Galway ladies footballers name team for All-Ireland Championship clash with Tyrone
DANIEL MOYNIHAN has named an unchanged Galway senior ladies football team to take on Tyrone in round two of the All-Ireland Championship. The round All-Ireland SFC fixture gets underway this afternoon at 2pm in Tuam Stadium.
Galway come into this clash on the back of a comprehensive 2-21 to 1-9 victory over Meath last weekend. The full forward line of Eva Noone, Leanne Coen and Roisin Leonard hit 2-11 between them in their side’s opening round win.
A win this afternoon will guarantee the Tribeswomen’s place in the All-Ireland quarter-final and it will also secure a home quarter-final for Moynihan’s charges.
“The important thing for us is we finish top of this group, get a home quarter-final,” said the Galway manager Daniel Moynihan when asked about their next assignment. “They’ve (Tyrone) had a great season so far. Really, really dangerous team and it’s going to be very difficult for us.”
“Since I’ve been playing, we never played against Tyrone,” added Hannah Noone ahead of Galway’s first meeting with the Red Hands since 2013. “It’s hard to know what they’ll be like. Hopefully in Tuam, we’re well used to playing there. We’re really looking forward to a new challenge.”
This will be Tyrone’s first competitive outing since their Ulster final defeat to Armagh and last year’s All-Ireland intermediate champions face a tough task in Tuam this afternoon.
GALWAY: L O’Halloran, B Quinn, S Ní Loingsigh, K Geraghty (capt.); H Noone, N Ward, E Power; N Divilly, S Divilly; O Divilly, K Slevin, K Thompson; E Noone, L Coen, R Leonard.
SUBS: S Mannion, S Healy, S Hynes, D Keane, A Madden, S McGovern, K Mee, A Molloy, A Morrissey, S Ni Scanlain, L Noone, A O’Rourke, R Quinn, E Smith, C Trill.
TYRONE: L Kane; E Quinn, G McKenna, J Hearty; C Canavan, M Corrigan, A Strain; M Mallon, A McHugh; E McCanny, C Campbell, C McNamee; N O Neill, M Maxwell, S McCarroll.