Sixth placed, Naas were the visitors to The Dub on Saturday to play seventh placed Queens, in an AIL1B fixture. Both sides needed a win and for results to go their way if they were to make the Play Offs. A strong, cold diagonal wind blew across the pitch, initially in Queens favour. Naas kicked off and when Queens couldn’t clear their lines, camped in the Queens 22.

On Saturday afternoon, Dublin University were the visitors to The Dub to play Queens in an AIL1B fixture, which also doubled as a Dudley Cup Colours Match. Dublin played with a cool breeze in the 1st half. Queens early pressure produced dividends. Josh Stevens opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Ben McFarlane’s conversion put Queens 7-0 up. On 9 minutes Lukas Kenny crossed in the right corner for 12-0.

I caught up with the Women's Premiership match between Malone and Queen's University at Gibson Park on Wednesday evening. It was an entertaining game with both teams having extended periods of possession in a hard fought first half. Queen's finally broke down the resolute Malone defence, 15 minutes in, after a sustained period of possession ended with Sarah Roberts going over in the corner.