Galway eyeing medals ahead of Kerry rematch - Paul Conroy

Galway are looking to book a place in the final of the Allianz Football League as they take on Kerry in a decisive round 7 clash at Pearse Park on Sunday.

In what is a repeat of last year’s All-Ireland final, the Tribesmen are looking to go one step further against the reigning champions, with a place in the Division 1 final against Mayo up for grabs.

Galway go into the game in second place on eight points, while Kerry sit joint third with Roscommon and Tyrone on six points, which means that Pádraic Joyce’s side just need to avoid defeat to the Kingdom to advance.

Four points was the difference between the sides at Croke Park last July when Kerry lifted the Sam Maguire following their 0-20 to 0-16 victory.

And while there have been several suggestions this year that counties are happy to miss out on league silverware due to the proximity of the start of the championship, Galway are firmly focused on remaining in contention as long as possible.

The league final will take place on the first weekend of April, and while the Connacht championship starts on the following weekend, Galway are idle as they received a bye into the semi-finals.

"We definitely would like an extra game, and it would be great to get a game early in Croke Park," said Galway midfielder, Paul Conroy.

"We haven’t any Division 1 league medals in our dressing room and we don’t have the challenge of being out the week after, so we’re just trying to go out and win every game and improve our performance. So obviously we have a massive one coming this weekend against Kerry."

Conroy feels that this Galway side have recovered well from a slow start to the league campaign and benefitted from having a week off before finding a better consistency throughout the next four