The clean sweep should have brought Galway another All-Star gong

Halloween is about the odd fright and this All-Star selection has a nice few talking points.
The clean sweep should have brought Galway another All-Star gong
Thu, 02 Nov, 2017 - 00:00
Anthony Daly
Anthony Daly
Two‑time All‑Ireland–winning captain and former Dublin and Clare manager, Anthony Daly, is a much-respected pundit and columnist as well as ringmaster in chief on the hugely-popular Dalo’s Hurling Show.

Should Galway have got at least one more? They managed seven but eight wouldn’t have seemed outrageous.

Galway won the league, Leinster, the All-Ireland. If you do that, the clean sweep, you’re probably worth at least eight All-Stars.

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