Armagh battle back to draw with Galway and top Group 1

A fisted point in the fourth minute of stoppage time by substitute Stefan Campbell was enough to secure a draw for Armagh to send them straight into the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals after Galway let a five-point lead slip in the final quarter with the wind behind them at Markievicz Park.

Galway will now have to face a preliminary quarter-final next weekend after letting a winning hand slip away from them for the second year in succession against Armagh.

Armagh played with the breeze in the opening half but went in trailing by 0-08 to 0-06 at the end of an opening half, where Galway played a lot of possession football in front of a crowd of 8,870.

Their patient build-up, often moving the ball laterally inside halfway before prising openings, paid dividends during a half where the sides were level five times.

Galway let Armagh go short with their kickouts. They won all 11 from Blaine Hughes, with the Tribesmen collecting just seven of their dozen, but when Padraic Joyce's men had the ball they held on to it and by the break had recorded 66% possession.

Indeed, the sides exchanged points five times in the opening half-hour, with Armagh taking the lead three times through Tiernan Kelly, Conor Turbitt and Andrew Murnin before Matthew Tierney and two from Rob Finnerty, one of them a free, responded for the Tribesmen.

Cillian McDaid edged Galway in front for the first time after 20 minutes following another patient build-up but Armagh hit back and restored their lead, with efforts from Ben Grealey and a second from Turbitt.

Galway then stepped up a gear. Finnerty pointed a free to end a 10-minute scoreless spell and veteran Paul Conroy went forward and landed one before Shane Walsh struck two excellent efforts from the left, one off