Cork 1-18
Galway 2-26

Defeat at Croke Park for our seniorsAfter an early Galway burst, including Darragh Neary’s sixth-minute goal, Cork settled well and built into the game through Brian Hayes, Shane Barrett and Alan Connolly. Alan Walsh’s first-half goal helped swing momentum Cork’s way, and they went in at the break leading 1-13 to 1-12.

However, the second half proved decisive. Galway dominated the restart, winning primary possession and scoring freely, while Cork added a point during this period.

Cork responded through Hayes and William Buckley to keep themselves in touch, but Galway maintained control across the key areas.

Galway used possession well to stretch clear and close out the win. For Cork, there were strong passages of attacking play and sustained spells of pressure, but Galway’s second-half surge proved decisive on the day.

Scorers for Galway: Conor Cooney 1-1, Tom Monaghan 0-4, Darragh Neary 1-0, Conor Whelan, Jason Rabbitte, Ronan Glennon, Cathal Mannion (2fs), and Aaron Niland (3fs) 0-3 each, Gavin Lee 0-2, Tiernan Killeen, John Fleming, Padraic Mannion, and Darren Morrissey 0-1 each.

Scorers for Cork: Brian Hayes 0-7, Alan Connolly 0-4 (3fs), Alan Walsh 1-0, Shane Barrett 0-3 (1f), Darragh Fitzgibbon 0-2, William Buckley and Barry Walsh (f) 0-1 each.

Galway: Darach Fahy; Joshua Ryan, Daithí Burke, Cillian Trayers; Padraic Mannion, Darren Morrissey, Ronan Glennon; Tiernan Killeen, Gavin Lee; Tom Monaghan, Cathal Mannion, Darragh Neary; Conor Whelan, Jason Rabbitte, Aaron Niland.

Subs: Cian Daniels for P Mannion (15-16), Conor Cooney for Niland (47), Cian Daniels for Ryan (56), John Fleming for Killeen (62), Brian Concannon for Lee (66), Seán Linnane for Neary (70+1).

Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Damien Cahalane, Seán O’Donoghue; Eoin Downey, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O’Mahony, Tommy O’Connell; Darragh Fitzgibbon, Shane Barrett, Diarmuid Healy; Alan Walsh, Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes.

Subs: Cormac O’Brien for Cahalane (HT), Robbie O’Flynn for O’Connell (48), William Buckley for Connolly (51), Barry Walsh for Walsh (52), Ger Millerick for E Downey (61).

Referee: Johnny Murphy (Limerick).