Bowtell in fitness bid

MUCKROSS midfielder Triona Bowtell is still hopeful of playing in Saturday's Irish Senior Cup hockey final against Hermes despite…

MUCKROSS midfielder Triona Bowtell is still hopeful of playing in Saturday's Irish Senior Cup hockey final against Hermes despite fracturing her right scapula in last Sunday's Leinster Senior Cup final. Bowtell is undergoing intensive physiotherapy this week in an effort to prove her fitness in timed for the match at Belfield where the sides meet again.

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