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HURLING: Galway senior manager Micheál Donoghue with Galway Bay FM's Sean Walsh ahead of their Walsh Cup opener against Kildare

HURLING: Galway Bay FM hurling analyst Andy Coen looks ahead to Galway's Walsh Cup opener against Kildare on 'Over The Line' with Darren Kelly

RUGBY: Connacht forward Joe Joyce with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their URC trip to Leinster

RUGBY: Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their URC trip to Leinster

Galway senior manager Padraic Joyce has made 13 changes from last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Meath for their FBD League return against London on Saturday (3rd January 2026).

Sean Fitzgerald captains the team from full back, with Jack Glynn in the corner.  Daniel O’Flaherty, a substitute last summer, also starts, while Johnny McGrath is among the replacements.

Former Galway footballer and Galway Bay FM commentator Eddie Hoare joined Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly on 'Over The Line' to look ahead to the game and the season.

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The team in full:

Eamon McGrath in goal;

A full back line of Jack Folan, Sean Fitzgerald and Jack Glynn;

Finnian O Laoi, Conor Carson and Brian Cogger are the half backs;

Jack O’Neill partners Ryan Roche in midfield;

Shane McGrath, Ciaran Mulhern and Daniel O’Flaherty are on the ’40;

And an inside line of Jack Mullen, Fionn McDonagh and Colm Costello.

Throw-in at the Connacht GAA Centre, Bekan on Saturday is 6pm.

Round 4 of the National Cyclo-cross Series takes place on Ballinasloe's Fair Green this Sunday (4th January 2026) with a fun race for under-6s getting underway from 9.50am before further races at under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, Masters and support races before the Junior and Senior races.

The event will be preceded by a night-time relay race on Saturday (3rd January), hosted by the Ballinasloe club where teams of three will compete from 6pm.  There is also Cyclo-cross Skills training during the day on Saturday.

Organiser Ronan Lally from Ballinasloe Cycling Club joined Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly on 'Over The Line' to tell us more.

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CAMOGIE: Athenry manager Joe Rabbitte with Galway Bay FM's Tommy Devane ahead of their All-Ireland Senior Final replay against Cork's St. Finbarr's

CAMOGIE: All-Ireland winning captain and Galway Bay FM commentator Imelda Hobbins with Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly preview Athenry vs St. Finbarr's on 'Over The Line'

Racing in Ireland on Saturday is in Cork (3rd January 2026).

Cross-channel, there are meetings in Lingfield, Newcastle, Sandown, Wincanton and Southwell.

With his 'Saturday Six,' here's Galway Bay FM's George McDonagh.

The last Full Time Whistle of 2025 looked back at Connacht's loss to Ulster, Fiona Murtagh's homecoming to Maigh Cuilinn and everything else happening in sport. 

Presented by John Mulligan and Sean Carley.

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