GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 20 – February 22, 2015 | Page 40

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
FEBRUARY 17, 2015

BLUES AND BRENDANS
FINISH TOP IN SOUTH OZ
The final round of the South Australia GAA Sate League took place
last weekend at St. Mary’s Park
with the results finalizing who lost
out and who made it through to
this year’s semi-finals in Adelaide.
The beginning of the month saw
Round 13 of the Men’s and Ladies
seven team leagues take place with
sides locked in fierce competition to make the top four and the
semi-final places for this coming
weekend. In the Ladies League,
Onkaparinga had jumped ahead
of defending champions the Blues
with Flinders O’Neill in third and
Na Fianna in fourth and those
four were set to advance.

Blues pictured here after their league final win over Onkas last year, will it be the same this
time when the two meet in the semi-final on Sunday. (Photo: Gaelic Football & Hurling Association of South Australia).

In the Men’s event, St. Brendan’s had extended their lead to
four points over second placed Western Ireland, while last
year’s champions Onkaparinga were in third, Port Districts
next but followed closely by Na Fianna for the final fourth
spot. On Friday Feb 6, in two men’s games, Western Ireland
maintained their second place with a five point win over Port

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Districts, while St. Brendan’s franked recent form when they
were far too strong for Onkas. On the Sunday in the men’s
league bottom of the table Irish Australians proved a surprise
packet once again when beating Na Fianna by two points and
dealing a major blow to the latter’s qualification hopes. In Ladies football, results went along expected lines with wins for