Galway hurlers looking to the Connacht template

A Connacht rugby legend could help hold the key to Galway’s hopes of All-Ireland senior hurling championship glory.

John Muldoon is the most experienced player in the Guinness Pro12 with 13 seasons as a professional that has seen him play a record 275 games — notching 3,428 more league minutes than any other rugby player.

But it was in the yellow and blue of Portumna and the maroon of Galway that he first cut his sporting teeth.