Thoroughly deserved, too. This was surely the signature win of McGeeney’s reign. Trailing 1-5 to 0-6 at half-time, they scratched and clawed their way back into matters with a display of grit and cussedness. Aidan Forker was gloriously defiant all afternoon, while Grugan stood up to ice his frees when they needed him to. In a game where the sides were level 12 times, they found a way to be ahead when the music stopped.
They held their own throughout the opening quarter but it was Galway who put on the squeeze as the first half wore on. Without Rian O’Neill to break the line and kick from distance, Armagh found themselves gummed up in the works all too often. Forker bent in a pearler off the outside of his left boot and Conor Turbitt whipped one over his shoulder. But otherwise, it wasn’t particularly fluid stuff from McGeeney’s side.
Galway tended to come by their scores a little easier. Peter Cooke had a rampaging afternoon, steaming on to possession, breaking up play, striking a couple of handsome points on the run. Walsh flitted in and out like background music, Cillian McDaid thundered forward for a score of his own. Kelly wouldn’t be denied though. Armagh didn’t heed the warning from the penalty, waving him through on a run from the 45 before he slotted a lovely finish past Rafferty into the bottom left corner. It added up to a 1-5 to 0-6 lead at the break.
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