Notre Dame hot fancies to repeat Cup double success

NOTRE DAME will go into the ESB Cup final weekend as favourites to win both the under-19 and senior men’s titles — a repeat of their 2000 double — and they should get their double bid off to a successful start tonight with victory over Castlebar in the first of the junior men’s semi-finals.

The second semi-final will see Mardyke UCC Demons in action against St Brendan's from Tralee and they too harbour hopes of a double victory with the senior men's semi-final against Notre Dame scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.

While nothing short of a major upset should deny Notre Dame their place in the final, and possibly a fifth title at this level, there was a warning from Tralee yesterday that St Brendan's are not to be taken lightly and, in fact, they are hoping to go all the way.