Padraic Joyce praises Galway 'composure' after Tuam victory over Tyrone

Galway manager Padraic Joyce praised his players' "composure" after they registered their first win of the Division 1 campaign at home to Tyrone.

With one point from two games and an expanding injury list, Galway saw off the 2021 All-Ireland champions in Tuam Stadium, in large part thanks to a bravura 10-minute period in the second half when they rattled off six points on the trot against the wind.

"I don't know about relief," Joyce told RTÉ Radio 1's Damien O'Meara afterwards.

"Before today, we had drawn a game away to Mayo, and lost a game at home by a point. So, it wasn't dire straits for us.

"We kept our composure. The big thing for us today was to get a performance out of the lads. We definitely did that in the second half. The first half was probably a bit patchy for us.

"But the second half, to a man, they stood up really well. They carried the ball really well bar the first three or four turnovers at the start of the second half, we controlled the ball really well and controlled the game. And we pushed on and got some great scores, delighted with the lads."

Things looked unpromising for the Connacht champions early in the second period. Aided by a ferocious wind, they nursed a comparatively modest four-point lead at the break, which was quickly whittled down to one by the 45th minute.

It seemed inevitable that Tyrone would soon hit the front but the visitors spurned a number of chances, and the hosts wrestled back the initiative, effectively killing the game between the 53rd and 63rd minutes, Paul Conroy, substitute Cathal Sweeney and the excellent Matthew Tierney coming to the fore.

While the narrative surrounding Galway in recent weeks has been dominated by talk of their absentees - Comer and Walsh principally - Joyce