Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow both miss the cut at Evian Championship

Leona Maguire was unable to back up her victory from last weekend as she fell two strokes outside the cut line after Round 2 of the Evian Championship.

Maguire claimed her first Ladies European Tour victory with a one-stroke win at the Aramco Team Series event in Hempel Hampstead last weekend but was unable to replicate the feat in the east of France.

On Friday, she carded a second successive 72, which included four birdies, three bogeys and a double-bogey at the par-3 14th, to finish two-over par overall and in a tie for 78th.

Maguire's missed cut was confirmed on Saturday morning when the weather-affected second round was completed.

Her compatriot Stephanie Meadow was one of those who had to wait until Saturday morning to complete their second rounds but she had little chance of remaining part of the field for the weekend, finishing 13 over par for the tournament after an 81 and close to the foot of the field.

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England's Georgia Hall overcame a shoulder injury to produce a brilliant finish on day two of championship marked by weather disruptions.

Hall covered her first 10 holes in one over par before carding birdies on the 11th, 15th and 16th and making an eagle on the 18th to complete a second round of 67.

That gave the 2018 AIG Women’s Open champion a halfway total of six under par, six shots off the lead held by Japan’s Ayaka Furue.

Furue had played 13 holes in six under par before bad weather forced play to be suspended and later abandoned for the day.

Speaking about her injury, Hall said: "I was actually worse than yesterday, especially on the front nine. Just trying to make contact with the ball.

"So I’m just thrilled with the way I’m playing at the moment. I’ll see the physio and try to make it better.