Pointslinger supreme Shefflin shoots down Tribesmen

Michael Moynihan on the attacking talents of Galway and Kilkenny.

IN a comparison between the respective sharpshooters of Kilkenny and Galway last Saturday Henry Shefflin certainly comes out on top. Kilkenny bossed the game for long periods, which meant a better supply coming into him, but he was also more involved than Ger Farragher and Damien Hayes, the principal Galway attacking threats.

Shefflin looks like the answer to the perennial question of where to play your scoring threat, whether close to goal or out the field, as the Ballyhale Shamrocks man drifts between the forward lines.