Shefflin admits Galway 'didn’t see this coming'

TJ Reid’s expert marksmanship from frees was pivotal to Kilkenny claiming a third consecutive Leinster SHC title in this disappointing final in Croke Park this evening.

Galway manager Henry Shefflin during the playing of the National Anthem

Galway manager Henry Shefflin has admitted he didn’t expect his team to underperform as much as they did in this evening’s Leinster final.

“It was a very poor game, obviously Kilkenny are going to be delighted, but for the neutral watching that game it was stop start, it never got any flow in it whatsoever. There was no pattern of play, we’d no punch up front, apart from Conor Whelan obviously, who was hurting them a little bit.