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This weekend sees the push back in the first series of the new Sultana Bran Hockey One League. O’Neills are official kit suppliers to the seven teams that make up the new Hockey One League.
The Sultana Bran Hockey One League puts Hockey fans first, with a new concept, new format, new club identities and, for the first time ever, new access for fans, with matches streamed live. It’s Real Hockey, Re-Imagined.
Hockey One starts this weekend, 29 September, with the best of the best playing each other in a fast paced game played across all Australia’s capital cities. Seven women’s teams, seven men’s teams. The cream of Australian hockey featuring Australia's best players, including players from national teams the Kookaburras (men) and Hockeyroos (women).
Seven New Hockey Teams
The teams are Adelaide Fire, Brisbane Blaze, Canberra Chill, Hockey Club Melbourne, NSW Pride, Perth Thundersticks, and Tassie
This season O’Neills is kit partner to the Manuwatu Turbos and Hawkes Bay in New Zealand for their coming campaign.
They will line up against the likes of Auckland and Bay of Plenty, two of Joe Schmidt’s old coaching assignments. With New Zealand competitions running until halfway through the World Cup, there’s a chance that some of the players may end up receiving a call up to the All Blacks World Cup team in the event of injury.
In 2015 Joe Moody got a late injury call up and was selected to play in the semi-final and final. Manuwatu Turbos and Hawke’s Bay both field an exciting array of rugby talent with a strong mix of established and emerging talent, many of whom already have featured in Super Rugby, with the Maori All Blacks or development New Zealand squads.
Danny Toala Full back or midfield. New Zealand Under-20s representative Toala made two appearances for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby
Sunday's TG4 All Ireland Ladies Football Final brings together the novel pairing of Galway and Dublin to Croke Park, with the Jackies going for their third consecutive Brendan Martin success. Galway are seeking their second title having defeated Sunday's opponents in 2004 on a score of 3-8 to 0-11. With the Camogie team having powered their way to a fantastic win and the ladies semi-final victory over Mayo, completing a championship double over their nearest rivals, optimism is high in the West that this young emerging team can provide a shock.
The manner of their win over Mayo will have given great confidence to the Tribes' women. Mairéad Seoighe got Galway off to the best possible start hitting a goal on three minutes and a second on the fifteen-minute mark. Mayo, ever resilient, put Galway to the proverbial pin of their collar, reeling in the deficit with goals of their own and took the lead in the second half. The sides were level coming down the home stretch with three
This Saturday Kerry and Dublin embark on the second part of their latest drama. For both panels a date with fate in Croke Park awaits. Another classic? Extra time? An unlikely winner? History repeating itself? It’s the oldest and most enduring rivalry in football. Soaked in history. One for the purist, a case of play it twice, Sam, for old times' sake.
Whatever happens, with a young Kerry team on the rise and a Dublin team blending emerging players with established stars, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship over the next few seasons. Certainly, the Kingdom looks best placed to pose a consistent threat to this brilliant Dublin outfit. A browse through the papers shows pundits and former players seeking ways and means to spot the cracks in Dublin. There aren’t many. Normal service could resume on Saturday.
As time goes by, since the first match, the expectations are that Dublin will change their
This Sunday’s Senior All Ireland Camogie Final sees the Cats back in their fourth All-Ireland final in a row and a sixth in seven seasons. They’ve lost the last two deciders to Cork conceding late points. They played Sunday’s opponents on 2013 and 2015 with the counties sharing one title each. Sunday is Galway’s first return since losing out in 2015.
Cat Attack
Kilkenny hit an impressive 2-21 against Tipp in their semi-final, with Michelle Quilty firing 1-9. Ann Dalton scored the other major with a quick thinking scooped effort into the roof of the net. Both players combined with some electric attacking play when they clicked. It took all of it to put away Tipp who have proved themselves the years surprise package of 2019. Their feisty semi showing will have given them huge encouragement along with a solid season for their intermediates.
In Sunday’s showpiece we can expect Quilty,