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Champions Cup rugby is the big draw for Connacht this season, but tomorrow it is all about the start of the bread and butter competition, the United Rugby Championship, with Stuart Lancaster’s side facing DHL Stormers (7.45pm)

Aaron Niland is Galway’s top scorer in this year’s championship going into Sunday’s All-Ireland decider.

It’s been 15 years since Galway last claimed an U-21 (now U-20) All-Ireland hurling crown — a drought that has long stuck in the craw of hurling aficionados throughout the county.

With the Galway senior footballers and hurlers both tasting defeat in their most recent championship outings, attention now turns to the defining stretch of the season — the period that will ultimately shape whether their campaigns are judged a success or a disappointment.

Connacht are preparing for a game of “real significance” when they host Munster in Dexcom Stadium on Saturday night (7.45pm).

Galway's National Hurling League campaign continues this Saturday against last season's All-Ireland runners-up Cork at Pearse Stadium.

A five-point defeat to your fiercest rivals will always sting, but last Saturday night in Thurles is unlikely to leave any lasting scars.

When the lights switch on at Pearse Stadium this Saturday night (7.30pm), two sides at very different points in their journeys will collide in the Galway Senior Football Championship final.

Connacht can take another important step up the URC ladder if they secure a victory over Ulster on Saturday in Kingspan Stadium (8pm).

There is no transfer window in camogie, but if there was, Galway's capture of Niamh Mallon would be hovering around the multi-million mark given the stature and threat the former Down player carries at the sharp end of this Galway team.