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“I just felt really sorry for someone in their peak in whatever code it was,” one of Galway’s most versatile and accomplished sportsmen Seamie Crowe says about the past 16 months.

The Connacht Senior Football Championship Final between Mayo and Galway will be played in Croke Park, following an announcement this week by Connacht GAA.

In what was a whirlwind 72 hours over last weekend Mayo went from the hectic, having to deal with an Covid-19 flare-up in the camp to what in the end turned out to be the most mundane part of it all - an actual championship game against Leitrim, who they dispatched with ease.

Mayo got their All Ireland Senior Football Championship off to a winning start on Saturday last with a hard fought win over Cavan in Sligo.

After the warm up of the cup competitions over the past few weeks, the real action of league football gets up and running this weekend with all the different divisions in the Mayo League getting up and running.

The grand old ground in Tuam has seen plenty of tough battles down through the years between Mayo and Galway.

As a new-look Connacht takes shape for the coming season, head coach And Friend has had plenty of time to think about how to achieve on-field success. Day 11 of a 14 day quarantine in a hotel in Australia, Connacht Rugby coach Andy Friend is counting down the hours before being released. It is the first time he has been 'home' in three years - Covid having stymied any plans to visit family and friends. So when he signed a new contract to stay on at the Galway Sportsground for another two seasons, it was a stipulation that he be able to head home this summer.

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