Galway ‘won’t be getting carried away’

There have been so many false dawns by the Tribesmen down through the years that Galway hurling folk must be afraid to look out the window this morning.

Galway fans know how frustrating it can be to get excited by promising young players. Yesterday, eight of last year’s victorious U-21 team started and two more came off the bench as they took the League champions apart.

The key factor was that they stood up to Dublin physically and then sprayed the ball around and picked off some wonderful scores. Niall Burke hit 0-10, five of them from play, and Conor Cooney landed four, while another member of that victorious U-21 team, Niall Donoghue, looked a class act at wing-back.