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The portents are looking good for Galway footballers after the minors won their first All Ireland crown in fifteen years.

Having led Galway to victory with a 10-point haul in 2001, manager Padraic Joyce knows what it takes

It was a case of third time lucky for Padraic Joyce, who won his first Connacht final as the Galway senior manager on Sunday in Pearse Stadium.

The classical western contest upped sticks and headed to the big city for one day only and while it may have been played out on fancier turf than the old sod from home, it still had that old familiar feeling from days gone by in the old shed in Tuam Stadium and the memories from MacHale Park.

A massively improved performance from Galway leaves them with a fighting chance heading into this coming weekend’s final round of fixtures.

After a dismal performance against reigning league champions Kerry, Galway now face a crucial game against local rivals Roscommon when Pearse Stadium hosts the round two clash for the division one south teams at 2pm this Sunday.

Galway made it four wins from five league games with an unconvincing performance against the now relegated Meath team in Sunday's Allianz Football League's clash in Navan.

A last-gasp levelling score from Corofin's Gary Sice got his side out of jail to send the Galway Senior Football Championship final to a replay, 0-15 to 2-9.

The Galway footballers left a valuable league point or two behind them at the weekend when they went down to Meath in Navan by 1-13 to 0-15 in round four of the NFL.