Pressure on Tolka Rovers

With Neptune already crowned the ESB Superleague champions, all the attention focuses on the concluding battle for the women'…

With Neptune already crowned the ESB Superleague champions, all the attention focuses on the concluding battle for the women's title in the final three weeks of the season.

Tolka Rovers have been leading the way all year, but successive defeats mean that Avonmore Snowcream Wildcats, the defending champions, are back in the hunt. Tolka are still in the more commanding position, however, and need to win two of their last three games to clinch their first title.

On Sunday, they host Meteors - a side very much in form and responsible for Tolka's elimination from the Sprite Cup semi-finals last month. There will be further pressure on the Dublin side if the Wildcats can take the points from their meeting tomorrow with the University of Limerick.

Meanwhile, tonight's live game (TG4 9.0) will feature Killester and Kerry Spring Killarney - two of the men's sides battling for a top eight finish on the league table and ensure their place in the National Championship playoffs. Elsewhere, Neptune enjoy the first of their celebration run-ins by hosting Tolka Rovers tomorrow night.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics