Week five of the superleague sees men and ladies football action, as well as the second game of our camogie league. All of this will be happening this Saturday, the 2nd of April at the Concordia Stinger Dome, starting at 6pm.
The final round of men’s fixtures kick off with the Goose Village blackrocks taking on the Concordia Warriors. The Warriors now cannot make the superleague finals this year, but the Blackrocks are on thin ice here. Currently in 3rd, by virtue of score difference, they’ll need to take full honours in this game and then hope for a favourable result in the final game of the season. The Warriors, for their part, won’t be inclined to give the Rocks an inch. They’ve been solid all season despite the loss of key players, and while the results haven’t gone their way, they’ll be hoping to take full advantage of this last bite of the cherry. With so much riding on this game it’s sure of be a cracker.
Our middle fixture is our second Camogie game between N.D.G. Na Fianna Rouges and PSC Cu Chulainn. It’s advantage Rouge as we come into this, with the PSC still licking their wounds from the opening game. But it has been a few weeks and with more gametime and training under everyone’s belts we can expect to see PSC looking to right what they must feel was a grievous wrong, while Na Fianna will be looking to maintain their winning streak.
And finally, we have ladies’ football, with the Griffintown Gaels lining out against the Goose Village Blackrocks. Nobody is home and dry in the ladies’ league, contrary to previous reports, and both the Gaels and the Rocks would be looking to punch their ticket with a win here. More likely than not, the winner here will be a finalist – but if the stars align just right, both teams might go through anyways. Not that either side will be banking on that. We can expect both sides to give it their all in what will hopefully be a close fought and very entertaining match to round out another Saturday night at the Concordia Stinger Dome

Week four of the Superleague has left some shakeups in the table in its wake, with at least one side punching their ticket for the finals.
Starting with Ladies football, the search for the closest fought game of the season might well be over, as the Concordia Warriors and the Griffintown Gaels traded blow for blow over the course of the entire game. A cagey, tactical affair, it was seven points apiece until late in the second half when a single goal gave the Warriors the edge they needed to clinch the victory, and to keep themselves in the hunt for a place in the finals.
The middle fixture saw hurling return to the Concordia Stinger dome, with N.D.G Na Fianna Rouge lining out against PSC Cu Chulainn. With no subs available in this game, it was a contest of stamina and of game management, and PSC proved to be the finer tuned machine in that regard. Making the most of the opportunities that came their way, PSC were able to fend off several periods of intense pressure from the Rouge. Both sides will now go into the Finals on April 9th, for a winner takes all showdown.
And finally, Men’s football was the order of the day, as the Concordia Warriors and the Griffintown Gaels set up for a must-win fixture. A strong first half performance by the Warriors made it seem like it could be anybody’s game at half time, but as the second half wore on the differences between the sides became more and more apparent. The Gaels slowly started to pull away and the Warriors couldn’t find that extra gear to keep pace. With a sixteen-point lead by the end of matters to show for their efforts, the Gaels are more than likely finalists for this year’s Winter League – only a very specific set of results and an outrageous score difference could seem them dislodged now. Stranger things have happened though, so the Gaels will look to their next fixture, against the Verdun Vikings to turn this into a certainty.

MVPS:
Ladies’ football – Iliana Loupessis (Warriors), Isabelle Pharand (Gaels)
Hurling – Thomas Dayon (Na Fianna), Tony Cunningham (PSC)
Men’s Football – Julien Harwood (Gaels), Keith Pine (Warriors)