools rugby match cancelled at late notice I made my way to Havelock Park with plenty of time to spare for the Women&#8217;s Premiership match between Banbridge and Omagh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The game was played in ideal conditions and the teams got off to a lively start with Banbridge&#8217;s <strong>Rachel Cairns<\/strong> opening the scoring after 5 minutes. It looked like the first quarter would end with Banbridge leading but the  experienced Omagh side timed it just right with <strong>Katherine McDowell <\/strong>netting her first of the game just before the break to take the score to  1 &#8211; 1 as the teams went into the second quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230923-Banbridge-v-Omagh-John-McMurtry-114-1-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593902\" style=\"width:800px;height:640px\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rachel Cairns scored two first half goals for Banbridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The young Banbridge side kept up a lively pace at the start of the second quarter with the Cunningham and the Wilson sisters prominent alongside &#8220;Ulster U16 Starlet&#8221; <strong>Alyssia Somerville<\/strong> who was getting some game time ahead of Sundays interpros. However, this was a game where experience came out on top and Banbridge&#8217;s experienced striker, Cairns found the net for the second time to put the home side 2 &#8211; 1 up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230923-Banbridge-v-Omagh-John-McMurtry-137-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593900\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katherine McDowell scored two for Omagh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Four minutes later it was Omagh&#8217;s turn to show that class is permanent as the busy McDowell popped up for her second to take the score to 2 &#8211; 2 midway through the quarter. Once again the visitors showed perfect timing as <strong>Amy McCollum<\/strong> added their third just before half time to see Omagh take a 2 &#8211; 3 lead into the second half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230923-Banbridge-v-Omagh-John-McMurtry-258-1-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593901\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amy McCollum scored the winner for Omagh. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">In fairness, the young Banbridge side, who had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/2023\/09\/women-premiership-queens-university-8-banbridge-1\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/2023\/09\/women-premiership-queens-university-8-banbridge-1\/\">shaky start to the season against Queen&#8217;s University<\/a> last week,  had a strong second half but they were unable to convert pressure into goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230923-Banbridge-v-Omagh-John-McMurtry-254-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593903\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Banbridge come close to tieing the game in the second half. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Omagh always remained dangerous and carved out a few good chances themselves with McDowell leading the charge. 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