O’Donnell is confident Tribe can stage upset GAELIC GAMES SHORTS

GALWAY captain Gary O’Donnell says the Tribesmen are capable of causing an upset against Kerry this Sunday. After a disappointing Connacht final defeat to Roscommon, Kevin Walsh’s men bounced back with victory over Donegal last Saturday when they hit 4-17 and O’Donnell is confident there is still more to come this weekend. ‘Kerry have the pedigree. They are up there as one of the best sides in the country. We will be under no illusions going into that, we will have to knuckle down and work hard,’ he said. ‘But there is a lot of things that we can work on and there is loads of improvements we can make. ‘We are satisfied with that win over Donegal. It’s been a tough two weeks, we didn’t turn up the last day [against Roscommon],’ he added.

ROSCOMMON refuse to buy into the notion that Mayo will be haunted by their recent Croke Park nightmares and, according to team selector Ger Dowd, they expect to see their neighbours up their performance from last weekend against Cork. Dowd stepped into Kevin McStay’s remodelled backroom team this season, and the Creggs club man knows the challenge that awaits his side. In the last six seasons Mayo have only lost five of their 18 Championship games in Croke Park, but Dowd believes the Rossies have no hang-ups about returning to Championship action in Dublin for the first time since 2011. ‘We’re feeling positive, but obviously you can be under no illusions of the challenge against Mayo,’ he added. ‘We know Croke Park is nearly their second home after MacHale Park. They win more than