Galway 1-17

Kilkenny 1-13

Eanna O’Reilly at Nowlan Park

THE Galway senior camogie team bounced back impressively from their opening round  loss to Tipperary by defeating All-Ireland champions Kilkenny at Nowlan Park on Saturday. The Tribeswomen clicked from the outset and were deserving winners, outplaying the home side for long spells of this game.

It was clear that Galway were a different team from the start of this contest, and the flatness which characterised their performance against Tipperary was noticeably absent. They played with high energy and intensity and put Kilkenny under pressure from an early stage.

Points from Ailish O’Reilly and Carrie Dolan gave Cathal Murray’s side an early lead before Kilkenny opened their account with a point from Julianne Malone. Dolan pointed her first free two minutes later, before Malone’s second score made it 0-3 to 0-2.

The visitors then hit three consecutive points, through Dolan (0-2, one free), and Aoife Donohue. Some excellent link up play by the Galway forwards was evident in the lead up to each of these scores, reflecting a level of sharpness which was absent against Tipperary.

Denise Gaule soon got her first score for Kilkenny from the left wing, before Áine Keane responded for Galway with a terrific individual score. Galway’s work rate was highly impressive throughout the field as they forced Kilkenny into turnovers and dominated the middle third, where Ciara Hickey and Niamh Hanniffy were prominent.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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