Cork game ‘will stand’ to Galway

GALWAY recognise the ‘huge test’ they face in taking on Tipperary in next weekend’s Allianz NHL final but will be better prepared than they were for their semi-final tilt with Cork on Sunday.

Apart altogether from the boost which Joe Canning’s availability has given the squad, selector and former star Sean Treacy has no doubt that the game will stand to them. Most of all he says the management are delighted to see their players involved in competitive action for a further week, given that they they’ll have to wait until June before sampling their first championship action.

“When you haven’t had a game for a while, you’re kind of raw and that’s the way we felt. We were worried we wouldn’t have the intensity that Cork had. We were probably fresher in the first half but once Cork got their legs they came back at us,’’ Treacy commented.