Galway 'happy to get out of here with the win' following second half surge past spirited New York

Galway’s cause wasn’t helped in the opening half by a 22nd minute ankle injury which forced All-Star midfielder John Maher to be substituted. 

Galway’s Matthew Tierney scored 2-4 in his side's Connacht SFC quarter-final victory over New York. Pic: ©INPHO/Emily Harney

Connacht SFC quarter-final: Galway 3-28 New York 0-20

Time will tell if this turns out to be Galway’s first step on a journey that leads all the way to Croke Park at the end of July, but Padraic Joyce admitted that he was ‘delighted’ to leave New York with a victory after Sunday’s entertaining Connacht SFC quarter-final.