LISMORE SEEK MUNSTER FINAL TITLE NUMBER FIVE AT MALLOW

Lismore will look to record a third successive Munster Intermediate Club Camogie title to their roll of honour on Saturday afternoon when they take on Tipperary Champions Cahir at the G.A.A. Complex in Mallow with the game having a 3pm throw in.

Cahir come into this game with a big 3-14 to 1-6 over Cork Champions Brian Dillon’s at White’s Cross, a win that will give them plenty of confidence for their meeting with the side that has contested the last two All-Ireland Finals at this grade.

Prior to this Cahir beat Silvermines in the Tipperary Intermediate County Final at The Ragg on a 0-14 to 0-9 score line having beaten Newport 3-17 to 2-8 in the semi finals and in the group stages played Moycarkey and Drom & Inch.

Lismore have not had a competitive game since they beat Saint Anne’s for the third year running in the County Final back in Early October but they will enter this game with having left no stone unturned.

Prior to their win over Saint Anne’s in the County Final they had wins over Gailltir and Cappoquin and drew with Saint Anne’s in the group stages of the competition, results that were good enough to send then straight to the county final and earlier this year they had an excellent win over Cappoquin in the League Final at Tallow, the third time the Lismore club won the final in four years.

The Cahir side may not have the household names that the Lismore side have when it comes to camogie but none the less they have some quality players some of whom are well known in Ladies Football circles in Waterford and beyond in the likes of Roisin Howard, Aisling Moloney, Caoimhe Condon, Carol Casey, Lorna McEniry, Emma Buckley and Lauren Fitzpatrick a member of the Tipperary Intermediate Ladies Football team and goalkeeper for the Ballymacarbry club this year that won a 34^th County Finals in a row and also added a Munster ‘B’ Final before loosing out in the ‘A’ Final.

Lismore will be looking to the likes of intercounty players Caithriona McGlone, Shona Curran and Nicola Morrissey for much of their inspiration while they will also be looking for big games from experienced players like Gráinne Kenneally, Aoife Hannon, Ruth Geoghegan, Marie Russell, Shauna Prendergast, Tanya Morrissey and team captain Shauna Kiernan.

Lismore in their previous two Munster Final wins over Newmarket-on-Fergus from Clare and Sarsfields from Cork were made work hard for their victories and it is anticipated that Cahir will also push them to the pin of their collars. Cahir to date have put up some very good scores to this weekends final but Lismore’s greater experience and their hunger for another All-Ireland title, a first in Croke Park should see them through in this game.