Battle commences in Galway

SPORTS reporters are regularly chastised for resorting to cliché but it will require some truly heroic originality if reports from Drom and Terryland Park over the next couple of days aren’t riddled with references to aerial bombardment, dogged resistance, shoot on sight and the heat of battle.

As you might have guessed, today and over the next two days, Galway will play host to a series of matches involving the Irish Defence Forces, the RAF and Colleges FAI – the latter currently celebrating their 40th anniversary.

The first of three games takes place this afternoon at Terryland Park when the Irish Defence Forces host the RAF, kick off 2.30pm.