Henry Shefflin surprised by flat Galway effort

4 June 2022; Galway manager Henry Shefflin during the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final match between Galway and Kilkenny at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

A repeat of this Leinster final performance in Saturday week’s All-Ireland quarter-final and Galway’s season will be over, warned manager Henry Shefflin.

A flat performance in a flat game, Galway will head to what is expected to be Thurles for their last-six game against one of the preliminary quarter-final winners with lingering doubts.