Intensity key to Galway success, insists focused Lee

TEN weeks have drifted by since Galway last felt the taste of competitive hurling on their lips but defender John Lee is hoping they can transfer the intensity of their preparations on the training field to the championship in Belfast this Saturday.

Galway have attempted to fill the void with a conveyor belt of challenge matches against the likes of Wexford, Cork and Clare, while club duties have also been to the fore for the squad in the last two months.

When it comes to intra-squad training matches, none fire the imagination like Kilkenny’s legendary efforts in Nowlan Park but, according to Lee, Galway’s are no place for the feint-hearted either. “If we could reproduce what we are doing in training we would have an unbelievable team,” said Lee. “The intensity of training is unreal. I don’t know how we can’t transform that into matches. There is a bit of belting going on and there has to be with lads fighting for places.”