Tallaght/Garda Women 14

Tries: Louise Leonard Flood 2
Conversions: Megan O’Callaghan 2

Three Saints 29

Sunday, 8th November, 2026
Leinster League Division 5
Tymon Park

The Tallaght/Garda women’s team took on Three Saints in Division 5 of the Women’s Leinster league in their first game in Tymon Park since joining together for this season.

With so many of Gards unavailable because of the EU Summit next week, the home side were lucky to be able to field a team at all. But a few Tallaght legends answered a SOS call and came out of retirement to allow the game to go ahead. The first half was tough though with the Saints’ strong running creating four tries to lead 22-0 at half-time.

But Tallaght/Garda stuck at it and from an ambitious kick from prop Martina Fitzpatrick, Louise Leonard Flood chased up to score a try. Megan O’Callaghan converted to make it 22-7. Not long after Leonard Flood found a gap on the flank and raced away to score a brilliant try and O’Callaghan again converted to make it 22-14. Tallaght/Garda were back in the game but that was as good as it got unfortunately and the Saints scored another converted try to make the final score 29-14.

Head coach Amanda Garrett said “We struggled in the first half but I was delighted to see the reaction in the second half when we fought back. We thought we’d have to concede earlier in the morning but a few players came out of retirement to play and big thanks to those girls. When we have most of our players available, we’re going to be a really good side capable of competing with any team in this league.”

Player of the match: Louise Leonard Flood