The Galway Senior Footballers started 2023 with a comfortable 3-21 to 1-13 win over Leitrim in the Quarter Final of the FBD League played at the University of Galway Connacht GAA Airdome in Bekan on Friday night. Galway led by 2-12 to 0-5 at Half Time. Reporting from the Connacht Air Dome is Kevin Dwyer...
After the game, Jonathan Higgins spoke to Galway manager Padraig Joyce...
Jonathan also spoke to Man of the Match Rob Finnerty...
Scorers for Galway: R Finnerty 2-7 (1-0 pen, 0-2f, 0-1m), I Burke 1-1, T Culhane 0-2 (0-1f), J McGrath 0-1, D Flaherty 0-1, C Sweeney 0-1, M Tierney 0-1f, J Heaney 0-1m, P Conroy 0-1, E Murphy 0-1, D Canney 0-1, N Grainger 0-1.
Scorers for Leitrim: K Beirne 0-10 (0-7f, 0-2m), B McNulty 1-0, P Keaney 0-2 (0-1m), R Rooney 0-1.
Galway: B Power; J McGrath, S Fitzgerald, J Foley; D McHugh, Billy Mannion, D Flaherty; J Maher, C McDaid; C Sweeney, M Tierney, J Heaney; I Burke, R Finnerty, B McHugh.
Subs: E Murphy for Heaney (blood 10-17), M Barrett for McDaid (half-time), T Culhane for McHugh (half-time), Murphy for Flaherty (43), Brian Mannion for Burke (50), J Kirrane for Foley (50), P Conroy for Tierney (53), D Canney for Heaney (53), D Varley for Billy Mannion (55), T O’Malley for Power (55), N Grainger for Finnerty (64).
Leitrim: N O’Donnell; A Reynolds, D Casey, C Reynolds; S Quinn, C Farrell, R O’Rourke; P Keaney, D Wrynn; D Rooney, J Heslin, A Flynn; O McLoughlin, K Beirne, E Sweeney.
Subs: C McGloin for Farrell (blood 10-15), B McNulty for McLoughlin (half-time), D Flynn for S Quinn (half-time), McGloin for Farrell (43), T Quinn for A Reynolds (43), M McKiernan for Sweeney (51), S McLoughlin for C Reynolds (67).
Referee: A Clogher (Roscommon).
Here is the commentary of Galway's win with Jonathan Higgins and Kevin Dwyer...
First Half
Second Half
