It’s looking like a fairly competitive Ulster Women’s premiership this season.

Malone, who were dropped from the AIL after failing to fulfill their opening fixture against Railway Union, have set the place with maximum points from their first four games, though one of those was a walk over against Belfast Harlequins.

You would expect the Red Sox to win the title but having lost some key players before and after their “relegation” they may not get their own way against the likes of Queen’s, an inform Dungannon and the newly reformed Enniskillen, these top four sides only losing 2 out of 15 games between them so far.

However, despite losing Fern Wilson . . .