Galway destroy desperate Dublin in 35 minutes

Galway 5-19 Dublin 1-18: Dublin’s fate wasn’t sealed losing the toss but losing their heads in reacting to it. 

Facing such a bellowing breeze in the first half in Tullamore on Saturday, they should have re-enforced their defence but were slow to act.

“We did it inside four or five minutes,” insisted Dublin manager Ger Cunningham. “We did it nearly straight away.” But that was far from apparent as they retained a three-man full-forward line for the majority of the first half while at the other end Cathal Mannion exploited his marker Paul Schutte’s lack of match fitness in callous fashion. His finishing was so clinical, particularly for his first two goals, but he ran with ease at the Dublin rearguard completely at sea.