Week eleven of the superleague sees a do or die fixture for the Goose Village Blackrocks in the ladies’ football, as they face the Verdun Vikings. Which is followed by the last hurling game of the regular season, with N.D.G. Na Fianna Rouges and PSC Cu Chulainn going head-to-head for the final time. All of this will start at 7pm on Monday the 15th of August, at Vanier College.
By any metric, it’s been a torrid season for the Blackrocks, currently winless and glued to the bottom of the table – but with a game in hand over their opponents tonight, there’s still a chance. They will need a win here to stand a realistic chance of making it to the final. A draw might suffice, but that would leave them with a score difference of twenty-five to overturn in their final game of the season. A task that would give Hercules himself pause. The Vikings know they’re one game away from booking their place in the final, otherwise, they’ll be left hoping for the Gaels to do them a favour.
With so much at stake, we can expect this to be a classic.
Following that, we have the last regular season game of Hurling. With their Hoodoo broken Na Fianna will be looking to make it two in a row and go into the finals as the equal of their opponents. PSC, having enjoyed nearly two seasons of uncontested dominance, will be eager to put their noisy neighbours back in their box, with a trademark performance.
The winner here will carry momentum into the first Hurling final, so expect this one to be a fierce clash as both sides look to tip their scales in their favour.