LIAM Donoghue might never have made it to the top in hurling if he hadn’t been patient, if he wasn’t prepared to keep up his standard at club level and wait for the opportunity to make the goalkeeping position on the Galway hurling team his own.

MORE than a decade after watching twin brother Michael establish himself on the Galway hurling team, Liam Donoghue is all the more conscious of making the most of his time at the top level.

Galway’s senior hurling selectors have decided to replace goalkeeper Michael Crimmins with Clarenbridge’s Liam Donoghue for the upcoming National League campaign.