Galway romp to victory over sorry Clare

Joe Canning amassed a score of 1-9

Clare may not have had too far to travel to Pearse Park, but the quality Galway exhibited was a world away from their limits and they were duly crushed by a score-line of 4-25 to 0-20.

Despite the rout, the pessimism that has engulfed Galway hurling since exiting the Leinster Championship was evident throughout the 70 minutes.

Support for the home side was incidental, as if many in the crowd had just stopped by in the midst of their evening stroll in the sunshine. By the end, that is exactly what it was for the Tribesmen as Joe Canning, Ger Farragher and Damien Hayes made the game look easy.

Great line from Sean Moran in Irish Times today

Sense in a world gone mad.

 

"In an ideal world a referee should be regarded in the same manner as a goalpost or a crossbar, an influence whose caprice you just have to put up with. Giving out about officials is about as availing as complaining that the woodwork isn't up to standard, that it favoured the opposition and wasn't consistent."