IT was a losing weekend for all four Galway sides in their national league encounters at the weekend, with the Super League teams of Maree and Mystics looking in increasing danger of dropping down to Division 1 level, which could see all four Galway sides playing in the second tier next season – if at all.

Having lost Nate Davis due to the lack of a working visa, and with the same fate expected to befall Jarrett Haines in the coming weeks, Maree were hit with another blow this week after parting company with England’s Joe Mvuezolo, the team cutting him over a disciplinary issue.

Over in the Women’s Super League, University of Galway Mystics have now been clearly cut adrift at the foot of the table after losing the battle of the bottom two against St Paul’s Killarney in the Kingfisher Arena on Sunday.

Having opened the season with six straight wins, Titans have now lost back-to-back games after going down away to table-toppers Limerick Celtics in Men’s Division One, who were making it eight wins from eight this season in the league and cup; while Maigh Cuilinn have slipped to a 3-4 (wins-defeats) league record after also losing on the road, coming off second-best against St Paul’s Killarney.

MEN’S SUPER LEAGUE

UCC Demons 96

Maree 82

Joe Junior Mvuezolo signed off on his Maree career with 11 points, five assists, and four rebounds down in Cork on Sunday afternoon before the club finally lost patience with him and dismissed him from what is an increasingly shallow playing squad.

It was his second spell at the club, with both ending in early departures for the Londoner, as a season of turmoil continues for the 2023 cup champions. Set to be without both US stars within a matter of weeks, with Haines set to follow Davis in having his licence suspended over a lack of a working visa, they were also without Zvonimir Cutuk on Sunday due to injury.

Pictured: Maigh Cuilinn’s Cian Walsh who scored 11 points in their Division One away loss to St Paul’s in Killarney.