Gary O’Donnell is hoping Galway’s substitutes can make the difference against Donegal on Sunday.

The Galway bench made an impact in the seismic quarter-final win over All-Ireland champions Dublin and O’Donnell thinks it could have a major say once again.

"I remember driving home thinking that the five subs they had all contributed to the game. Huge impact on the game from Céin Darcy, Cian Hernon at the back, Johnny Heaney kicked a point, Liam Ó Conghaile worked really hard up front so their bench was hugely influential,” the former Galway star told gaa.ie at an AIB event ahead of the weekend’s All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

"It'll be the same on Sunday, they'll need the four or five subs coming in to make the impact and get them over the line."

The Tuam Stars clubman added: "I expect both teams to put on a good show. I think it will be somewhat high-scoring based on what you've seen off previous games, and a bit of an arm wrestle up to the last quarter where one team will probably push on ahead of the other, and see it home.

"Hopefully, that'll be Galway."

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