\nplay highfield wrfc in the semi final of the ail cup. With Cooke having suffered
\n2 defeats to highfield in the league, this was a highly anticipated game & a
\nchance for cooke to extract revenge 4 these defeats.
\n Cooke kicked off with the wind behind their backs, chasing down the long kick
\nthey pinned Highfield on the 22. With the 4wards defending well they contained
\ntheir counterparts who fought hard to break the gain line. A clearance kick from
\nHighfield no. 10 was collected well by Cooke’s Laura Stewart, however Highfields
\nno.14 had strayed offside resulting in a penalty for Cooke. Taking a quick tap &
\ngo penalty Grace Davitt crashed over to record the first score of the game which
\nwas to be unconverted.
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<\/a>\n After the restart which cooke failed to collect, Highfield applied pressure
\nthrough their pack & a try was awarded which they converted, this was 15 minutes
\nin and at 5-7 both teams knew this was going to be a highly contested match.
\n Straight from the restart cooke put highfield under pressure. Highfield
\nworked hard to break the gain line and gain yardage. Cooke’s forwards rallied
\nwell in defence to nip this in the bud. Despite continued pressure from
\nhighfield & running the ball through the 4wards cooke managed to disrupt & gain
\npossession. Cooke forwards set up a great platform for Grace Davitt to run in a
\nsecond try.
\n At 10-7 it was hotly contested semi-final with at least 20 minutes left in
\nthe first half. Highfield kicked off and upon collecting the ball cooke drove
\nforward. Highfield defended well against the forward charges of cooke’s pack.
\nAfter a few good phases by cooke forwards Laura Nicholl using the wind behind
\nher back to good advantage relieved the pressure by an impressive kick which she
\ncollected and went on to score Cookes 3rd try resulting in 17-7 @ half time.
\n Highfield restarted the second half & their aggression broke the gain line
\nseeing cooke defend gallantly against the sustained pressure. This resulted in a
\n5m scrum for Highfield which saw them rewarded with a try which was converted &
\nthe score now 17-14.
\n Cooke kicked off which was gathered by Highfield, they presented a strong
\nattack to cooke’s defence, however they could not hold off cooke’s forward
\npressure resulting in a final try by Laura Nicholl which was converted by Grace
\nDavitt with the final score 24-14. It was a hotly contested game which resulted
\nin an excellent match by both teams.
\n This week sees cooke face UL Boh’s in the final. <\/p>\n
Cooke WRFC<\/p>\n
Established in 1992 the Cooke Women\u2019s team is one of the longest standing women\u2019s rugby sides in Ireland. They are the only Ulster Women\u2019s team in All Ireland Division One and currently sit mid-way in the league table. They have also secured a spot in the All Ireland Cup semi-final this weekend, to be played in Cork against Highfield WRFC Sunday 12th March.<\/p>\n
Cooke WRFC have supported the Carrick 10\u2019s tournament since it introduced the \u201cLombard Ladies\u201d tournament, and they have been fortunate enough to win four times; although last year saw the competition bring in women\u2019s sides from Wales and England. The Cooke women\u2019s side played a tough final to win narrowly against \u201cThe Wooden Spooners\u201d. Contact numbers for anyone interested in trying out women\u2019s rugby at Cooke WRFC, Shaws Bridge, Belfast:-<\/p>\n Suzanne 07967584172 CLICK HERE FOR 100+ PICTURES OF COOKE LADIES RUGBY V HIGHFIELD LADIES RUGBY SEMI FINAL OF AI CUP On a sunny Sunday afternoon in Highfield county cork, cooke ladies arrived to play highfield wrfc in the semi final of the ail cup. With Cooke having suffered 2 defeats to highfield in the league, this was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3415,3927],"class_list":["post-10867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooke","tag-cooke-ladies-rugby","tag-highfield-ladies-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10867"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683224,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10867\/revisions\/683224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nCooke WRFC are sponsored this season by Millars Family Foods a Northern Ireland business, who hope to provide them with the winning recipe this season!<\/p>\n
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