Time for Tribes to get back amongst the elite

GALWAY captain Kieran Fitzgerald believes the Tribesmen have regained their place amongst the top teams in the land.
Time for Tribes to get back amongst the elite
Thu, 05 Jul, 2007 - 01:00
Jim O’Sullivan

All-Ireland champions in 1998 and 2001, the Connacht side have gone through something of a barren spell as the corner stones of those championship winning sides entered retirement or drifted from the panel.

But now Fitzgerald feels that the rebuilding process is reaching a conclusion and it is time for them to start delivering.

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