Pádraic Joyce’s side face Westmeath in their second outing of the All-Ireland series.
WITH FOUR WINS from four championship outings, and a Connacht three-in-a-row already banked, Galway are in decent condition after a mixed league campaign.
The Tribesmen will surely be aiming to win out the Group and progress straight to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. They were on course for that target last year but were undone by a narrow defeat to Armagh, and subsequently crashed out after losing to Mayo in the preliminary quarter-finals.Injuries have been an unfortunate theme for the Galway footballers in 2024, and the plague seems to have returned ahead of the team Westmeath game.
Galway have taken these hits already this season. At one point, their injury toll was up at 21, forcing them to explore the depths of their panel through the league and part of the Connacht championship. John Maher starts in place of Kelly, but has been playing around the middle third in the championship which should make for an easy transition. His partner Paul Conroy has been dominating the position lately, scoring three brilliant points against Derry.
The Connacht final against Mayo was a tighter contest and Galway’s ability to force their rivals to cough up possession that helped them over the line. They got the last two scores of the game after winning the Mayo kickout and Daniel O’Flaherty drawing a free for Shane Walsh to kick the equaliser. They pressed up on Colm Reape’s kickout, forced a free for overcarrying which Gleeson converted to seal the win.
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