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Galway 1-8 0-18 Cork Group 1 Round 1

Galway’s opening round defeat to Cork would have stung, but the Tribeswomen have channelled that disappointment to produce some of their finest performances since.

“That was some way to win it?”

There has never been a more decorated Galway Gaelic games player across the men’s and women’s senior inter-county codes than Ailish O'Reilly. Four All-Ireland senior medals for a player who on Sunday will be chasing a coveted five. Nobody has collected more senior Celtic Crosses while starting every victorious final for a team in maroon.

Galway and Cork have become the defining rivalry of modern camogie, repeatedly pushing one another to new standards on the sport’s biggest stage. Seven of the last nine All-Ireland senior titles have been shared between the west and Leeside. On Sunday, one of them will add another chapter to a rivalry that continues to shape the current era of the game.

Galway's senior camogie team face a make-or-break clash with Tipperary at Kenny Park this Sunday in their quest to make it directly into the All-Ireland semi-final.

Galway's senior camogie team face Cork this weekend in the first encounter between the two teams since last year's All-Ireland final.

Galway travel to Antrim this Saturday looking to build on their first league victory of the campaign over Tipperary last weekend.

Galway's senior camogie side will aim to get back to winning ways against Tipperary this Saturday.

During a sporting weekend that gripped the nation, as the Republic of Ireland and Troy Parrott stole the headlines with back-to-back triumphs over Portugal and Hungary, you could be forgiven for missing some of the major stories unfolding closer to home on the GAA front.