Tribesmen have final revenge in mind

LAST year’s heartbreaking All-Ireland minor final reversal still grates amongst the Galway hurling fraternity. But they have the opportunity for redemption in tomorrow afternoon’s decider in Croke Park.

Kilkenny are in the opposition corner once more and the Galway camp wouldn’t forget the devastating manner in which they lost out last September (3-6 to 0-13). Danny Purcell’s late goal secured the Cats’ success, but after bossing the game for long stretches, Galway were left to rue the concession of cheap goals.

Galway manager Mattie Murphy is optimistic they can avenge that defeat. “We have our homework done at this stage. If the right questions come up, we’ll be fine but the important thing is not to panic if we get some surprises. The lads know what has to be done to get over the line. We have nine of last year’s squad involved and eight of them would have played in the championship at some stage, so lack of experience shouldn’t be an issue for us.”