Junior Cup draws kind to Munster clubs as Bandon lone travellers

Hockey: The Irish Junior Cup draw has been kind to Munster teams with seven home draws out of a possible eight raising hopes that many can advance.

Bandon’s women will be keen to repeat last year’s 4-1 quarter-final defeat of Hermes but John Dennis’ troops will have to do it in Dublin this time as the only Munster side drawn away from home.

Ashton’s seconds will be hoping a home tie with Belfast Harlequins doesn’t bring a repeat of the fate that befell their firsts in the 2012 Irish Hockey Trophy, losing 6-0 to the Ulster side.