County Pulse · Senior Football · 2026

Galway

Pulse rating

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Connacht · NFL Division 1 · W3-D2-L2 (7 regular rounds) Still in · Won R1, advances to Round 2A

editorial standfirst pending. The data below is verified and ready; this is where the county's story gets told.

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NFL D1 R5

Donegal

Drew

NFL D1 R6

Monaghan

W +8

NFL D1 R7

Dublin

W +2

Conn SF

Leitrim

W +5

Conn F

Roscommon

L -2

AI R1

Kildare

W +13

23.3

Avg scored
(season)

21.0

Avg conceded
(season)

7 / 10

Games with a goal

Goals scored
(season)

Goals conceded
(season)

2-27

Top scorer
(Rob Finnerty)

Where the scores come from

Goal = 3 · two-pointer = 2 · point = 1

Scoring source by game

Two-point breakdown, data being verified. Verifying the two-point arc tally per game requires manual checking against the official match reports. Until that's complete this block is intentionally blank rather than estimated.

The scoring engine

Season totals across 10 verified games

Top scorers

Rob Finnerty

2-27 (33)

across 4 games

Robert Finnerty

1-20 (23)

across 5 games

Matthew Tierney

3-12 (21)

across 6 games

Shane Walsh

0-19 (19)

across 4 games

Shane McGrath

1-12 (15)

across 7 games

Paul Conroy

0-14 (14)

across 5 games

Results in 2026

League and championship · chronological · 10 games

NFL D1 R12026-01-25

MayoPearse Stadium

2-18 – 3-1824 – 27 ↗

Loss -3

NFL D1 R22026-01-31

ArmaghBOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh ([GAA.ie](https://www.gaa.ie/football/allianz-football-league-roinn-1/armagh-galway/4c3203c3-ee4d-45b6-a340-5b49dd978d06))

3-12 – 0-2021 – 20 ↗

Win +1

NFL D1 R32026-02-14

KerryAustin Stack Park

3-14 – 2-1723 – 23 ↗

Draw

NFL D1 R42026-02-21

RoscommonPearse Stadium

0-21 – 2-1621 – 22 ↗

Loss -1

NFL D1 R52026-03-01

DonegalFr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon

0-20 – 1-1720 – 20 ↗

Draw

NFL D1 R62026-03-15

MonaghanPáirc Grattan, Inniskeen

1-20 – 2-923 – 15 ↗

Win +8

NFL D1 R72026-03-22

DublinPearse Stadium

0-20 – 1-1520 – 18 ↗

Win +2

Connacht SF2026-04-25

LeitrimHeartland Credit Union Páirc Seán MacDiarmada

1-20 – 2-1223 – 18 ↗

Win +5

Connacht Final2026-05-10

RoscommonKing & Moffatt Dr. Hyde Park

2-22 – 3-2128 – 30 ↗

Loss -2

Sam Maguire R12026-05-23

KildarePearse Stadium, Salthill

3-21 – 0-1730 – 17 ↗

Win +13

Squad & rotation

Across 10 games with verified line-up data

Players used (with lineup data)

Started every recorded game

Games with lineup data

Rotation matrix, started · benched · missed

NFLConnachtSam Maguire

PlayerR1R2R3R4R5R6R7SFFR1Starts

Dylan McHugh8/10

Jack Glynn8/10

Johnny McGrath8/10

Cian Hernon7/10

John Maher7/10

Matthew Tierney6/10

Liam Silke6/10

Robert Finnerty6/10

Shane McGrath5/10

Fionn McDonagh4/10

Kieran Molloy4/10

Oisín Mac Donnacha4/10

Sean Kelly4/10

Seán Kelly4/10

Ciarán Mulhern3/10

Connor Gleeson3/10

Conor Flaherty3/10

Rob Finnerty3/10

Ryan Roche3/10

Paul Conroy2/10

Daniel O'Flaherty2/10

Liam Ó Conghaile2/10

Cillian McDaid2/10

John Daly2/10

Ciaran Mulhearn2/10

Céin D'Arcy2/10

Céin Darcy2/10

Eamon McGrath2/10

Sean Fitzgerald2/10

Seán Fitzgerald2/10

Brian Cogger1/10

Finnian Ó Laoi1/10

Shane Walsh1/10

Oisín MacDonnacha1/10

1 Conor Flaherty1/10

10 Daniel O’Flaherty1/10

11 Cillian McDaid1/10

12 Céin D’Arcy1/10

13 Robert Finnerty1/10

14 Ryan Roche1/10

15 Shane Walsh1/10

2 Johnny McGrath1/10

3 Liam Silke1/10

4 Jack Glynn1/10

5 Dylan McHugh1/10

6 Kieran Molloy1/10

7 Seán Kelly1/10

8 Paul Conroy1/10

9 John Maher1/10

Cein Darcy1/10

Ciaran Mulhern1/10

Conor Gleeson1/10

Céin D’Arcy1/10

Finnian O'Laoi1/10

Finnian Ó Laoí1/10

Liam O Conghaile1/10

Liam Sike1/10

Liam Ó'Conghaile1/10

Mattius Barret1/10

Oisin Mac Donnacha1/10

Oisin McDonagh ([GAA.ie](https://www.gaa.ie/football/allianz-football-league-roinn-1/armagh-galway/4c3203c3-ee4d-45b6-a340-5b49dd978d06))1/10

Seán Ó'Mailcharáin1/10

Shay McGlinchey0/10

Charlie Power0/10

Damien Comer0/10

Colm Costello0/10

Connor Carson0/10

Daniel O’Flaherty0/10

Daniel Ó Flaherty0/10

Dylaniam McHugh0/10

L Ó Conghaile0/10

Matias Éoin Bairéad0/10

Seán Mulkerrin0/10

Seán Ó Maoilchiaráin0/10

Seán Ó Maolchiaráin0/10

Shane McGrath (60) ([GAA.ie](https://www.gaa.ie/football/allianz-football-league-roinn-1/armagh-galway/4c3203c3-ee4d-45b6-a340-5b49dd978d06))0/10

Started Off the bench Not in squad Right column: starts / games played

Discipline

Cards across 2026

Black cards · 2

Ciaran Mulhearn · Dylan McHugh

Trajectory

'24 → '25 → '26

Trajectory, awaiting editorial read. Two-year arc, what changed, what's coming next. This block is left for Rory to write rather than auto-generated from past-season data we haven't verified to the same standard as 2026.