Looks like a two horse race in the absence of T.C and others this year.
On the one hand you have Salthill who won u15s last season and got to 2 SFAI cup finals with this squad. Their win in Umbro cup against their u17s will have helped albeit i heard they were lucky.
On the other hand , you have Mervue , who would not normally enter calculations but the players gained from other teams absence will make them stronger. Gartland, Mc Entee, Shaughnessy, Mannion and N.Quinn a superb athlete who captained the County Galway GAA Team scoring 2-4 in either semi or final of Ted Webb recently. If all the new players play with the same tenacity as Niall , they would have a chance but this Mervue squad have won nothing since their u12 days.
Salthill to sneak it from Mervue with the rest nowhere.......