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38 // Ladies Gaelic Football Association LIDL NATIONAL LEAGUE PEIL Spring | Issue No 1 | Volume 14 Emma Duy reviews the rounds... T'S hard to believe that the group stages of the Lidl Ladies National League are over and done with and we're now preparing for the semi-finals. From Division 1 to Division 4, it's undoubtedly been a thoroughly exciting campaign to date. There's been no shortage of highs and lows, stand-out team and individual performances, shock results – and some not so much – and a high standard of football across the board, boding well for the summer to come. It must be said that we're in for a treat with the Division 1 semi-final billing. TG4 All-Ireland senior champions Dublin finished top of the pile and they face Galway. Mick LIDL NATIONAL LEAGUE The State of Play I Bohan's side su"ered their one and only defeat of the competition to date at the hands of the Tribeswomen – a side bursting with up-and-coming talent who are destined for big things, it seems. One must not forget that Dublin have never won the league so they're sure to come all guns blazing, as per. The other side of the last four has thrown up a mouth-watering clash between holders Cork and TG4 All-Ireland finalists Mayo. Of course, it was the Rebels they beat to book their place in September's showpiece, a famous one-point win in Bre"ni Park and Cork's first defeat in the All-Ireland series since 2010. Their round 6 meeting at Mallow went right down to the wire, again just a single point separating the sides at the death as the six in-a-row chasing hosts came out on top. No doubt their upcoming semi-final will be no di"erent – a single point either way separating the sides. The four tiers haver thrown up some cracking action week in, week out since the opening round of fixtures on 28 January. My job every Sunday is to to try and sum it all up, to wrap it into one easy-to-read article. That's often harder than it looks! As I'm glued to Twitter and other media platforms, attempting to stay on top of sometimes 16 di"erent matches around the country, I don't get out to as many matches as I'd like. The one Division 1 fixture I did have the pleasure of watching as a fan was the meeting of Dublin and Mayo in Elvery's MacHale Park, Castlebar. It was a good one, the first-half in particular was a rip-roaring Ladies Footballers Orlagh Farmer of Cork, left, and Sarah Rowe of Mayo