Elaine Aylward: Cork's final to lose unless Galway bring something different

Familiar foes, these teams met on four occasions last year, between League and Championship, with Galway holding the upper hand right up until their All-Ireland semi-final meeting in Nowlan Park.

2024 Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Camogie Championship Finals Launch. Pictured (L-R) are Laois’ Liadan C Fennell, Cork’s Lauren Homan, Galway’s Roisin Black, Camogie president Brian Molloy, Cork’s Molly Lynch, Kilkenny’s Cria Langton and Tipperary’s Sinead Meagher ahead of the finals. Pic ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Faster, higher, stronger – the Olympic moto we’ve all become accustomed to over the past 14 days as Team Ireland attempt to conquer all before them in Paris, and a message which I’m sure Cathal Murray will have been drilling into his Galway charges ahead of their clash with reigning All-Ireland champions Cork this weekend.