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Lesley Megarity will captain the side from
hooker and she is joined in the front row
by experienced Cooke teammates Ilse van
Staden and Nikita Armstrong. Omagh’s
Naomi McCullough will make her senior
debut in the second row alongside Colette
Broome. Another debutant, Niamh Fitzgerald,
has been named in the back row with
Queen’s University duo Imogen Porter and
Lauren Maginnes.
Promising young Enniskillen scrumhalf
Kathryn Dane has been included after a
string of brilliant performances at Ireland
underage level. She is partnered at half back
by influential playmaker Jemma Jackson.
Claire McLaughlin and ex-Ireland
international Grace Davitt will combine in
midfield, while Cooke players make up the
entire back three; Eliza Downey, Amy Davis
and Teah Maguire.
There is plenty of experience among
the replacements, while Jamie Love and
Amy O’Neill will make their first senior
appearances if called upon.
ULSTER WOMEN TO OPEN CAMPAIGN
AT HOME TO LEINSTER
1.
ILSE VAN STADEN
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COOKE
2. LESLEY MEGARITY
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COOKE, CAPTAIN
3. NIKITA ARMSTRONG
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COOKE
4. COLETTE BROOME
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QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
5. NAOMI McCULLAGH
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OMAGH
6. NIAMH FITZGERALD
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OLD BELVEDERE
7. IMOGEN PORTER
//
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
8. LAUREN MAGINNES
//
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
9. KATHRYN DANE
//
ENNISKILLEN
10. JEMMA JACKSON
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QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
11. ELIZA DOWNEY
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COOKE
12. CLAIRE McLAUGHLIN
//
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
13. GRACE DAVITT
//
COOKE
14. AMY DAVIS
//
COOKE
15. TEAH MAGUIRE
//
COOKE
REPLACEMENTS:
16. JAMIE LOVE
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CITY OF DERRY
17. SORCHA CHIPPERFIELD
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COOKE
18. SHANNON HEAPES
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CITY OF DERRY
19. AMY O’NEILL
//
BLACKROCK
20. NOREEN NETHERCOTT
//
ENNISKILLEN
21. STACEY SLOAN
//
CITY OF DERRY
22. ZOE TEMPLETON
//
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
23. PEITA MCALISTER
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QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
ULSTERWOMEN’S MANAGEMENT TEAM:
COACHES
PHILIP DOYLE & JARRETT TRUSCOTT
TEAMMANAGER
KERRY SPENCE
RESOURCES CO-ORDINATOR
ANDY WEIR
PHYSIO
ANDREW CREANEY
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACHES
PAUL HEASLEY & STEWART WALKER
ULSTER WOMEN’S TEAM
TO PLAY LEINSTER
SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST 2015,
PORTADOWN RFC, 3.00pm
ULSTER WOMEN
Ulster Women start this season’s inter-provincial series against Leinster
tomorrow (Portadown RFC, 3.00pm), with coaches Philip Doyle and Jarrett
Truscott calling on a mix of youth and experience for their match day squad.