BloggerNow.com GAA Championship and League Weekend Match Recap: 2010 Allianz National Hurling League Division 1 Final: Galway defeat Cork...

Sunday, May 2, 2010

2010 Allianz National Hurling League Division 1 Final: Galway defeat Cork...

Galway 2-22 Cork 1-17

Attendance at Thurles: 14,200

Galway easily defeated Cork in the 2010 Allianz National Hurling League Division 1 Final; claiming their ninth NHL title.

Galway's Damien Hayes opens the scoring with a goal in the second minute.

Cork's Cathal Naughton scored a goal in the 23rd minute, but Joe Canning scored a goal for Galway right after that.

Ger Farragher had 5 points in the first half for Galway and Joe Canning had 1-2. Cork's Ben O'Connor had 4 points.

Half-Time score: Galway 2-12 Cork 1-11

Cork had a penalty in the 40th minute when John Gardiner was fouled, but the Pat Horgan’s shot was deflected over the bar for a point by Galway 'keeper Colm Callanan.

Galway had 17 wides to Cork's 10 in the match.

Joe Canning got 1-5 in the game (all from play).

After the game, GAA President Christy Cooney presented Galway captain Shane Kavanagh with the cup, which will give Manager McIntyre's charges a serious boost heading into their Leinster Championship campaign.

Kavanagh also got Man of the Match award.

Galway will hope to replicate this form against Wexford in the Leinster SHC quarter-final on May 29th, while Cork face Tipperary in a Munster quarter-final on May 30th.

GALWAY Team: C Callanan; D Joyce, S Kavanagh, O Canning; D Barry, T Og Regan, D Collins; G Farragher (0-06, 0-04f, 0-01 '65'), D Burke (0-01); A Harte (0-03), C Donnellan (0-01), A Smith (0-02); D Hayes (1-01), J Canning (1-05), I Tannian (0-01).

Subs used: J Gantley (0-02) for Tannian (52 mins), K Hynes for Smith (62), N Cahalan for Burke (68).

CORK Team: D Og Cusack; S O'Neill, E Dillon, B Murphy; J Gardiner (0-03, 0-01 '65'), R Curran (0-01), S Og O'hAilpin; T Kenny, L McLoughlin; M Cussen (0-02), K Murphy (0-02), C Naughton (1-01); B O'Connor (0-04, 0-02sl), A O'hAilpin, P Horgan (0-03, 0-01f).

Subs used: J O'Connor (0-01) for McLoughlin (48 mins), M Walsh for S Og O'hAilpin (49), P O'Sullivan for K Murphy (57).

Referee: James Owens (Wexford)

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