PREVIEW: Season defining moment for Nenagh Ormond who face table toppers in AIL

All-Ireland League - Division 1B - Round 15

Nenagh Ormond vs Old Belvedere in Ollie Campbell Park @ 2.30pm

Nenagh Ormond will travel north to Dublin this Saturday for a season defining clash with table toppers and runaway leaders Old Belvedere in round 15 of Division 1B of the All-Ireland League.

It's been a fantastic season for the Tipperary club thus far, exceeding all expectations as they currently sit in second place with only a handful of games left, while they are also looking forward to a Munster Cup Final after defeating their conquerors from last year's final - Young Munster - in the semi-final last weekend.

Old Belvedere have sat on top of the table since round 1 of the season all the way back in September and they have been incredibly dominant throughout the campaign, losing just one game so far this season and that was in a crunch Dublin derby against Blackrock College.

They will be without out-half Sam Wisniewski again for this game as the youngster is currently in situ with the Ireland U20 team for their Six Nations campaign, with the kicker starting all of their games in recent weeks.

Calum Dowling is their leader up front with the hooker top of the charts for tries scored in the division with 15, leading what has been a formidable pack for the majority of the season.

To outline the Dublin club's dominance, they have 63 points on the table, 11 points clear of Ormond in second, while they also have a staggering scoring difference of +261 and have failed to secure bonus points on only four occasions.

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However, Nenagh will go to the capital with no end of confidence after their exciting Munster Cup semi-final win last weekend and they can go into the game with abandon, safe in the knowledge that they have a play-off safely sewn up.

In essence, this is a free shot and a win would pull Old Belvedere closer and make it an interesting final few rounds of the regular season.

They will be without talismanic centre Willie Coffey for this one as the Toomevara man continues to recover from a facial injury but will be back in time for the run-in later next month.

Ormond have been electric this season and the prospect of being the first Tipperary team in the top division of rugby in this country will be massive motivation for them. This game will test them to their limit.

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