Colm Keys: Henry Shefflin can chalk Galway stint down to experience – a good one, even if it doesn’t seem so now

'His time in charge so far can’t be deemed a success but it should be stressed that Galway has been a difficult place for outside managers.' Photo: Sportsfile

Colm Keys

Henry Shefflin’s second league game in charge of Galway’s hurlers felt like a statement. Limerick, fresh from pulverising everything in sight the previous summer, were taken down in the Gaelic Grounds in a welter of excitement.

Gearóid Hegarty was sent off, and with that numerical advantage, Galway made for home, hitting seven unanswered points.