Ice cool Conor Cooney's free-taking to the fore as 12-man Galway quell Dublin

Conor Cooney produced an exhibition of free-taking as Galway secured top flight league hurling next season, finishing strongly to see off Dublin in a fiery contest which produced four red cards and eleven bookings.

Galway, winners by 1-23 to 1-15, finished the game with just 12 players after captain Conor Whelan and the previous skipper Daithi Burke got straight red cards in the closing minutes, while corner-back Jack Grealish got his marching orders earlier for two yellows.

Dublin lost Ronan Hayes to a second yellow card seven minutes after Grealish's dismissal but Galway finished strongly, outscoring Michéal Donoghue’s side by 0-10 to 0-01 in the closing quarter.

Galway, having played against the breeze, led by 1-10 to 1-08 during a lively opening half in which six players were booked and one black-carded.

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