Brilliant Limerick overwhelm Galway to regain All-Ireland crown | John Mullane & Michael Verney in Croke Park
episodePreviously titled “Brilliant Limerick overwhelm Galway to regain All-Ireland crown | John Mullane & Michael Verney | Croke Park reaction” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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What was the final score and immediate match result at Croke Park?
Hello and welcome to the indoors coverage of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final. It finished Limerick 129, Galway 118 here in Crowe Park. And a reminder that our GA podcast is with thanks to AIB, who are proud sponsors of the GA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. AIB know the support of backroom teams can have a real impact and that behind every county are those who lift us all. John, a class display from Limerick. They save the best wine until last.
Well, look, we did predict it, Michael. Well, myself and Pat predicted it. I just felt, you know, albeit they kind of scraped over the line against Claire, scraped over the line in the Munster final, albeit not at their best. But the one thing I felt coming into this final is that they were battle-hardened. And I think, you know, those two performances against Claire and Cork in the Munster final We're going to serve him right going into this final. And, you know, contrast that to Galway. You know, they weren't battle-hardened. You know, Galway faced the level of intensity they were going to face today.
John, some of the tackles out around the middle. And Galway were taking the ball into contact. And it's just like, it's like watching a car crash. It's just, you're not getting away from them. Remember Aaron Nyland took a ball into contact at one stage. And once Hayes and the boys, once you go into contact with them, you're not getting away from them.
Yeah, absolutely. And I suppose it was ferocious. You could hear the hits up here in the media. Yeah, I thought Limerick, I felt they were just going to bring their A game today. And that's what they did. They brought their A game. And I felt even at half-time, the scoreline was a big coin to Galway. For me, I think Limerick left behind nearly 3-4, 3-5.
If you're looking at it in the clear light of day, this could have been 12, 13 points at halftime. It could have been, you know, two, three to a point after five or six minutes.
Gerard Hegarty, two goals, brilliant saves from Fahey. The save from Fahey, I think it was the tournament at the first one, I think the other one was the kick pass, but even the one, Galan, the hand pass from Galan into Hegarty.
Just John, he was on it. You knew after, for a fella who was out of form the last two games, you knew he was on it straight away.
There was no taking him off today. The twisting and the twisting and the turning while he registered four, four points he did. I suppose, you know, they just hit the ground running early doors. What I couldn't understand for the life of me, Michael, you know, what served Galway best in getting to this final? Their system. They're retreating back to field system, you know, getting bodies behind the ball, running the ball through the lines. And, you know, they went conventional practically in the first half.
Why do Mullane and Verney say Limerick were 'battle-hardened' coming into the final?
They pushed bodies up top. Is that trying to do something different? Yeah, it was kind of, you know, a bit like Clare in 2013. Remember Clare were going with the sweeper and next thing they went away from the sweeper and next thing... You know, Shane O'Donnell got the 3-3 in the replay. Was there a bit of that where... You know, me, Aldona, and his management team might have been thinking, well, Jesus, you know, this is what Limerick are going to be, you know, expecting us to go with the retreating system, you know, retreating back to field, getting bodies out around that middle, it's hard. I actually think they probably should have stuck to their guns in what got them here to this final. You know, they should have stuck to their system for me.
And just on that, like, Killian Traers is going from all of a sudden, in the second half of the court game, going toe-to-toe with Brian Hayes and just breaking the ball. All he has to do is break the ball. Whereas now... You have to nearly give Galán a yard or two if you're not up beside him because there was no one back helping him out basically or protecting him.
Well, you look at Limerick had all the space in the first half. I mean, they played those diagonal balls.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What was the final score and immediate match result at Croke Park?
0:03–2:40
2
Why do Mullane and Verney say Limerick were 'battle-hardened' coming into the final?
2:40–4:04
3
How did Limerick's physicality and tackles shape the opening exchanges?
4:04–11:00
4
What tactical changes did Galway make and did their retreating system backfire?
11:00–24:14
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