Henry Shefflin's Galway team rallied late to snatch a draw at Nowlan Park.
A LAST PUCK of the game point from championship debutant Declan McLoughlin ensured Galway grabbed a late draw against Kilkenny in the round-robin stages of the Leinster Hurling Championship.
Henry Shefflin’s side were helped by an incident involving Mikey Butler and Brian Concannon that held up play for a period and thus match official Johnny Murphy gave Galway one late opportunity which they took with both hands. Both teams came into the game on the back of convincing wins over Wexford and Westmeath respectively, and it showed in an opening half where they were level on four occasions.
Kilkenny finished the half well though as Eoin Cody and TJ Reid really brought the fight to the visitors and when scoring six points between the 24th and 33rd minutes, they had turned the scoreline on it’s head to lead by two. Kilkenny really pushed up on Galway at the start of the second half and it proved very successful as Mossy Keoghan and TJ Reid scored two points apiece and with Cody continuing to cause torment, the momentum was very much with the Cats.Galway failed to score at all from play in the third quarter but they did find their second wind and with Niland on the frees and the likes of Concannon, Cathal Mannion and Daithi Burke scoring from play, it was all to play for in the final few minutes.
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