Quins and C of I land tough Cup draws

CORK Harlequins and Church of Ireland both qualified for the quarter-finals of the ESB Irish Senior Women’s Cup after extra-time scares against Loreto and Ards respectively on Saturday, but both landed extremely tough away games in the quarter finals.

‘Quins looked to be cruising against the Leinster league leaders at Farmers Cross when they took a 3-0 lead, but the Dublin side fought back bravely to level things up with three second-half goals.

Karen Bateman opened the scoring for the home side after just seven minutes and was then set up by Julia O’Halloran for a second on 13 minutes.

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