Week twelve of the superleague is here! With the summer coming to a close it’s time for a rare double gameweek. First, we have ladies’ football, as the Goose Village Blackrocks continue their late push for a place in the finals, and then we have the last men’s superleague game of the season, where the Vikings will attempt to go out on a high note.
Having won their last game the ladies’ Blackrocks are now within touching distance of a place in the final. A win here would see them leapfrog the Verdun Vikings and finish the season in second. But while the maths is easy, the task is hard. Standing in their way are an imperious Griffintown Gaels side that have been unbeaten all summer. A victory here would send the Blackrocks to the finals on the front foot, whereas the Gaels would love nothing more than to head to the finals with such an impressive run of form behind them. This promises to be a match to remember, as neither side will be willing to give an inch!
Our second game of the night is a bit of a dead rubber but knowing these sides it’ll be as fiercely contested as any final. While they cannot make this year’s finals, there’s still a chance to ruin the Blackrocks day, and that’s something the Vikings will grab with both hands. It’s been a season of near misses for the Vikings, so they’ll want to make this one count. Meanwhile, with one eye on the finals, the Blackrocks will be trying to balance time management for their players, with their desire to come into the big game on the back of a decisive victory. A delicate act, but one this side are more than capable of.

Week eleven of the 2022 summer superleague saw the PSC dominate in the hurling, and the ladies’ football the Blackrocks kept their dream of a place in the finals alive with a convincing win over the Vikings

MVPs:
Ladies’ Football: Véronique Buisson (Vikings), Paola Ruckholdt (Blackrocks)
Hurling: Jason Quigley (PSC), Damien Conneely (Na Fianna)

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.