Saturday, September 26, 2009

Corinthian

Last Season: 5th, Mills Cup winners, ISC quarter-finals

Player/coach: Andrew Cronje (1st season)
Players In: Barry Glavey (Dublin Uni), Lucas Piccioli (TRR)
Players Out: John McInroy (UCD), Ross Gribben (UCD)

Summary: Corinthian were a side transformed since the arrival of Andrew Cronje and Darren Kimfley and both enjoyed their time enough to give it another crack with the former taking on the coaching role and the latter returning when his visa is sorted.

Glavey and Piccioli are both more than decent returnees, too, and two eye-catching Neville Cup wins show they mean business.

Matches against Fingal and Monkstown will give good, early markers of how far they can go and, Pembroke aside, a favourable IHL group could yield a semi-final place – especially with Banbridge losing two internationals. Plenty of reasons for optimism at Whitechurch Park.

First three games: Fingal (h); Railway Union (a); Monkstown (a)
Prediction: 3rd
IHL Prediction: Semi-finals

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