Galway give Limerick a lesson in finishing

BALLINASLOE experienced a day borrowed from last summer yesterday, one of those rare occasions in the west when there was no rain-or threat of it. Perhaps the sense that spring was in the air jolted Galway enough to turn on the style in the second-half.

Galway 4-11 Limerick 1-10

The 4,500 or so in attendance witnessed a smashing game of football, much closer than Galway's flattering margin of victory suggests. Only in the final 15 minutes, following the bizarre second of Matthew Clancy's hat-trick of goals, did the nerves of Galway supporters ease.