Good afternoon and welcome to our Sunday Sport MATCH TRACKER of the National Hurling League Semi-Final between Galway & Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, Throw in 2pm
Galway won the toss and will play with wind advantage in the first half
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Thanks for your company - Gerry Murphy
It has been a wonderful couple of weeks for Galway GAA with the Footballers winning the league last weekend and the U21 footballers qualifying for the All-Ireland final and now, the hurlers are in the league final.
FULL TIME: Galway 1-21 Limerick 1-11
Galway will play the winners of today's later game, Wexford V Tipperary in the League Final next Sunday
Galway come out on top of a scrappy game.
Conor Cooney is the Allianz Man of the Match
There will be 4 minutes of added time.
69' Thomas Monaghan gets a smart point. Galway 1-21 Limerick 1-11
69' Barry Nash with another point. Galway 1-20 Limerick 1-11
66' Sean Loftus comes in for David Burke, Jason Flynn on for Conor Whelan
66' John Fitzgibbon points. Galway 1-20 Limerick 1-10
65' Conor Cooney put more daylight between the sides. Galway 1-20 Limerick 1-9....the League Final beckons!
64' .....and he adds another solo effort from play. Galway 1-19 Limerick 1-9
63' Joe Canning adds another free. Galway 1-18 Limerick 1-9
62' Niall Burke replaces Joseph Cooney on the Galway side.
"Galway in control at the moment, 8 points to the good" - Niall Canavan
60' Conor Cooney is fouled. Joe Canning converts the easy free. Galway 1-17 Limerick 1-9
57' Cathal Mannion with a good point opens the gap to 7 points. Galway 1-16 Limerick 1-9
55' GOALLLLL for Galway...Conor Cooney. Galway 1-15 Limerick 1-9
54' Paul Killeen comes on for John Hanbury
53' Tom Monaghan comes on for Padraic Brehony
51' Barry Nash closes the gap further. Galway 0-15 Limerick 1-9
50' Shane Dowling from way out points a free. Galway 0-15 Limerick 1-8
A crowd of 9,325 in the Gaelic Grounds
47' Good free from Shane Dowling cuts the gap again. Galway 0-15 Limerick 1-7
45' David Burke gets 'the point of the day'. Galway 0-15 Limerick 1-6
43' Free in ....Joe Canning taps it over. Galway 0-14 Limerick 1-6
41' Shane Dowling opens the second-half scoring. Galway 0-13 Limerick 1-6
Slow start to the second half!
SECOND HALF ON
HALF TIME: Galway 0-13 Limerick 1-5
35+3' Cathal Mannion adds another. Galway 0-13 Limerick 1-5
35+2' Joe Canning point a free from out near the sideline. Galway 0-12 Limerick 1-5
There will be 4 minutes of added time at the end of the 1st half
34' Cian Lynch narrows the gap to three points. Galway 0-11 Limerick 1-5
30' Conor Whelan straight back with a point. Galway 0-11 Limerick 1-4
29' Free for Limerick.....Shane Dowling points. Galway 0-10 Limerick 1-4
24' Another long free from Joe Canning stretches the Galway lead. Galway 0-10 Limerick 1-3
22' Joe Canning adds a point from a far-out free. Galway 0-9 Limerick 1-3
21' Johnny Coen replies for Galway. Galway 0-8 Limerick 1-3
19' Goal for Limerick...William O'Donoghue kicks to ball to the net. Galway 0-7 Limerick 1-3
16' Conor Cooney gets his 3rd. Galway 0-7 Limerick 0-3
15' Cathal Mannion gets his 2nd point. Galway 0-6 Limerick 0-3
14' Conor Whelan points. Galway 0-5 Limerick 0-3
12' David Dempsey answers with one for Limerick. Galway 0-4 Limerick 0-3
12' Padriac Mannion from out the field adds a point. Galway 0-4 Limerick 0-2
9' Diarmaid Byrnes points for Limerick. Galway 0-3 Limerick 0-2
6' Conor Cooney adds another. Galway 0-3 Limerick 0-1
2' Conor Cooney launches one from out near the sideline. Over the bar!. Galway 0-2 Limerick 0-1
2' Free in for Limerick. Shane Dowling levels it. Galway 0-1 Limerick 0-1
1 Min: Cathal Mannion scores the first point of the game. Galway 0-1 Limerick 0-0
GAME ON!
