Cunningham plotting St Brigid’s demise behind enemy lines

He’s a member of Saturday’s opponents, as are the rest of his immediate family, but Anthony Cunningham admits he never asked his club St Brigid’s about taking over neighbours Garrycastle.

The Galway hurling manager lives in the Brigid’s stronghold of Kiltoom and is neighbours with St Brigid’s captain Darragh Donnelly.

He’s managed the club to three county titles and a Connacht crown in 2006 but didn’t run it by them when he accepted a switch over the Shannon to Garrycastle in late 2008.