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Flynn scores crucial for All-Ireland champions
Galway .............1-20 Dublin ...............1-14
By BILL KIELY Media West Ireland
JASOn Flynn scored
1-9 as Galway claimed a six-point win over dublin to continue their push for promotion to division
1A of the nHL, with a comfortable victory at
Parnell Park.
Paul Winters scored 0-9 for dublin
but they were second best throughout and they trailed the reigning league and All- ireland champions by 0-13 to 1-5 at half-time.
dublin reduced the margin to just two points on a couple of occasions, but Flynn’s 57th minute goal put the game beyond doubt, before Galway took over in the latter stages again.
SCORERS – Galway: Jason Flynn 1-9 (0-6f), Cathal Mannion 0-4, Sean Loftus 0-2, Padraig Mannion 0-2, Niall Burke 0-2, Brian Concannon 0-1.
Dublin: Paul Winters 0-9 (0-8f, 0-01 65), Danny Sutcliffe 1-1, Fiontan MacGib 0-1, Tomas Connolly 0-1, Ronan Hayes 0-1, Cian Boland 0-1
GALWAY: J Skehill; A Tuohy, J Hanbury, J Grealish; S Cooney, G McInerney, P Mannion; J Coen, S Loftus; C Cooney, C Mannion, N Burke; C Whelan, J Flynn, B Concannon. Subs: D Glennon for Concannon (12-15), E Burke for Loftus (45), Glennon for Cooney (59). DUBLIN: A Nolan; P Smyth, B O’Carroll, E O’Donnell; D Kelly, C Crummey, S Barrett; T Connolly, F MacGibb; P Crummey, C Keaney, D Sutcliffe; P Winters, R O'Dwyer, R Hayes.
Subs: L Rushe for O'Dwyer (42), F O Riain Broin for P Crummey (47), C Boland for Keaney (60), J Madden for Kelly (63), P Ryan for Rushe (68).
REFEREE: John Keenan (Wicklow).
Galway registered 15 wides in total as they continued to find their feet, despite three straight wins prior to this in the league.
Galway raced into a 0-9 to 0-2 lead after just 24 minutes, when dublin looked in real trouble. And Flynn, who was a late addition to the starting 15, scored four points to help the visitors on their way.
Winters tagged on a couple of frees but with Galway scoring four points in a row they held what already looked like an unassailable 0-13 to 0-4 lead moving towards half-time.
dublin were desperate for a goal before the interval but that duly arrived in injury-time. danny Sutcliffe caught a high delivery, raced through a shaky Galway rearguard, before blasting low past James Skehill.
dublin hit 1-1 in that period and they were five points behind at half-time, but it seemed inevitable that Galway would not be thwarted here.
Winters continued to fire over frees and
ALLIANZ NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE
DIVISION 1B ROUND 4
Galway defender Gearóid McIner- ney takes the ball clear of Danny Sutcliffe during the NHL Division 1B clash between Galway and Dublin at Parnell Park.
Photo: Daire Brennan/SPORTSFILE
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