The Women’s All Ireland League campaigns kick off this Sunday and five of the six Ulster sides in the All Ireland Leagues are involved in the opening fixtures.
Cooke v St Mary’s
Cooke Ladies fly the solitary Ulster flag in AIL 1 and the Shaws Bridge outfit have a tough opener at home against Dublin outfit St. Mary’s in what should be a spikey affair up front! Both sides will be looking to build on successful Inter Provincial campaigns with three St Mary’s players involved in the Leinster side that won the competition and nine Cookies involved in the much improved Ulster side that won their final game against Connacht.
Cooke will be missing a few big names for this opening fixture and will be calling up some dual registers from Queens University but with a pack consisting of Emma Lowe, Suzie McVeigh, Elina Martin Piniero, Laura Boyd, Ruth Beattie, Shirelle . . .
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