FINNERTY: WOUNDED BLUES WILL WANT REVENGE ON US

ROB FINNERTY reckons that Dublin will be gunning for revenge when they land in Salthill this evening.

- By PAT NOLAN

Galway scored their first Championship win over the Dubs in 90 years in last year's All-Ireland quarter-final, condemning the then Leinster champions to their earliest exit since 2009.

And having relinquished their provincial title last month after losing to Meath, Dublin are now bidding to avoid successive Championship defeats for the first time since 1997, when they were knocked out by the Royals in their first outing having also been beaten by them in the previous year's Leinster final.

But Finnerty says that they will be driven by the prospect of avenging last year's defeat.

He said:

"They definitely will. They're a really hungry group and they obviously still have so many top players.