A week in camp with the All-Ireland champions

RTÉ Sport was given exclusive access to the Dublin senior women's team for the week leading up to their All-Ireland group game against Kildare on 23 June.

As they prepare to face Galway in Parnell Park this evening, we go behind the scenes with Mick Bohan's squad to get an insight into how the most successful women's football team of the last 10 years prepares.

After a weekend training camp in Clare, the players are granted a recovery day. The team has made the trip down to the Banner County for the past six seasons. Manager Mick Bohan attributes the training camp as the key to creating bonds and connections within the group.

"Obviously with any camp, it's to work on stuff and get extra time together. But as much as that, there has to be fun in this thing for them, they give a lot of time, there's a huge commitment to it", he told RTÉ Sport.

"Getting that opportunity just to get to know each other a little bit better, you can't do that on your morning camps here. It's one thing going off for a coffee with a group but the tendency with that even is, you do it with the girls you always do it with.

"Whereas with the camp you are immersed with everybody."

The rest day allows the squad to catch up on personal and professional commitments away from the pitch and top up on recovery for the weeks that lie ahead. Management will meet on Tuesday evening to discuss selection for the upcoming fixture ahead, but tonight is a chance for downtime after a busy weekend.

The weekly breakdown is sent to the panel group chat. They will meet four times this week. Two green sessions, one red and one matchday. Every training session is assigned a colour. A code was developed by S&C coach Sami Dowling to grade the level of intensity for that session.