Conor Hayes: Galway will never have better chance of winning final

The last Galway man to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup believes the Tribesmen “will never get a better chance” to end an All-Ireland senior hurling famine that stretches back to 1988.

The winning captain from 27 years ago, Conor Hayes, believes Galway have had “a perfect run” to Sunday’s final against Kilkenny. And Hayes insists the Cats are nowhere near the standards they exhibited from 2007-2009.

Hayes said: “I think Galway will never get a better chance and I’m not trying to rub that in, they’ve had the perfect run-in. This is their seventh game of the championship and they couldn’t ask for more.