Galway suffer breakdown of first principles

When Galway manager Micheál Donoghue sits down to review the DVD of the Leinster final, he should concentrate on the 10-minute period after half-time. 

There was enough good play by Galway with which to praise the team and enough slack marking and poor option-taking to keep the coaching staff busy for the next three weeks.

The Tribesmen got their match-ups correct in defence in the first period and restricted Kilkenny to five points from play, but they couldn’t sustain the effort in the second half.