‘Steel’ was additional ingredient, says Anthony Cunningham

Galway manager Anthony Cunningham believes the manner of his side’s semi-final win is worth three-years of “development work”.

Cunningham pointed to the character and steel of his team as the crucial components in the county’s first championship win over Tipperary since 2005. The ghosts of last year’s qualifier collapse, he added, had finally been exorcised.

“That result is huge,” he stressed.