Defending champions Glanmire get early gut-check

Basketball's Women's Super League tips off this weekend with the men's equivalent beginning in a week's time

The Address UCC Glanmire's Mark Scannell (head coach), Áine McKenna and Annaliese Murphy.

Hope springs eternal from Jordanstown to Waterford on the eve of Basketball's Women's Super League season. Defending champions The Address UCC Glanmire start their bid for a third championship in succession by hosting one of their main challengers on paper, SETU Waterford Wildcats on Sunday.

The Address UCC Glanmire will be looking for back-to-back titles this year in the MissQuote.ie Super League. Picture: Martin Doherty.