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Sean Carley looks back on the sporting weekend, including:

It is now less than two weeks to go to history being made in Cork on Friday October 9th. 

Killimordaly's Louise Creaven faces Cork's Christina Desmond for the BUI Irish Professional Women's Superlightweight Title at the Pariochal Hall in what is the first EVER Irish Professional Women's Title Fight. 

The excitement has been building and ahead of her travelling home to prepare in Galway, Louise caught up with John Mulligan.

John first asked Louise what she has been doing in the last couple of weeks as she prepares in her home of Surfer's Paradise, Australia. 

The award winning Documentary about Mixed Ability Rugby Try! directed by Oisin Mistéil will be shown in the Eye Cinema from next Saturday as part of a nationwide screening. 

Try! follows four Irish players and Mixed Ability Rugby Clubs who defy all expectations on their journey to the most inclusive and competitive World Cup you've never seen.

This unique sport is 15-a-side, full contact rugby played by people with and without disabilities, all with the shared dream of lifting the World Cup trophy. 

Next Saturday evening, a special showing of the film will take place at the Eye Cinema at 7pm followed by a Q&A Session with those who have made it happen. 

The Director, Alan Craughwell, who hails from Ballinasloe and introduced the game into Ireland and Clodagh Kilcullen of the Trailblazers Mixed Ability Rugby team who travelled to the World Cup joined John Mulligan to talk about the film and the upcoming night in the Eye Cinema.

Galway LGFA, together with their players and management, are asking for your support as we mark one of the proudest moments in our county’s sporting history.

After 22 long years, the Brendan martin Cup finally returned to Galway following a dramatic 2-7 to 0-12 win over Kerry.

This was more than just a victory on the field. It was the result of years of dedication, player development, sacrifice, resilience and belief.

The players and management gave everything in pursuit of this dream — countless hours of training, missed family time, personal sacrifices and an unwavering commitment to the Galway jersey.

The team are fundraising at the moment for a well deserved team holiday and John Devlin, Damien Cosgrove and Danny McGovern joined John Mulligan to talk about the past year and upcoming initiatives as they look to 2027. 

Further details on the Limited edition signed jerseys can by found by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]

You can donate to the Galway Ladies Fundraiser HERE.

It was a disappointing start to the United Rugby Championship for Connacht on Friday night. 

Stuart Lancaster's side went down 29-15 to The Stormers at Dexcom Stadium.

Commentary of the game from Rob Murphy and Joe Healy.