McIntyre puts win down to ‘backbone’
Galway shaded matters in an entertaining first half in which centre-forward Cyril Donnellan gave Jackie Tyrell a rare roasting (four fine points from play), and the Tribesmen enjoyed a decent half-time lead, 0-13 to 0-9.
Within five minutes of the changeover, however, that cushion had gone, Kilkenny with first a pointed 65 by wing-back Paddy Hogan, then a fortuitous goal by returning team captain TJ Reid, capitalising on an error by Galway keeper James Skehill.
