Galway players, from left, Conor Slattery, Tiernan Leen, Michael Walsh and Shane Morgan celebrate after the 2020 Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Hurling Minor Championship Semi-Final match between Limerick and Galway at Cusack Park in Ennis, Clare.
Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling semi-final
GALWAY 4-18 LIMERICK 0-15
Classy Galway proved too good for Limerick in Friday night’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling semi-final.
A ruthless scoring burst of 3-6 in eight second-half minutes proved decisive as Galway raised their game to another level just when it looked like Limerick were starting to build some momentum of their own.
Gavin Lee's fine goal when he soared high to catch a ball before cutting through the Limerick defence to fire the ball to the net was the spark that ignited Galway’s purple patch.
Liam Collins followed up with two more goals that allowed Galway to coast to a comfortable victory that didn’t look so likely after a strong third-quarter performance from Limerick.
Scorers for Galway: L Collins 2-7 (0-3fs, 0-2 65s); C Molloy 0-5; G Lee, R Davitt 1-1 each; C Slattery, G Thomas 0-2 each.
Scorers for Limerick: L Lynch 0-5 (4fs, 1 65); S O’Brien, A English 0-3 each; P O’Donovan 0-2; J Fitzgerald, C Scully 0-1 each.
GALWAY: D Walsh; S Morgan, A Nolan (capt), M Walsh; S O’Hanlon, T Killeen, P Burke; L Leen, K Hanrahan; G Lee, G Thomas, R Killilea; R Davitt, L Collins, C Molloy. Subs: C Slattery for Killillea (36), D Davoren for Hanrahan (49), S Fox for Davitt (55), T Leen for O Hanlon (56), D O’Flaherty for Burke (59)
LIMERICK: T Lynch; J Fitzgerald, V Harrington, R Lyons; B Molyneaux, C Scully, S Whelan; J Kirby, B Duff; L O’Connor, L Lynch, E Hurley; S O’Brien, P O’Donovan (capt), S O’Brien. Subs: D Lynch for Molyneaux (h-t), E Harmon for Duff (43), A Fitzgerald for O’Connor (45).
