Darragh Canavan slots over a simple free for the 2021 All-Ireland winners to reduce the gap between the sides to a point.

This game is warming up nicely now.

Two quickfire points - the first from Shane Walsh and the second from Johnny Heaney - see the hosts open up a two-point lead.

Galway edging proceedings early on.

The sides exchange quick points as they both get off the mark.

Shane Walsh opens the scoring for Galway with Darren McCurry equalising for the Reds Hands.

Tyrone spark into life and somehow they don't open their account.

Frank Burns went for goal but his powerful shot was saved by Conor Gleeson and his follow-up effort is also blocked.

They'd have been hoping for a point at least there.

Shane Walsh dropped a free just short with the first effort of the game and, with the second, he fires wide with a right-footed strike.

Still scoreless.

First chance of the game goes to Galway and Shane Walsh, but his left-foot free drops short and is easily collected by Niall Morgan.

That wasn't an easy chance, but it was a chance nonetheless.

Galway are playing with the wind behind them as the match gets going.

It's absolutely lashing down in Galway as the match gets underway at Pease Stadium.

Will the weather be a factor? We'll soon see.

Tyrone's Matthew Donnelly and Peter Harte looking pretty relaxed on the pitch before throw-in in the heavy rain at Pearse Stadium.

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Tyrone joint-manager Feargal Logan has said his players are "rebooted" and ready for their All-Ireland opener against what he described as "the form team in Ireland".

Galway were recently crowned Connacht champions while the Red Hands suffered the disappointment of a late, late defeat by Monaghan in their Ulster Championship quarter-final.

Logan admitted the Reds Hands needed a bit of time to get over that loss but is adamant they are ready to bounce back.

Read more of his pre-match thoughts here.

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Got your fix of The GAA Social recently?

On the latest episode, Thomas Niblock and Oisin McConville catch up with Oisin's 2002 All-Ireland winning team-mate Francie Bellew.

Have a listen here.

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Tyrone joint-managers Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher have made one change to their starting team from the side that lost the Ulster Championship quarter-final to Monaghan last month.

Joe Oguz comes into the team in place of 2021 player of the year Kieran McGeary, who drops to the bench.

Galway: Gleeson, McGrath, Kelly, Glynn, McHugh, Daly, McDaid, Conroy, Maher, Tierney, Heaney, Cooke, Burke, Comer, Walsh.

Subs: Power, Fitzgerald, O'Flaherty, Hernon, Kelly, Davoran, Daly, Finnerty, Sweeney, Conneely, Culhane.

Tyrone: Morgan, McKernan, McNamee, Hampsey, Meyler, Harte, Quinn, Kennedy, Kilpatrick, Burns, O'Neill, Oguz, McCurry, Donnelly, Canavan.

Subs: Gallen, Canavan, Clarke, Devlin, Kelly, McGeary, McGleehan, Monroe, Mulgrew, O'Donnell, Sludden.

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With a new-look round-robin format to get our teeth into this year, we've put together a piece that details all you need to know for this opening weekend of All-Ireland fixtures.

Who's qualified? What teams have been drawn together? When will the games be played? What about this weekend's games?

Have a read here for all the information..

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In the opening match of the 2023 All-Ireland Championship earlier today, Donegal overturned a half-time deficit to fight back and defeat Clare 0-9 to 0-14 at Cusack Park.

Clare led 0-6 to 0-3 at half-time in the Group Four encounter in Ennis but Donegal put in a much-improved second-half performance, spearheaded by Ciaran Thompson and Oisin Gallen, to run out five-point winners.

Read our match report here.

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So, after all the drama of last week's Ulster final - which Derry won on penalties against Armagh - the All-Ireland series takes centre stage this weekend.

The race for the Sam Maguire has taken on a new format this year, with a round-robin competition seeing 16 counties drawn into four groups of four.

Donegal beat Clare in Group Four earlier today and our focus now turns to the opening encounter in Group Two, which sees Tyrone travelling to play Galway at Pearse Stadium.

The Red Hands, All-Ireland winners in 2021, make their way to the home of the Connacht champions on the back of an agonising last-gasp defeat by Monaghan in the quarter-final of the Ulster Championship.

As they look to bounce back, we will have live text commentary of the game with a match report, highlights and reaction to follow.

Not long now until throw-in. Enjoy!

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