Credit Donoghue for trusting his players

In a TV interview afterwards, David Burke spoke about an incident midway through the second half, where he shouted to Joe Canning, Conor Cooney, and Joseph Cooney.

Waterford were coming at Galway in waves but Burke shouted to the three boys; “Not today. Not again today.” It was a perfect metaphor for the Galway performance. Galway didn’t surrender or falter yesterday. It was their day at last, beautiful and glorious.

Burke led the charge. He hadn’t been having a great season up to yesterday but he grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck and was its outstanding player. You have to give great credit to Kevin Moran and Jamie Barron but Burke was the outstanding midfielder on show. He knew yesterday needed to be different. He had to be. So did Galway. And they were.