Having opened with a draw against Donegal, James Horan’s side lost at home to Dublin last Saturday night. James McCormack comes into the team at full-back as they seek a first win

Two goals from penalties by Salthill/Knocknacarra’s Shane Maughan couldn’t prevent All-Ireland champions Corofin win on their return to the Galway SFC.

Tom McGlinchey will be ratified as the new Waterford senior football manager next week.

Galway SFC

CONNACHT SFC FINAL:

Paul Conroy inspired city side St James’s to reach the Galway SFC quarter-finals with a dynamic display against Kilkerrin/Clonberne at Tuam Stadium on Saturday evening.

Galway defender Gareth Bradshaw was sent off for the second week in a row when he received a second yellow card as his club Moycullen were defeated by Kilconly in the first round of the Galway SFC yesterday.

Galway’s longest serving player Padraic Joyce has decided to retire after 15 years of top-flight football.

Killererin 0-12 Micheál Breathnach’s 0-10

Corofin remain on course to pick up their fourth Galway SFC crown in five years after surviving a Paul Conroy-led comeback by St James at Tuam Stadium yesterday.

Padraic Joyce rolled back the clock with a blistering hat-trick as Killererin sealed their spot in the Galway SFC quarter-finals yesterday.

Galway football manager Alan Mulholland received another boost as both Padraic Joyce and Michael Meehan showed great form and kicked their clubs into the third round of the county SFC.

TRIPS to Croke Park for Tommie Joyce have generally been in a playing capacity but the Killererin man will occupy a different role tomorrow afternoon.

THE strange and unpredictable nature of U-21 football was manifestly evident again in Ennis on Saturday night.

THERE must have been mixed emotions for the Down football fraternity in Croke Park on Saturday.

THE madcap nature of their Munster final win will have given Nemo Rangers plenty to ponder over the last few weeks.

NEW Galway football manager Tomás Ó Flatharta is all but certain to be without the county’s top marksman Michael Meehan for the entirety of the National League.

KILLERERIN’S Alan Keane will bid to add to his impressive gaelic football CV in tomorrow’s Connacht club SFC final against Roscommon champions St Brigid’s.

Down champions Burren became the last club to earn a semi-final place in the AIB Ulster Club Senior Football Championship, while in Connacht Killererin and St. Brigid's of Roscommon advanced to the AIB Connacht Club SFC final.

KILLERERIN’S celebrations after ousting local rivals Corofin were in full flow last month before older members of the club doused the current players euphoria by pointing out a glitch in their record.

KILLERERIN have not given up hope that former Footballer of the Year Padraic Joyce might still be available for Sunday’s Connacht club semi-final against newly crowned Mayo champions Ballintubber.

The provincial club Football Championships got underway in Ulster and Connacht today, while there was also plenty of county football final action across the country.

MIDFIELDER Niall Coleman has emerged as a doubt for Galway’s Connacht semi-final showdown against either Mayo or Sligo next month after suffering a leg injury playing for his club yesterday.

GALWAY’S hopes of finally getting the go-ahead for floodlights at Pearse Stadium have received another set-back with Galway City Council demanding more information before making a decision on planning permission.

THEY’RE like busses, these championship matches. You wait nine weeks for a game to come your way and, when it does you have to play two inside a fortnight.

KILKENNY are expected to name an unchanged team tonight for Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Wexford.

A Padraig Joyce-inspired Galway side completed a remarkable comeback at Pearse Stadium as they won at the third attempt in Division 1B.

MOYCULLEN’S Paul Clancy will captain Galway in Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Connacht SFC semi-final clash with Leitrim at Pearse Stadium.

AFTER the inter-county championship where anything could happen — and usually did — say hello to the predictable club championship.

Killererin (Galway) 2-6 Ballina Stephenites (Mayo) 1-13

Ballina Stephenites go into today's Connacht club football final against Galway champions Killererin as strong favourites to come away with the title.

THIRTEEN months ago, Killererin’s footballers sat disconsolate in a Salthill dressing-room trying to come to grips with a 15-point mauling by Caltra in the Galway county final.

Mount Sion (Waterford) 4-13 Kilmaley (Clare) 0-9

THERE was a time when county championship success meant rounds. Not of the pitch, but of pints and of pubs, with chests out, heads held high, and the all-important cup in tow.

PADRAIC JOYCE is to captain the Irish team after all in the upcoming International Rules Series against Australia in Croke Park.

Former Allstar Padraic Joyce is an injury concern for Galway ahead of Sunday's NFL Div 1 final against Kerry.

Caltra 3-11 Killererin 0-5

THE Meath County Board confirmed they will hold an election for the position of senior football manager.

VAL DALY would probably have had something very different to say instead of wishing everybody ‘Happy Christmas’ after leading Mountbellew to victory over Milltown in the Galway football championship of final of 1986.

A fixtures backlog in the Galway SFC is threatening to leave the county without a representative in the Connacht championship.

KILLERERIN will know tonight if they will be readmitted to the Galway senior football championship.