Saturday, Could 2: A blockbuster day in Three Rock Rovers drew the 2026 AIG Irish Senior Cup and Irish Junior Cup campaigns to an in depth, as Railway Union and Lisnagarvey secured the AIG Irish Senior Cup, whereas Previous Alex and Lisnagarvey took house the Irish Junior Cup honours.
Within the Girls’s AIG Irish Senior Cup Closing, Railway Union and Monkstown met in a tense tie, as Railway Union went in the hunt for their third successive title, whereas Monkstown hoped to trigger a press release upset in opposition to their Leinster counterparts. A scoreless first half noticed Railway Union take pleasure in nearly all of the possession however have been denied by the put up to see the groups enter the break on stage phrases.
Railway Union ultimately broke the impasse, Australian Aisling Utri persevering with her sensational scoring type as she expertly lifted the ball over Monkstown goalkeeper Madeleine Williamson. Railway loved a interval of momentum following their aim, however sturdy defending from Monkstown saved them out.
Monkstown loved an early alternative at aim from a penalty nook, however Railway Union’s defensive unit carried out their duties completely to maintain Monkstown out. Railway snuffed out any hopes of a Monkstown comeback within the minutes that adopted, Katie Mullan placing throughout aim for Aisling Utri to faucet in and safe her aspect the win.
The win provides one other chapter to Railway Union’s wealthy AIG Irish Senior Cup historical past, as they turn out to be solely the second ladies’s aspect ever to win the over-100 12 months previous competitors three consecutive occasions.
Within the Males’s AIG Irish Senior Cup, two of the nation’s prime sides this 12 months went head-to-head as Three Rock Rovers took on Lisnagarvey.
Three Rock have been speedy out of the blocks, with Evan Jennings performing because the supplier for Ryan Spencer who completed well to interrupt the impasse. Possibilities got here thick and quick for each side, however neither discovered the crowning glory, giving Three Rock a slim lead on the break.
Ryan Spencer stepped up as soon as once more in quarter three to seize his second of the sport, a faucet in on the again put up after Three Rock reworked a broken-down nook effectively, however a penalty stroke 4 minutes later supplied Lisnagarvey a lifeline.
With seven minutes remaining, Lisnagarvey gained a penalty nook which supplied captain Mark McNellis the possibility to attract stage, an opportunity he took. However Three Rock Rovers responded with vigour, going up the opposite finish virtually instantly and dealing the ball to Ryan Spencer but once more to finish his hattrick.
That wasn’t to be the final twist within the tail, a penalty nook for Lisnagarvey with simply over a minute left to play gave them a final likelihood to equalise. Their first effort was effectively saved by goalkeeper James Coffey, however Lisnagarvey have been quickest to the unfastened ball, with Matthew Nelson getting the essential contact to power the shootout.
Lisnagarvey goalkeeper James Milliken stepped up and shrouded himself in glory, saving three essential penalty strokes to safe his aspect their third successive AIG Irish Senior Cup title, fifth since 2020, and twenty eighth within the competitors’s historical past.
Earlier within the day, the Irish Junior Cup took centre stage. Previous Alex and Railway Union kicked off the motion with one other thrilling encounter. Previous Alex took an early lead via Clara Garcia within the first quarter, however two targets in just below quarter-hour gave Railway Union the lead in quarter 4. A late penalty nook gave Previous Alex their equaliser, Emily Sexton, deflecting in to power a shootout. Previous Alex went on to safe the nationwide honours, holding their nerve in sudden dying.
Afterwards, Lisnagarvey took on Corinthian within the Males’s Irish Junior Cup. Corinthian shocked their opposition early on, with captain Ciaran O’Shea discovering the again of the online within the first three minutes. Lisnagarvey responded effectively, scoring eight minutes later via James Lorimer. A second and a 3rd ultimately got here for the Ulster aspect, Benjamin Aughey and Harry Archbold discovering the online the make it 3-1.
A late Corinthian aim piled the strain on Lisnagarvey because the Leinster aspect tried to discover a route again into the sport, however Lisnagarvey held out to safe the Irish Junior Cup title.
Previous Alex II 2 [3 – 2] 2 Railway Union II
Corinthian II 2 – 3 Lisnagarvey II
Monkstown 0 – 2 Railway Union
Three Rock Rovers 3 [1 – 3] 3 Lisnagarvey
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