Continuity is king for Griffith College Éanna ahead of Men's Super League title defence

Griffith College Éanna head coach Darren McGovern believes the club have the continuity in place to make a strong fist of defending their Men's Super League crown but admits that the strength in depth within the division will make it a formidable challenge to go back-to-back.

Éanna won their first ever InsureMyVan.ie Super League title in April by beating Pyrobel Killester in the final at the National Basketball Arena and will begin the bid to retain the trophy against Ballincollig on 5 October at the MTU Arena.

The title-winning squad remains settled with the only change seeing Matthew McClain depart after finishing his scholarship at Griffith College while Donolly Tyrell has arrived as the new recruit.

"The core of the team is there so we do believe the continuity is there. We just need to build on our pre-season performances there on Saturday and get ready now for Ballincollig in a couple of weeks' time," McGovern told RTÉ Sport.

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Éanna found form at the right time last season as they attacked the post-season with vigour on route to glory and from that experience McGovern says the league phase will be about maintaining consistency to keep themselves in contention to qualify for when the prizes are handed out.

"If you're in the top eight come the end of the season, you've your chance to become Super League champions," he said.

"It means people can have form at different times of the season so you could have a poor start to the season. Like we weren't the best at the start of last season being 2-2 from the first four games and we went out of the cup a couple of