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Survival but no finals or silverware. That’s the bottom line for Galway’s two flagship GAA teams after their National League campaigns wrapped up last weekend.

Kris Twardek's first Galway United goal was not enough for all three points as the Tribesmen shared the spoils with Shelbourne in a battling display at Tolka Park.

Kilkerrin-Clonberne’s ‘Drive for Five’ is still on after an eleven-point win over Comeragh Rangers booked their place in the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Championship final in two weeks.

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.

In just the second weekend of senior club football across the county, this weekend already carries huge significance. We’ll run through each of this weekend’s fixtures ahead of a high-stakes round of action, where the Round 1 winners and losers face off against one another.

Round 1 – Galway vs Dublin May 24 (Kenny Park)

Sunday will be the eleventh time that Cork and Galway have clashed in the headline match of the senior camogie season. While the Leesiders hold the upperhand in terms of wins, some of Galway's most notable victories have come against the women in red.nHere are two examples — the 1996 final which was Galway's first title. And the 2021 final, the first post-lockdown final played in sunshine in Croke Park.

For a couple of seasons in the First Division, games between Galway United and Cork City came to define the campaigns of each side. Though the landscape has shifted since, tomorrow night’s game is another chapter in a rivalry laced with significance.

Kilkerrin-Clonberne's Louise Ward and Sarsfields' Niamh McGrath were awarded the Ladies Gaelic Football Club Player of the Year and Camogie Club Player of the Year respectively at the AIB Club Players of the Year awards at Croke Park last Friday night.