Galway hold out for win in Nowlan Park thriller

It was the first time that the Cats were beaten in the Championship on home soil since 1949.

[team1]Galway[/team1][score1]3-20[/score1][team2]Kilkenny[/team2][score2]2-22[/score2][/score]

Galway's held out for a slender one-point victory, to ensure four teams are still with a chance of making the Leinster SHC final, after a cracking battle with Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.