Galway boss Joe Kernan, whose side face Tyrone in Tuam Stadium on Sunday (2.30pm) received a huge boost with news that forward Michael Meehan has not suffered a serious knee injury. "He saw the specialist and had an MRI this morning (Tuesday). He has a small tear to his medial ligament and bruising to the bone but thankfully it is not the cruciate ligament.

Portumna face Ballyhale Shamrocks in today's All-Ireland senior club hurling championship final in Croke Park and will aim to become the first club side to put three All-Ireland titles back to back, while claiming their fourth Tommy Moore Cup in five years. Revenge will be on the minds of the Kilkenny champions who were well beaten by the Galway champions who put five goals past Ballyhale en route to last year's final against De La Salle.

With his side on the verge of a historic three-in-a-row, Portumna manager Johnny Kelly cuts a confident figure. A side decorated with All-Ireland gold might usually be difficult to motivate, but according to Kelly his troops are hungry as ever.

Connacht's Tiernan O'Halloran will start on the wing for the Ireland U-20 side who take on Wales in the Six Nations Championship at Dubarry Park on Friday evening. O'Halloran will start on the left-wing, while Connacht's Eoin Griffin is included among the replacements.

Galway United 2
Bray Wanderers 1
First-half goals from new signing Karl Sheppard and Derek O'Brien and second-half heroics from captain Barry Ryan gave Sean Connor his first win as Galway United manager in Terryland Park last Friday.

The weekend had promised so much for Galway.
The hurlers faced Tipperary full of confidence, the footballers had great hopes against the All-Ireland champions, Mervue and Salthill Devon had chances to claim wins, but it was left to Sean Connor's Galway United to claim the sole win for the county's big teams.

Tipperary 2-17
Galway 0-14
Seldom has a Galway hurling team collapsed to the degree of the Galway side that watched a four-point half-time lead turned into a nine-point defeat on Sunday last.

Kerry 2-16
Galway 1-9
Masterful performances from Kerry's Colm Cooper and Declan O'Sullivan sent Galway to the foot of Division 1, but a potential season-destroying injury to Michael Meehan is the real upset from this ten-point defeat in Pearse Stadium.

Galway Under-21s launch their Connacht championship campaign today (Wednesday) with a home semi-final against Denis Johnson's Sligo in Tuam Stadium (4pm). Made up from much of the All-Ireland winning minor side of 2007, Galway will enter the tie as red-hot favourites, but Alan Mulholland's side will need to be wary of a dangerous Sligo team.

One second-half point
The second-half point by Galway in the NHL against Tipperary has certainly put people talking. When was the last time that a Galway team scored only once in the second-half. Many have spoken of failing to score or scoring just once in the first-half, but in the second half, a solitary score is rare.