“No complacency’ but Pembroke eyeing title

THERE are dozens of intriguing sub-plots to be dissected as the Irish Hockey League’s (IHL) showpiece weekend gets underway tomorrow, but the question of who can stop the Pembroke Wanderers juggernaut is dominating the agenda.

Despite having to withstand an eligibility row over South African import Vaughan Erasmus, Craig Fulton’s side have been in irresistible form in recent weeks, annexing three trophies along the way.

Having hit five past Annadale en route to the IHL semi-finals, they subsequently repeated the trick against Monkstown to wrest the Leinster league back from Three Rock Rovers, who provide the opposition tomorrow at Grange Road (5pm).