Old friends team up to show Azerbaijan no Mercy

IRISH hockey is on a high this morning after a stunning weekend’s work saw the senior men’s and women’s teams rack up four significant wins between them.

Gene Muller’s women made light of being ranked second bottom of the teams of the Champions Challenge I in Dublin, by defeating world number 11 India 2-1 on Saturday before seeing off Azerbaijan by the same score 24 hours later.

The victory over Azerbaijan was one made in Cork as former Mount Mercy schoolgirls Audrey O’Flynn and Julia O’Halloran notched the first-half goals in a 2-1 win.