Galway dominate cautious Clare as true test awaits

Galway 2-17 Clare 0-17: Their guts were for garters had they lost but upon inspection Galway located the moral fibre it was claimed they lacked.

A six-point All-Ireland quarter-final win won’t convince their sternest critics that they are yet ready to leave Kilkenny’s shadow.

Only when they manage to quell Brian Cody’s charges in a second half and beat them in championship fare will satisfy the naysayers.