Hurlers conjure up rousing 2nd half performance

GALWAY hurling manager John McIntyre and his backroom team of Joe Connolly, John Hardiman and John Moylan are growing accustomed to travelling to take on Leinster opposition, but the quartet will now have to dust-off their sunglasses and Bermuda shorts as their experimental Connacht outfit put on a rousing second half fight-back against Munster to qualify for the M. Donnelly Inter-Provincial final which will be played in Abu Dhabi next month.No hurling fan in the county will get overly excited by this result, but the 200 or so souls who turned up at Pearse Stadium on Saturday for the semifinal of the competition, formerly known as the Railway Cup, will be encouraged by the display of the nearly all-Galway team who played with a bit of fire in their bellies.The hunger and determination exhibited on Saturday won’t...