Flynn the hero as Galway put Banner on back foot

Allianz Hurling League Division 1A: Galway 2-15 Clare 1-17: Sideline tensions as Galway’s Jason Flynn lines up a free in injury time which he converted.

It resulted in Galway winning yesterday’s Allianz HL Division 1A game against Clare at Pearse Stadium by a point. Picture: David Maher/Sportsfile

They closed Pearse Stadium for a few months to carry out significant drainage work and a large tract of the Salthill venue could have been marked out of bounds yesterday as these neighbours crowded the middle of the field in the hope of exploiting space up front.