All square for minors at the break

Half-time: Galway 1-07 Limerick 0-10

Holders Galway and beaten Munster finalists Limerick are locked level at half-time in this afternoon's ESB All-Ireland minor hurling final at Croke Park.

Timmy O'Connor's Shannonsiders made the better start, racing into a 0-03 to 0-01 lead with Eoin Ryan and free-taker John Kelly prominent.

However, Portumna full-forward Joe Canning, brother of Galway senior Ollie, gradually came into his own, hitting three points for a brief Galway lead of 0-05 to 0-04.

Conor Kavanagh waltzed through the Limerick rearguard on 19 minutes to fire in a great goal.

Underdogs Limerick steadied themselves, striking the half's final five points to square it up before the break.

Ryan is the top-scorer with four points, while Kelly has landed three.

Scorers: Galway: J Canning 0-03 (1f), C Kavanagh 1-00, J Greene, S Glynn, J Hughes (1f) 0-01 each

Limerick: E Ryan 0-04 (1f), J Kelly 0-03 (2f, 1 '45), B O'Sullivan 0-02, S Hickey 0-01.