team yoplait had a very successful campaign in division two in 1983–84, finishing a close second behind liam mchale's ballina, and winning promotion back to the top flight. with renewed vigour and healthy funding, the club faced into the 1984–85 season with confidence. fran ryan took over as coach, while guard dan trant and forward alvis rogers were brought in. the season came to a disappointing end with team yoplait just missing out on a top four place. more significantly, the club had run up a significant debt and a serious rethink of the viability of the national league team was undertaken in 1985.