Ben Murphy of Connacht kicks the ball clear during the EPCR Challenge Cup match between Montpellier Herault Rugby and Connacht at GGL Stadium in Montpellier, France. (Photo by Alexandre Dimou/Sportsfile)

Rugby

Connacht prepare for knockout game against French visitors

Thu, Jan 15, 2026

Connacht are on the hunt to ensure a best possible seeding by bagging maximum points in their final European Challenge Cup pool fixture against Montauban on Saturday in Dexcom (8pm).

Loughrea’s Darren Shaughnessy and Matt Donoghue of Moycullen in action from the Forvis Mazars Galway Hurling Senior Club Championship game at Pearse Stadium. Photo: Mike Shaughnessy

GAA

Loughrea on the brink as Ballygunner stand between them and history

Thu, Jan 15, 2026

Seven different Galway clubs – Portumna, Athenry, Sarsfields, St. Thomas’, Castlegar, Clarinbridge and Kiltormer – have climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand to accept the Tommy Moore Cup. Gort and Loughrea are two outliers, in that they are the only ones to have reached an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final and been unsuccessful.

Conor Penney, Craughwell AC.

Athletics

Penney kicks season off in record-breaking style

Thu, Jan 15, 2026

Craughwell AC’s Conor Penney kicked off his indoor season by smashing his own personal best by six centimetres.

Saturday’s University of Galway Mystics team against Dublin Raiders. Back row (L-R): Paul Langan (Head Coach), Laura Lopez Morera, Georgia Munnelly, Emma Glavin, Eabheann Conneely, Olivia Sasse. Front row (L-R): Demetra Yennari, Kara McCleane, Lily Hynes, Claire Hickey, Ellie Glavin.

Other

Mystics back to winning ways

Thu, Jan 15, 2026

University of Galway Mystics secured a welcome 64–59 victory over Dublin Raiders in a tightly contested Domino’s Women’s Division One clash in Bray last Saturday.

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