Henry Shefflin: Facile wins not ideal preparation to take on Dublin
Galway manager Henry Shefflin says his team simply weren't ready for Dublin after a couple of facile wins in the Leinster championship.
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Galway manager Henry Shefflin says his team simply weren't ready for Dublin after a couple of facile wins in the Leinster championship.
Henry Shefflin's Galway were not flattered by their 34-point winning margin against a weak Westmeath outfit in pleasant conditions in Mullingar.
A sensational point from 45 metres on the left sideline by sub Declan McLoughlin in the 76th minute earned Galway a thrilling draw with champions Kilkenny in a high-class Leinster senior hurling championship second-round clash at UPMC Nowlan Park.
Fellow citizens of Hurling Nation, a question: does anybody out there sense that championship hurling in spring just feels wrong, out of kilter with the universe?
Defending champions Kilkenny went through their paces at an easy level but there was little resistance as they got their Leinster senior hurling championship campaign off to a winning start by out-classing Westmeath this evening.
Ahead of a massive weekend of football and hurling, Mikey Stafford and Rory O'Neill are joined by Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Shane Dowling to look ahead to the action.
In what was something of a dead rubber for both sides, Galway, as expected, had a big win by a 4-27 to 1-12 margin against Westmeath in showery conditions in Mullingar, albeit two rapid-fire goals deep into injury-time gave a false impression of the battling display by the home team.
Henry Shefflin says the time for experimenting in the Allianz League has come to an end as the Tribesmen prepare for a crucial Leinster opener against Wexford on 22 April.