Happy Hayes hails spirit as Galway ‘hurl with freedom’

IF THERE’S a better way to test a team’s mettle we’ll have to take your word for it.

Take a side who’ve been indicted as cowardly and throw them a six-point deficit in the opening ten minutes of a do-or-die qualifier. Watch the reaction.

That was the context for Galway on Saturday in the Gaelic Grounds against Cork. They came to Limerick with a question mark hanging over their heads like a cartoon character’s thought bubble, and the Leesiders underlined that with a ferocious start, hammering in 1-3 without reply.