Inter Provencials

Results
Leinster 1 Connacht 0
Ulster 2 Munster 4

Leinster 3 Munster 3
Ulster 1 Connacht 4

Leinster 7 Ulster 1
Connacht 4 Munster 2

Final Table
7 Leinster
6 Connacht
4 Munster
0 Ulster

I was involved with the Leinster Team so didn't see any of the games that Leinster weren't involved in.

Leinster 1 Connacht 0
Kathleen O'Farrell
Connacht started brightly and had a couple of decent chances in the first half, particularly a great cross from the left hand side which arrived at the foot of a connacht striker six yards out, her side footed effort went inches wide of the near post. probably the best contest of the weekend from our point of view, Leinster created a few chances in the second half, and finally scored the only goal of the game with about twenty minutes to go through Kathleen O'Farrell.

Leinster 3 Munster 3
Wendy McGlone, Bronagh Sheridan, Angie Callaghan
Munster got off to the best possible start when one of their strikers latched onto a loose ball in the Leinster box very early in the game. Leinster proceeded to have the lions share of possession but just lacked the killer punch required to draw level. Carla Moran had the best opportunity to score for Leinster but her effort was aimed straight at the Munster keeper.

The second half was a completely different story, Wendy McGlone pounced on a loose pass in the Munster defence to blast her effort into the roof of the net from 20 yards to level the scores after ten minutes of the second period. Minutes later a Leinster corner wasn't dealt with by the Munster defence and Bronagh Sheridan pounced to scramble home a rare goal. Angie Callaghan looked to have sealed the three points for the Leinster side with thirty minutes left on the clock when she added the third. But with four minutes left Munster had decided that they wanted a piece of the action.

Two long balls over the top saw two goal chances, and more importantly two goals for the southerners to rescue a point they scarcely deserved, but fair play. Leinster missed enough chances to win the game three times over, and when Munsters opportunities came they ensured that they would enter the final round on top of the table, albeit on goal difference.

Leinster 7 Ulster 1
Rachel Jenkins (2), Ailish Kelly (2), Carla Moran, Angie Callaghan, Bronagh Sheridan
Ulster whose interest had ended in the competition after their initial two defeats to Munster and Connacht, were to be the final opponents for a Leinster side requiring a shed load of goals to ensure the title would be returning to Leinster this season. An attacking formation saw Leinster open a two goal lead early in the first half and they continued their good form to hold a 4-0 lead at the break. With Munster 2-1 at the interval a goal for Munster or Ulster in their respective games would have given the initiative back to Munster.

There was to be no let up for the northerners, when Leinster managed to add three more goals, while Ulster did manage a consolation strike to ensure that they did manage to score in each game of the competition.

Leinster Squad
Goalkeepers
Linda Meehan (Peamount United & NUI Maynooth)
Orla Tuite (DCU)

Defenders
Bronagh Sheridan (DCU)
Aoiffe Magner (UCD)
Aisling Toolan (Peamount United & Trinity College)
Melissa Haughton (Markievicz Celtic & Inchicore)
Sam Kenny (UCD)
Sandra Mulhall (UCD & DIT)

Midfielders
Rachel Jenkins (UCD & DIT) Captain
Bebhinn Nutty (Stella Maris & Trinity College)
Muirinn Nutty (Stella Maris & Trinity College)
Eimear O'Herlihy (UCD)
Wendy McGlone (Templeogue & DCU)
Stacy McGlone (Templeogue & NUI Maynooth)

Forwards
Carla Moran (Raheny United & DCU)
Kathleen O'Farrell (Raheny United & UCD)
Angie Callaghan (UCD)
Ailish Kelly (Stella Maris & DIT)