No fear factor as Quins primed for Pegasus test

RACHAEL KOHLER believes any psychological scars from bygone days will not be a factor when her Cork Harlequins side meet Belfast powerhouses Pegasus in the semi-finals of the Irish Hockey League at Grange Road tomorrow (12.30pm).

For much of the past two decades, Pegs have been Irish hockey’s dominant force, and carried an air of invincibility on big days on the national stage. But former Irish international captain Kohler – the most capped player of all time, with 166 appearances to her name – says Quins will have no fears tomorrow. “It’s probably very different from previous years. We’ve had this idea in the past that we’d never be able to beat Pegasus, when you’ve continuously lost to the same team,” she said.

“But an awful lot of our players don’t even know who Pegasus are so you can’t really look back too much historically on the fixture at all.