Double-weekends set to stretch playing resources

The Irish Hockey League breaks more new ground this weekend as each side will play back-to-back fixtures for the first time.

Ireland’s premier hockey league has undergone a major facelift this year with the introduction of pooled venues and the compression of the competition into five consecutive weeks. Part of that necessitates a‘double weekend’ for each participant, who will play games tomorrow and Sunday.

Leinster men’s teams in particular are no stranger to this; their controversially truncated season saw them squeeze 14 league games in before Christmas, mostly via double weekends.