‘It was a hell of a match’

IT took Galway manager Vincent Mullen an age to gather his thoughts before he came and spoke to the waiting media after his side saw off the Cork challenge in a wonderful All-Ireland U-21 HC semi-final.

He said: “Putting my hurling cap on for a second, that was one of the greatest games of hurling I’ve been privileged to see in a long, long time, and those followers of both teams who stayed away missed one hell of a match.

“It was always going to be difficult for us going into a game of this magnitude without having played a competitive match, but we got the start we wanted, relaxed a bit and let Cork in for two goals.