Munster girls snatch memorable win

Hockey: Munster’s U-16s produced a memorable performance to get their schoolgirls interprovincial championship off to a flying start as they beat Ulster for the first time in a decade.

Amy Buttimer and Lauren Egan gave them a 2-0 lead and while Katie McKee got one back for the northern province, it could not deny Ger O’Carroll’s team a fine result.

It owed much to Hannah Humphreys’ first half efforts between the posts, keeping it scoreless at the interval before they grabbed their two swift counter-attack goals.