Montenotte’s speedy return to top takes Scannell by surprise

ANOTHER year and another trip to Tallaght for Team Hotel Montenotte Cork, but Mark Scannell didn’t see this one coming.

On the face of it, that seems to be a tall tale.

This, after all, comes from the coach of a side that had won the last three Women’s Superleague titles and whose hopes of making it four cup crowns in a row were only unseated at the last hurdle 12 months ago.