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)
