Cunningham raising bar for Galway

Galway hurling manager Anthony Cunningham isn’t a man for looking back and enjoying the past. His focus is firmly on the future.

Their first year in charge, Cunningham, Matty Forde and Tom Helebert coached and coaxed their charges first to a historic Leinster title win over Kilkenny before losing to Brian Cody’s men in an All-Ireland final replay.

With such a fine debut season behind them they’ve set the bar high. If progress is to be made, well, only an All-Ireland title will do.