Not even the July rain could get in the way of training at the Sportsground on Thursday as Eric Elwood and his coaching staff put the players through some more rigorous pre-season training. With building work on the new stand carrying on all around there were plenty of distractions but the players mantained their focus and got on with the task at hand! More pictures of the developments at the Sportsground will follow shortly:

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Niall O'Connor gets his hands on the ball

Connacht legends Michael Swift and Johnny O'Connor during training at the Sportsground

Galway native prop Jamie Stephens supports Samoan centre Henry Fa'afili

Hooker Adrian Flavin looks for the offload during training at the Sportsground on Thursday

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