Corofin 2-09 Maigh Cuilinn 0-09
Corofin captured their 23rd Galway SFC title when they ousted Maigh Cuilinn in the final for the second year in a row in difficult conditions at Tuam Stadium.
Veteran Gary Sice sealed the win with their second goal in the closing stages to win his record-equalling 14th Galway SFC medal.
Corofin, playing with the breeze, led by 1-06 to 0-04 at the break and saw it out comfortably.
The wet conditions made it very difficult for both teams and they were level three times in the opening 22 minutes with Dessie Conneely kicking two frees for Maigh Cuilinn and Peter Cooke fisting a point from the right.
Corofin got off the mark with a fine point from Jack McCabe and Gary Sice kicked a couple of frees from the right.
Dylan Canney edged Corofin 0-04 to 0-03 in front after 25 minutes and then disaster struck for Maigh Cuilinn when goalkeeper Andrew Power mishit a pass across his 13-metre line and McCabe pounced to sidefoot the ball into the empty net.
Corofin then turned the screw with Darragh Silke kicking two points inside a minute to go six clear.
Maigh Cuilinn reduced the margin before the break with his third free of the game.
The sides exchanged points three times in the third quarter before Owen Gallagher reduced the margin to 1-09 to 0-07 with ten minutes remaining.
Maigh Cuilinn had chances to get closer but were guilty of some bad wides and they paid the price when Sice drilled home a superb goal to wrap up the issue two minutes from time, just a couple of weeks short of his 40th birthday.
Corofin: Bernard Power; Liam Silke, Dylan McHugh, Cathal Silke; Conor Cunningham, Brian Cogger, Kieran Molloy; Ciaran Brady, Michael Farragher; Patrick Egan, Michael Lundy, Dylan Canney (0-02f); Gary Sice (1-02, 0-2f), Darragh Silke (0-02), Jack McCabe (1-01). Substitutes: Colin Brady (0-02) for Lundy (28), Jason Leonard for Canney (48), Tony Gill for Ciaran Brady (58), Gavin Burke for Cogger (60).
Maigh Cuilinn: Andrew Power; Conor Corcoran, Seán Kelly, Michael Moughan; Eoghan Kelly, David Wynne, Johnny Moloney; Tom Clarke, Ger Davoren; Neil Mulcahy, Paul Kelly, Peter Cooke (0-02, 0-01f); Dessie Conneely (0-05f), Fionn McDonagh, Owen Gallagher (0-02). Substitutes: Niall Walsh for McDonagh (39), Micheál O'Reilly for Davoren (39), James McLaughlin for Clarke (41), Aidan Claffey for E Kelly (16), Sean O’Connor for Mulcahy (58).
Referee: Austin O’Connell (Caherlistrane).
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