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This year’s AIB League comes to a satisfactory conclusion for Galway clubs this weekend, but for junior club Monivea the promotion chase is still very much up for grabs.

Corinthians are back in action with a home AIB League division two fixture against Belfast Harlequins on Saturday.

It was a poor weekend for Galway rugby clubs with all three recording losses in the AIB League.

Galway’s two city rugby clubs enjoyed a successful weekend with both securing vital victories in the AIB League.

Buccaneers are away to leaders Old Belvedere in their refixed AIB League division 1B game at Anglesea Road, Dublin, on Sunday January 31. The original scheduled match fell victim to the bad weather a couple of weeks ago and has been slotted in for Sunday as Buccaneers host the AIB Cup finals on Saturday.

David Clarke’s fine drop goal in the heavy fog at Crowley Park saw Galwegians secure a narrow 12-11 victory over their Connacht rivals Buccaneers on Saturday. Most games between Connacht’s leading two sides are keenly contested, but there will hardly be a closer affair with a more dramatic finish than this encounter. And although the quality was not always top drawer at times in a game littered with mistakes, it was a tense nail-biting affair which had both sets of supporters living on their nerves right up to the very last second. This match was preceded by a minute’s silence to mark the recent passing of the late Bobby Deacy, Galwegians’ trustee and ex-president of the IRFU. The game itself was played in dense fog, which made visibility difficult for both teams, but it was the visitors who started much the brighter.

New season training

Galwegians enjoyed a facile win over Munster side Bruff in a pre-season challenge on Saturday.

The 20th year of All Ireland League rugby begins on Saturday with Galway clubs Galwegians, Corinthians, and Connemara fighting for honours in each of the three divisions.

Sligo native Niall O’Hara has been named club captain of Buccaneers as they return to division one rugby this season.