Ladies previews

May 02, 2008
The league finals take place in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 of the ladies game this weekend. We look ahead to all the action. PREVIEWS Saturday 3rd May, 2008 Suzuki Ladies NFL Division 3 Final Limerick v Cavan, Thurles, 5.00pm (M Kenny)   Despite one early defeat Cavan have been very impressive this season and their demolition job of Derry in the semi-finals would have sent alarm bells ringing Shannonside.    Limerick snuck past Roscommon to reach the final but the talent and experience of All Star forward Dympna O'Brien could provide Limerick with the necessary X-factor to secure the result.   Cavan C McCutheon, J Moore,'s McGorry,'s Kiernan, A Harton, A Cornyn, D English, P Lynch, C Murtagh, B Sheridan, A Doonan (c), C Kearins,'s Cassidy, R O'Keefe, B Boylan Limerick M Giltenane, E Shaughnessy,'s Healy, M O'Brien,'s Larkin, M Nash (c), O'Giltenane, J Stokes, E Enright, J O'Gorman, C Ambrose, C Davis, I Trant, C Murphy, D O'Brien,     Sunday 4th May, 2008 Suzuki Ladies NFL Division 1 Final Cork v Kerry Cusack Park, Ennis; 4.15pm (D Corcoran)   Cork are the team to beat while Kerry are desperate to end a 15 year drought of major silverware.  Cork cruised through the early rounds of the league until a shock defeat to Dublin forced them to step it up a couple of gears and power through to the final.   Kerry were unbeaten on their way to the final but started to falter slightly towards the end of the campaign drawing with Laois but an impressive semi-final win over Galway propelled them into the final.   Cork have immense strength in depth and a wealth of experience of winning finals and these two factors should ensure the title returns to the People's Republic   Cork E Harte, C Walsh, A Walsh (c), L Barret,'s O'Reilly, B Stack, G O'Flynn, J Murphy, C O'Sullivan, N Cleary, L McMahon, A Murphy, V Mulcahy, A O'Shea, D O'Reilly. Kerry L O'Driscoll, M Finnegan, G Ni Fhlatharta, K Gleeson, C Buckley, C Kelly, B Cronin M O'Donoghue, B Breen, C O'Sullivan, P Dennehy, A O'Sullivan, L Mhuirtceartaigh, D Murphy, G O'Se (c)   Suzuki Ladies NFL Division 2 Final Donegal v Clare Cusack Park, Ennis; 2.30pm (K Tighe)   Free scoring Clare have been gifted home advantage in this tie and the Banner Girls will be hoping that the trophy does not leave the county limits.  Both counties finished as runners-up in their respective league pools but upset the odds to reach the final.   Donegal are a fit powerful side and caused a major upset by dumping Waterford out of the competition in their own backyard.  Clare lost to Waterford in the league but notched up fifteen goals in 5 league outings to date proving their potency in front of goal.   If Donegal can restrict Clare's firepower upfront they could negate the Banner's home advantage.   Clare D Walsh, C Considine, L Kelly, A O'Neill, M Delaney,'s Kelly, N Coyne,'s Malone, L Henchy (c), U Downes, M Kelly, M Considine, E Considine, N Keane, A Kelly Donegal R McCafferty, L O'Sullivan, M Devenney (c), A Buggy, O'McCafferty, D Toner, G Houston, N Stapleton, A McDonnell, N Hegarty, N Doherty, T Doherty, B Gallagher, A Doherty, Y McMonagle

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