Galway boss Tomas O'Flatharta has made a host of changes for their All-Ireland Football Qualifier with Meath tomorrow.

MICHEAL MEEHAN returns to the Galway starting lineup for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Meath in one of five changes made by manager Tomás Ó Flatharta following the Connacht semi-final defeat to Mayo.

FORMER All-Ireland winning Galway selector Stephen Joyce has described the county’s Connacht SFC semi-final loss to Mayo as “up there with the worst performances I have ever seen”.

JARLATH’S in a Hogan Cup decider is no rare occurrence. Today the Tuam school competes in its 25th final in this competition.

YOU know that a team is being utterly humiliated when the opposition manager starts taking off many of his best performers with ten minutes remaining.

ANOTHER defeat for Galway, then, but the visitors didn’t leave Newry last night without attempting to dispel the rumours of discontent that followed them to Ulster earlier in the day.

Galway 1-10 Sligo 1-10

SLIGO boss Kevin Walsh has named an unchanged side for Sunday’s Connacht SFC semi-final against Galway in Pearse Stadium.

BRIAN DOOHER has admitted there were times when he doubted whether he would make it back for a 15th season with Tyrone.

NFL DIVISION 1:

Galway 1-9 Kerry 2-16

Galway manager Joe Kernan has made changes from his goalkeeper through to the full-forward line for tonight's Allianz NFL Division 1 meeting with Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn (throw-in 7.30pm).

GALWAY 1-20 MONAGHAN 1-14

New York 0-4 Galway 1-18

DESPITE collecting four Connacht titles since their last big success in 2001, Galway have not won a single game in Croke Park or passed the All-Ireland quarter final stage.

Donegal 0-14 Galway 0-13

Galway 1-14 Mayo 2-12

CRUMMIES. THAT’S the term the AFL commentators use to describe players who will work the fringes and pick up the breaks.

ARE Galway contenders for Sam? A couple of months ago, we would have said they were. In fact, we did say they were. Deploying a much under-rated journalistic device, I will now quote myself, in these very pages, February 16, the morning after the 3-12 to 0-13 whipping of Dublin:

THIS TIME last year Galway were building up a head of steam after a sprightly start to their Division 1 campaign under new manager Liam Sammon. They met Donegal in Ballybofey and a narrow one-point margin in the home side’s favour meant a first defeat for Sammon.

Galway 3-12 Dublin 0-13

Connacht 2-15 Leinster 0-11

CONNACHT SFC FINAL: GALWAY 2-12 MAYO 1-14

Midfielder Barry Cullinane has been drafted in as one of four changes to the Galway team for Sunday's Connacht SFC final against Mayo (Castlebar, throw-in 2pm).

THE Cork senior football selectors will wait until Sunday morning before deciding whether to play Graham Canty against Kerry in the Munster SFC final.

Galway's senior footballers are set for a huge cash boost as they head into their opening National Football League tie against Laois this Sunday at Tuam Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

Injuries to Diarmuid Blake, Ja Fallon and Derek Savage have forced Galway to delay their team announcement for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Meath (O'Moore Park, throw-in 4pm).

LIMERICK have made three changes — one at midfield and two up front for next Sunday’s Munster SHC third semi-final clash with Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds.

Defender Diarmuid Blake has returned to the Galway team for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final clash with Leitrim (Carrick-on-Shannon, throw-in 2pm).

Kieran Fitzgerald will captain Galway in this summer's championship, following Corofin's decision, as county champions, to hand the honour to the experienced full-back.

Galway will begin their Connacht SFC title defence without last year's captain Padraic Joyce.

Kerry 2-12 Galway 0-10

JAMES MASTERS will play with Garda College in the Datapac Sigerson Cup quarter-final against Dublin City University at Templemore today.

DONAL DALY is recalled to the Kerry team for Sunday’s showdown with Dublin in Parnell Park. He is one of three changes from the team which defeated Cork last Saturday.

FOLLOWING the defeat to Roscommon, the Cork selectors have made sweeping changes for Saturday’s crunch Allianz NFL clash with Galway under lights at Páirc Uí Rinn.

FORMER footballer of the year, Michael Donnellan has suffered a major setback in his bid to return to competitive action with Galway.

“SURE, its’ only the league.”