With the Twins waving the white flag on their 2025 season, J.J. McCarthy and the Vikings are ready to kick off theirs.

Shelbourne jumped to the top of the SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division after a 2-0 victory at Cork City on Saturday.

In the end, the Blackpool club's almost three-year gap to their last top-tier victory was comfortably bridged. The 2024 Senior A champions immediately announced their return.