Henry Shefflin lauds Conor Cooney's leadership 

Responsibility to send the final free between the Kilkenny posts and secure Galway a one-point win fell onto the wrists of Conor Cooney

Kilkenny's Paddy Deegan and Conor Cooney of Galway. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Galway 1-24 Kilkenny 3-17 

We’ll deal with the handshake further down. For as tense as their post-match exchange was, the palpable coldness between the Kilkenny master and his heir apparent was still no match for the gripping fare that preceded it.