Blow for champions’ title hopes as Galway came within two minutes of a victory in Tallaght courtesy of a strike from Pat Hickey
Blow for champions’ title hopes as Galway came within two minutes of a victory in Tallaght courtesy of Pat Hickey’s strike
Substitute Neil Farrugia was then inches from winning it for Rovers in added time when his header flashed wide from another Byrne set-piece. But for all the home side’s early possession, and half chances for Darragh Burns and Graham Burke, it was Galway’s more direct approach that brought the first real openings of the game.
With Rovers not clearing, Galway midfielder Hickey got a toe to the loose ball to lay it into the path of Jimmy Keohane whose left-foot shot came back off a post. A second route one attack from Rovers then stretched Galway five minutes before half-time. Leon Pohls’ kick out eventually dropped for Jack Byrne who spun out of a challenge to see his shot shave the crossbar.
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