Cappataggle Kid has earned his spurs

GALWAY MANAGER Conor Hayes is a steady, sensible kind of a man, not at all given to hyperbole.

What to make of this statement yesterday, then, after his side had thoroughly outplayed Waterford in the Allianz Hurling League final at Limerick's Gaelic Grounds?

"Maybe today is a day for boasting, but I think we have the two best corner-backs in the country, in Damien Joyce and Ollie Canning. They were outstanding today, both of them. When the pressure came on, that was where we resisted most, in the full-back line. It's a credit to them, we had a lot of other very good players in the backs today, but they were particularly outstanding."