Listen: Richard Tinney and Raphoe’s ladies are aiming high this season

Richard Tinney is setting high targets for his Raphoe ladies team this season.

Emma Harper’s hat-trick helped get the new term off to a perfect start, with a 5-0 win over CI Ladies in the Ulster Cup.

Leanne Patterson, who has returned from Scotland to boost the ranks considerably, scored the other two.

And Tinney makes no bones about the lofty ambitions he has.

“The expectation is to win the Cup and win the League,” he said.

“Anything less and it would be an underachievement.

“We’ve been working hard in the off-season, pushing them hard to get fit. They never lay down in the second half. We’re trying to get them working for each other.”

Listen to the full interview below …