Twice Galway took the lead, and twice Burke nailed pressure frees to ensure that while the Dubs didn’t get the win they needed, they still took something from the day and will feel a little bit of wind on their backs as they prepare for a potential banana skin tie in Carlow next time out.
As for Galway? The result won’t stand out in the record books, but the performance will rankle, particularly their lifeless showing in the opening half. Joseph Cooney’s heroics kept them in contention as he potted four outstanding strikes into the breeze, as well as setting up a handful of excellent chances for his colleagues. Outside of that, however, it was one-way traffic. Burke and Cian O’Sullivan shot outstanding early points from the flanks, a mis-hit shot from O’Sullivan skewed off the hurl and evaded Éanna Murphy before dropping into the top corner, while Dublin’s shooting from distance was exemplary.
Eoghan O’Donnell, Daire Gray and Conor Burke shot four points between them from half back, and the icing on the cake was when Danny Sutcliffe pounced on a risky lateral pass across his own goal line from TJ Brennan to tap in their second goal. A scoreline of 2-16 to 0-12 to Dublin at half-time was still 2-20 to 0-17 after a forgettable third quarter, but with Daithí Burke, Pádraic Mannion and Jack Grealish now in fine form at the back, Galway at least had a platform, and eventually muscle memory kicked in just about in time.S Brennan; J Bellew, P Smyth, P Doyle; C Burke , E O’Donnell , D Gray ; C Donohoe , M Grogan ; C Boland , C O’Leary, S Currie; D Sutcliffe , C O’Sullivan , D Burke .
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