O’Donoghue eager to end Eagles’ reign

It’s a friendship that will firmly be parked outside the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght tomorrow night.

An intriguing subplot to Friday night’s women’s Superleague basketball final (6.45pm) sees UL coach James Weldon come up against his long-time friend, former team-mate and fellow Killarney native, Cormac O’Donoghue, head coach of Team Montenotte Cork.

But there will be no room for emotion or sentiment, as Weldon’s all-conquering charges — currently on a 34-game winning streak that stretches back to December 4, 2010 — are odds-on to defeat O’Donoghue’s improving Cork side for a fourth time this season.