The weather was hard the women were harder.

22 in full training.

O'hehir in a moon boot doing handballs with D.Taylor, both in rehab. Colvin doing her individualised program, (joined the main group for some running, though didn't last long) as was Wotherspoon (plenty of running, looking fit and light). Mahony there, but not training.

Heath had a training test, she must have passed as she joined the main group.

I didn't notice Pearce, Goldrick, or both Mackin's.

The trainers worked them extensively. Plenty of run throughs, most of them were on their haunches at the end.

Drills consisted of two stations, one with numerous ground ball gets and handballs, the second had them moving the ball by foot after a one two handball. Given the wet conditions, they did really well, the biggest problem was kicking the ball and hitting the chest, handling the ball was performed with the needed care and generally they were clean.

They went into a competitive handballing game. Splitting into three teams, rotated so each played the other once. At the split they practiced giving the bird to the opposition. Good synchronisation and following the flavour of the month. They had the intensity up, and were eager to tackle, those with poise excelled (Hore, Purcell, Pisano, Hanks, Harris, Chaplin, Heath, Gillard, Fitzsimon, Zanker, McNamara).

They then had sims. Cambell did well, as did S. Taylor (enthusiastic, sets up well behind the ball). We have some smart players, Harris, Hore, Hanks, and Gillard who set the plays up.

Dethridge looks ok, strong, though has some Achilles awareness which seemed to slow her down.

McNamara looking strong, with smart plays, she has bulked up through her hips. Rigoni looks ready to go, fast, big and eager.

Johnson reminds me of a young McNamara.

Pisano is looking strong, fit and training well.

Zanker was heavily involved in the play, running freely and also looking good.

Heath, Bannan and Lampard not far behind the standouts.

Gathered for mumerous chats, Harris had a long talk on one occasion, later other leaders. They look very connected, with a genuine love for each other. Displaying plenty of support, encouragement, and inclusion with and to each other.

Edited July 2Jul 2 by Kev

That's good news re Heath, but bad news re O'Hehir. Hope it's nothing serious, she looked the good in the VFLW game she played. Very poised and seemingly had lots of time - usually the mark of a class player.

On 02/07/2025 at 16:34, Kev said:

I didn't notice Pearce, Goldrick, or both Mackin's.

My understanding is that Aimee is still on the inactive list, and I was assuming she would be remaining in Ireland.

There's one or two relegation games left in the LGFA for Blaithin and Aimee (who has just returned to play). So Blaithin will presumably be back in a month or so. Not sure what happens after the All-Ireland season for Aimee but hopefully her recovery continues well.

23 hours ago, Craig T said:

That's good news re Heath, but bad news re O'Hehir. Hope it's nothing serious, she looked the good in the VFLW game she played. Very poised and seemingly had lots of time - usually the mark of a class player.

She trained with the main group today and looked fine 👍🏽

43 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

She trained with the main group today and looked fine 👍🏽

That's good news (precautionary moon boot). My thoughts at the time were, "if serious she wouldn't be ball handling". Molly O'Hehir's hands were fast and clean (wet day as well), hoping she brings great skills to the club.

No soccer balls?