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Armagh march on after dramatic late victory over Galway

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Armagh produced a dramatic late finish to earn their first ever championship win over Galway and advance directly to the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland title with a thrilling 0-16 to 1-12 win in Carrick-on-Shannon.Man of the match Rory Grugan kicked the winner for Armagh in the third minute of injury-time but Galway still had a chance to snatch a draw in a game where they were level a dozen times but Shane Walsh's free from the left in the 79th minute of a gripping contest went across goal.That sparked huge celebrations for the Armagh fans who were in the majority of the crowd of 6,803 at the Leitrim venue.The sides were level four times in the opening 22 minutes but Galway, despite missing a penalty, went in leading by 1-05 to 0-06 at the end of an entertaining opening half.They exchanged points four times with Grugan, Conor Turbitt, Andrew Murnin and Aidan Forker finding the range for Armagh, with Galway responding through two efforts from Walsh and one apiece from Peter Cooke and Cillian McDaid.But then ten minutes from the break Galway captain Seán Kelly was fouled after a run forward as he bore down on goal and they were awarded a penalty.

However, Armagh goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty got down well to his left to save Shane Walsh's penalty.Armagh turned the screw by breaking downfield to edge 0-05 to 0-04 in front when Turbitt pointed a free after Stefan Campbell was fouled.But another run from deep by full-back Kelly yielded a goal when he soloed in from 45 metres and coolly slotted the ball low into the left corner.Campbell responded for Armagh with a good point but Galway went in leading by two when All Star McDaid slotted his second from the game after another patient build-up.Armagh got on top after the restart

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