Conor Hayes has stayed faithful to the Galway senior hurlers by agreeing to remain on as their manager for the 2006 season.

Galway coach Conor Hayes doesn't believe that All-Ireland finals are for enjoyment. He tells Jim O'Sullivan.

Former defenders Seamus Coen and Sean Silke have become members of Galway manager Conor Hayes' backroom team.

There was a dramatic twist in the election of the Galway hurling manager last night when Mattie Murphy was chosen by the seven-man committee but then rejected by the hurling board that had set up the committee.