Galway escape to victory in New York

GALWAY were pushed all the way by 13-man New York in a physical encounter at Gaelic Park but the biggest shock in decades was prevented by a vintage display from Páraic Joyce.

Galway scored 1-2 in stoppage time at the end after surviving a nervous finish when they were just two points in front.

Joyce was one of the few Tribesmen to master the heat and the heavy tackles as Joe Kernan’s men breathed a huge sigh of relief as they saw off the dogged challenge of their hosts, whose hopes collapsed when they had two key men dismissed in the second half.