Ireland – Superleague Preview / Sean Jenkins MVP at Haris Tournament as Ireland Win.

The Men’s Super League teams will be ringing in the New Year with a bang this weekend as fixtures get back underway following the Christmas break.First to take to the court will be Garvey’s Tralee Warriors on Friday evening as they welcome Cork neighbours, UCC Demons to the Sports Complex in Tralee. The game marks a big test for Demons as they look to regroup following a loss to Belfast Star in the last round, and with both teams sitting neck-in-neck on the table with seven wins and four losses apiece, it looks set to be a very competitive game indeed.’It’s a huge game for us,’ Demons Head Coach, Tim O’Halloran acknowledged. ‘The two of us are 7 and 4. We had a bad loss up in Belfast the other week, I thought we were cruising in that game, but we just let it slip in the third quarter.’I wasn’t planning on being 7 and 4 at this stage of the season,’ he admitted. ‘I thought maybe 9 and 2, but it is what it is. There are a few good teams out there with some good professionals, so we just have to keep our heads down and keep battling. Tralee will be tough – they have six or seven steady players, and have a few others such as [Kieran] Donaghy and young [Ryan] Leonard so they are going to be very strong. It’s always a tough place to go.’Elsewhere, KUBS – who secured their first win of the season against Commercial.ie Eanna just before Christmas – are heading to Galway on New Year’s Eve to face off to SSE Airtricity Moycullen.’The Eanna game was a good win and will hopefully give them the confidence to win two or three more,’ said KUBS Head Coach, Mark Ingle. ‘I don’t think we were ready for Moycullen the last time we played them but we have come on an awful lot since then with hard work, so hopefully we can get a lot closer to them now.’Also looking ahead to the game, Moycullen Head Coach John Cunningham stated: ‘It’s an unusual day for a game, but given that we have the Cup semi-final the following week, it actually suits us well. KUBS have been improving and had their first win just before Christmas and we would have to be another ‘target win’ for them. Despite us winning comfortably against them in the end in Dublin, the game was very tight for three quarters. However, I …

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