Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice has described Galway as "a very strong team" ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash with the Tribesmen.

Speaking on the west siders 15-point victory over Donegal last Saturday, the Lixman clubman felt that their improved work rate from the provincial final loss to Roscommon was the winning of the game for them in Sligo and he expects as good an effort from his opponents at Croke Park on Sunday.

"It was a huge performance," Fitzmaurice stated.

"It wasn't one they just ground out, you could noticeably see that they worked much harder than the Connacht final.

"They were obviously disappointed with themselves and their own level of work-rate, I would say, in that final. It was something they focused on.

"When they worked hard then, they have the natural forwards to really punish teams - so when you put the two of those elements together, they are a very strong team."

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