Galway ace David Burke seeks redemption against Clare

You don’t sleep much after a big defeat in the Championship and, alone with his thoughts, Galway captain David Burke has dissected the Leinster SHC final in all its minutiae.

Three points up at half-time against Kilkenny, seven down at the final whistle, it was a familiar story that played out upon the same lines as last year’s All-Ireland final.

“It was a funny game,” said Burke. “I thought we actually hurled better in the first-half last year in the Leinster final and even the All-Ireland final compared to this year’s Leinster final, yet we were still winning. We probably should have been five or six points up at half-time, even more maybe with the way we were playing. We conceded very stupid scores.