Monkstown

Last Season: 4th; IHL Group stages; Mills semi-final

Coach: Rory O’Donoghue (2nd season)
Captain: Gareth Watkins

Players In: Runar O’Moore (UCD), Ali Nolan (UCD), Andy Ewington (New Zealand)
Players Out: Filip Jaros (Glenanne), Fran Lee (travelling), Ian Horsfield (Kelburne, Scotland), Richie Beere (emigrated), Rob Burke (moved to Cork)

Summary: A summer of relocations has seen Monkstown lose four players of note with the midfield engine room of Franny Lee and Filip Jaros a big gap to fill. Kiwi Andy Ewington has already made an impact with his five goals against Dublin University and he will be joined by a compatriot in late October.

Those changes aside, there’s still plenty of quality around. Stephen Cole is maturing all the time while Brian Groves’ powerful running and Gareth Watkins increased involvement at national level mean that matching last year is more than likely with a favourable Mills cup draw also on the cards.

First three games: YMCA (a); UCD (h); Corinthian (h)
Prediction: 4th
IHL Prediction: Group stages