Galway's Senior Camogie team are back in an All-Ireland Final for the second year running after seeing off Tipperary in the Semi-Final played in Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday afternoon. while it may not have been a high scoring game, it was full of incident and it took an outstanding rearguard action by the Galway backs led by Player of the Match Sarah Dervan.
Tommy Devane reports
After the game, Tommy spoke to Galway Captain Sarah Dervan and Galway Manager Cathal Murray.
Galway will play Kilkenny in a repeat of last year's All-Ireland Final after Kilkenny beat Cork today by 2-10 to 1-11.
SCORERS FOR GALWAY: C Dolan 1-3 (0-1 f, 0-1 45); O McGrath, S McGrath (1 45, 1 pen) 0-2 each; A O’Reilly, R Hennelly, N Hanniffy, N Kilkenny 0-1 each
SCORERS FOR TIPPEARRY: C Devane 0-6(4fs); R Howard, S Fryday 0-1 each
GALWAY: Sarah Healy, Shauna Healy, S Dervan, H Cooney, E Helebert, S Gardiner, T Kenny, N Kilkenny, A Donohue, C Dolan, C Cormican, R Hennelly, A O’Reilly, N Hanniffy, O McGrath. Subs: S McGrath for Hennelly (45), S Spellman for Dolan (51), N Coen for Donohue (60)
TIPPERARY: Á Slattery, J A Burke, M Ryan, E Loughman, M Eviston, A McGrath, C Quirke, N Treacy, K Kennedy, J Kelly, R Howard, S Fryday, G O’Brien, C Devan, M Campion. Subs: S Quirke for Devane (5-5), S Quirke for Kelly (49), C McIntyre for Campion (49), C Maher for Treacy (55), K Blair for Fryday (60)
REFEREE: Ray Kelly (Kildare)