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Galway edge out Kerry to secure league final place

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Galway will face Mayo in the league final next weekend after leading throughout an open contest at Pearse Stadium in Salthill to oust Kerry by 1-13 to 0-14 in a repeat of the All-Ireland final last year.They were good value for their win and will now try to win their first crown since they defeated Roscommon in another all-Connacht final back in 1981.A fortuitous goal from midfielder Paul Conroy saw Galway lead by 1-07 to 0-07 at the interval.He floated in a high ball from 45 metres two minutes from the break but Kerry goalkeeper Shane Murphy collided with the upright as he tried to field it and the ball spilled over the line.That put the Tribesmen ahead by double scores at 1-07 to 0-05, but Kerry responded well and points from Gavin White and a free from Sean O'Shea cut the gap to a goal at the interval.Earlier, Galway did the initial running with Johnny Heaney and Shane Walsh pointing inside two minutes.Tom O’Sullivan and Barry Dan O’Sullivan landed efforts either side of a good point from Galway midfielder John Maher, while Paudie Clifford had a goal chance saved by Bernard Power.That left Galway ahead by 0-03 to 0-02 after ten minutes and they hit the next three points through Matthew Tierney, Walsh and Tomo Culhane before Paudie Clifford ended a 15-minute barren spell for the Kingdom ten minutes from the break.Tom O’Sullivan went forward to shoot his second point of the game before midfielders Maher and Barry Dan O’Sullivan both got their second points of the contest.Then came Conroy’s goal to push the lead out to five before Kerry rallied before the break.Sean O’Shea cut the gap to the minimum within four minutes of the restart with a free and one from play before Cathal Sweeney responded for Galway with a fisted

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