Mullins: Cork win gave us confidence

AS GALWAY manager Vincent Mullins pointed out, a significant element in their favour was the confidence gained from the win over Cork in the semi-final.

“We’ve inherited this team from Matty Murphy, who would have won a fair few minor titles. We knew that the backbone of that team was very, very strong. Thirteen of the lads that won the All-Ireland two years ago actually started against Cork so it’s a good turn-over. And the big thing was, we saw a character to the side in extra time that we wouldn’t have seen if they were beaten in normal time.

“The big test for us was the Cork game. If you didn’t beat Cork you weren’t playing in an All-Ireland final. But, we didn’t take Dublin for granted. There was a fair bit of hype about them.