Edinburgh 18-60 Clovers: Report
Clovers kept up the pressure on compatriots Wolfhounds at the top of the Celtic Challenge with an 10-try win over Edinburgh.Emily Lane got the scoring underway early at the Hive Stadium, although Lucia Scott's penalty quickly cut the deficit.However, the Clovers had their bonus point try within the first twenty minutes with quickfire scores from captain Amee Leigh Costigan, Shirley Bailey, and Lane.Edinburgh responded through vice-captain Hannah Walker, with the winger going over in the corner.Clovers reasserted their dominance before half-time, getting their fifth and six tries before the break with winger Anna McGann getting both on either side of the pitch.Although they lead 36-8 at half-time, the Clovers did not rest on their laurels and continued their try-scoring in the second-half.Substitute Enya Breen got their seventh, Jemima Adams Verling got the eighth and Saoirse Crowe got the ninth from short-range.Hannah Ramsay did a consolation try for the hosts, but there was still time for McGann to wrap up her hat-trick with a breakaway intercept try.Edinburgh didn't go quietly, and Giselle Chicot scored in the final play from a move started by Scotland star Alex Stewart. However, they remain fourth in the table with just two wins from this year's tournament.Edinburgh: Scott, Bell, Brown, Chicot, Walker; Ramsay, Clarke; Wilson, Ronald, Poolman, Ferrie, Logan, Moody, Stewart (c), Gunderson.Replacements: Craig, Tawake, Brown, Russell, Sutherland, Benson, Denholm, Love.Clovers: Finn, Costigan (c), Corey, Flannery, McGann; Fowley, Lane; Burke, Gavin, Barrett, Campbell, O'Flynn, Verling, Oviawe, Bailey.Replacements: Buttimer, Crowe, Burns, Neill, Quinn, Reilly, Breen, Ugwueru.
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