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Galway u-21 footballers, who defeated Roscommon in the Connacht final two weeks ago, face a hotly fancied Cork outfit on Saturday (6.30pm) in Cusack Park in Ennis.

Alan Mulholland’s county u-21 footballers kicked off a productive weekend for Galway football when winning the Connacht title for the first time in six years at Pearse Stadium on Saturday.

This Saturday at 3pm in Pearse Stadium the Galway u-21 footballers hope to bring the county back into the provincial winners’ enclosure when they take on current champions, Roscommon in the Connacht final.

The Galway u-21s, led by Milltown’s Mark Hehir with a superb display at centre-forward, hammered Sligo by 2-20 to 0-7 on Saturday at Markievicz Park in the Connacht semi-final.

The general consensus in Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon was that the Galway seniors were improving and things were starting to look up a bit.

The Galway u-21 footballers travel to Sligo this Saturday to take on the home side in the Connacht semi-final at 2.30pm.

This was a heartbreaking defeat for St James. To lose an All-Ireland final in Croke Park is never easy, but to lose one you could and should have won is devastating. The James lads will know this is one that got away.

You cannot buy experience, and it is one of the most valuable commodities a team can have going into an All-Ireland final, and St James’ captain on Saturday evening is a man with oodles of it.

The chance to win an All-Ireland final in Croke Park only comes to most clubs very infrequently, if at all.

Last Sunday in Mallow St James’ footballers did what many Galway teams have failed to do in the past - they got one over their Kerry opponents in an enthralling All-Ireland intermediate semi-final.