The “pinballing” at the death was the kind of “health check” Kevin McStay could have done without.
In the end it was Eoghan McLaughlin - after a topsy-turvy game full of endeavour and spills - who pawed the ball off the goalline after Colm Reape had come out and missed it.
A goal would have won it for a Galway side who twice cleverly worked late frees to John Daly, their best foot passer, to launch it inside.
