David Treacy points way for sweet Dublin victory

Dublin 1-28 Galway 1-19: It wasn’t exactly revenge for 2015 but victory at Parnell Park to secure a Walsh Cup final place at Croke Park must have been sweet for Dublin.

It’s just over two months since Galway players punched the air in delight after edging Dublin in a tempestuous Fenway Classic Super 11s tie in Boston, a game that carried surprising significance at the time for both sets of players.

Familiarity between the two counties last year clearly bred contempt because that Boston tie, their fifth competitive meeting of 2015, infamously boiled over into a brawl. Some of the warring players met again yesterday though save a 61st minute skirmish that resulted in three yellow cards, there was little rancour.