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Galway Ladies, forced to settle for a draw with Kildare on opening day of their NFL division 2 campaign, now host Waterford in Tuam Stadium on Sunday (2pm).

NFL fans in America are getting a taste of Kilkenny hurling this week, in the build-up to this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.

Every journey must have a starting point and Alan Mulholland’s reign as Galway senior manager takes its first tentative steps on a national stage when his young side takes on Derry in round one of division two of the National Football League on Sunday at 2.30pm.

Galway football manager Alan Mulholland and his selectors face some difficult decisions over the next 10 days to trim the Galway football squad ahead of their Allianz League campaign.

Sunday February 5 -Derry v Galway (round 1)

Saturday February 4 - Laois v Mayo (Rd 1)

A few weekends ago, a few friends and I ventured up to the Sportsground for the Connacht and Toulouse Heineken Cup game.

The Mayo senior footballers will welcome Kerry to McHale Park for their second game in the 2011 National Football League on Sunday. The visit of Jack O’Connor’s side will pose another difficult examination of James Horan’s early tenure in charge of the green and red. Last weekend Horan picked up his first piece of silverware in the Mayo bainisteoir’s bib when they saw off the challenge of John Maughan’s NUIG by 1-14 to 0-11. Horan would have surely preferred a sterner test from the students who failed to fire for long periods of the game as Mayo cruised to victory with ease.

The Galway senior ladies, who opened their NFL account last weekend, will be looking to build on that performance when they face Kildare on Sunday (2pm) in Ballykelly, Monasterevin.

Every sporting journey must start somewhere, and last Sunday in Enniscrone, Tomás Ó Flatharta’s reign with Galway got off to a winning start, which is always a positive.