'We know what to expect from Cork'

WINNING their first ever senior All-Ireland last year was always going to be a tough act to follow for the Galway Ladies football side. Just how hard they were to find out as spring turned to summer.

When they qualified for the league final against Cork at the end of April there was little indication that their season was about to trundle off the rails in spectacular fashion but that was exactly what happened.

Cork annihilated their opponents by 19 points that day in Limerick's Gaelic Grounds, and less than 10 days later Mayo dished out a seven-point defeat in the first match of the Connacht championship round robin series.