How They Lined Out (Galway names in bold)

(1) M McNamara (2) T Meehan (3) G Fahy (4) T Mannion (15) P Gravin (14) K O'Dwyer (13) M Lynch (5) R Silke (6) J Divilly (7) S de Paor (12) D Earley (11) D Kerrigan (10) E McCormack (8) S O Domhnaill (9) K Walsh (8) N Buckley (9) W McCreery (12) S Walsh (11) J Fallon (10) M Donnellan (7) A Rainbow (6) G Ryan (17) S Dowling (13) D Savage (14) P Joyce (15) N Finnegan (4) K Doyle 5 J Finn 2 B Lacey

(1) C Byrne

Substitutes

Galway: P Clancy for S Walsh (65 mins). Kildare: P Brennan for Gravin (46 mins); B Murphy for Lynch (58 mins).

ScorersGalway 1-14

P Joyce - 1-2, one free

N Finnegan - 0-4, two frees

J Fallon - 0-3, one sideline

S de Paor - 0-2

M Donnellan - 0-2

K Walsh - 0-1

Kildare 1-10

D Earley - 1-1

P Brennan - 0-3, two frees

K O'Dwyer - 0-2

E McCormack - 0-2

D Kerrigan - 0-1

N Buckley - 0-1

Frees

Galway 13 (9/4); Kildare 12 (4/8).Wides

Galway 13 (Finnegan 2; Joyce 2; Fallon 2; K Walsh 2; Savage 2; de Paor 2; Donnellan 1)

Kildare 12 (Buckley 2; McCormack 2; O'Dwyer 2; Gravin 1; Earley 1; Dowling 1; Rainbow 1; McCreery 1; Murphy 1).

45s

Galway 2; Kildare None.

Booked

Galway: None.

Kildare: Doyle (48 mins), Ryan (57 mins), Lacey (59 mins).

Referee

John Bannon (Longford).

Turning Point

Fallon the scorer and Fallon the supplier. Within four minutes of the second-half throw-in, two actions by Fallon determined the course of the game. He firstly finished off a move, for a point, that epitomised Galway's free-spirited approach and then provided the pass to Joyce for the all-important goal.