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John Fallon

Conor Cooney the hero as Henry Shefflin's Galway edge out Brian Cody's Kilkenny

Conor Cooney was the hero as Galway boss Henry Shefflin earned a dramatic win over his home county Kilkenny at Pearse Stadium.

Shefflin's Tribesmen edged Brian Cody's Kilkenny out by a point at Pearse Stadium as Cooney kept his nerve in the fifth minute of injury-time.

His free from 65 metres secured the last-gasp win after substitute John Donnelly had rattled the Galway net with a goal which looked set to give the Cats a share of the spoils.

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