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Round 2 of the County League takes place this weekend and Dr Crokes will be hoping to pick up their first win of the campaign when they welcome newly-promoted Beaufort to Lewis Road.

The defending champions were held to a draw by Glenbeigh-Glencar in their season opener two weeks ago as the sides played out a nine-all draw. You would have to go back a long way to find the last time Crokes went two league games in a row without winning but Beaufort will have nothing to lose in this one, especially following their seven-point opening day victory over John Mitchels.

Elsewhere, Legion will be gunning for back-to-back wins when they face Templenoe in Derreen. The visitors will be desperate to pick up some points here following their 2-11 to 1-16 loss against Kerins O’Rahilly’s a fortnight ago but confidence should be high within the Legion camp. James O’Sullivan’s team have some tough-looking away fixtures this year (St Mary’s, An Ghaeltacht, John Mitchels, Rathmore and Glenbeigh-Glencar) so home games will key. Having said that, they beat Dingle in Páirc an Ághasaigh and they don’t get much harder than that.

Speaking of tough away fixtures, Spa make the long trip back to Gallarus to face An Ghaeltacht. Spa racked up a mad score against Rathmore last time out and their dynamic forward line will be hoping to repeat the trick, although I’m sure a win of any description would do just fine.

Rathmore, who narrowly missed out on a final spot in 2017, will be aiming to avoid consecutive defeats when they play Glenbeigh-Glencar in Rathbeg at 3pm.

Fixtures:

Sunday, March 25 at 2pm unless otherwise stated

Division 1

An Ghaeltacht v Spa

Dr Crokes v Beaufort

John Mitchels v Dingle

Killarney Legion v Templenoe

Kerins O’Rahilly's v St Mary's (3pm)

Rathmore v Glenbeigh-Glencar (3pm)

Division 2

Ardfert v Na Gaeil

Austin Stacks v Kenmare Shamrocks

Ballymacelligott v Milltown/Castlemaine

Currow v Listowel Emmets

Dromid Pearses v Desmonds

Glenflesk v Kilcummin (5pm)