Loughnane confident of progress

Date Published: 14-Jun-2007

With the Clare hurlers seemingly in disarray at present, and Laois and Antrim unlikely to pose serious questions of the Tribesmen, Galway’s All-Ireland qualifier group could yet turn out to be a damp squib.Galway manager Ger Loughnane admitted yesterday that his team could come in 'cold’ and untested to a July quarter-final after three games which may lack the intensity of a Munster or Leinster championship tie.