Hannah Noone targets fruitful spring with Galway

Kilkerrin-Clonberne's double All-Ireland winner Hannah Noone says Galway will be boosted by some returning stars ahead of a crunch tie against Dublin in the Lidl National Football League this weekend.

Galway and the Dubs began their Division 1 campaigns with impressive wins over Donegal and Meath respectively and will now face off at Tuam Stadium on Saturday.

Galway are still waiting to welcome back a number of the Kilkerrin-Clonberne contingent who made history at Croke Park last month, when they secured a second successive currentaccount.ie All-Ireland senior championship.

However the Noone sisters Eva, 19, Hannah, 20, and Lynsey, 22, are among those in contention to line out this weekend as Galway look to make a statement in a rematch of the 2019 TG4 All-Ireland decider.

"It definitely was a good start, we even had a good few girls making their debuts against Donegal and they didn’t look out of place out on the pitch," said Hannah Noone.

"We went training during the week and the rest of us will be going back in. Hopefully this will help drive us a bit more against the Dubs on Sunday; hopefully a few of us will get game time.

"I’m looking forward to getting back in with Galway. You want to be playing against these top teams. Playing against them will only make us better.

"You love having the competition and the tough opponents to play against. At the end of the day, it will help us improve as a team and see what we need to work on and where our strengths are."

The three Noone sisters were also involved in last year’s Yoplait O’Connor Cup semi-final, where Lynsey was part of a successful University of Limerick team.

They beat University of Galway en route to a final win over UCC.

Lynsey has since graduated but Hannah and Eva are