Shane Walsh was the Galway hero as his ninth level of the sport with the ultimate kick noticed his aspect edge Armagh by 2-22 to 0-27 in a thriller at Kingspan Breffni Park.
Heading into the sport, Armagh knew they have been straight via to the quarter-finals as winners of Group 4, however Galway’s continued curiosity within the All-Eire Senior Soccer Championship was removed from safe.
These prospects seemed bleak on the finish of the primary half once they trailed by eight, having been outplayed with two penalties within the course of.
However they roared again into it after the break with objectives from John Maher and Rob Finnerty injecting life as they grabbed the win which finally noticed them declare third place within the group, which implies they hit the street subsequent week for a preliminary quarter-final.
Though Armagh got here into this repeat of final 12 months’s All-Eire remaining with the strain off, they have been stuffed with intent early with Ethan Rafferty slinging over the primary of his crew’s 4 two-pointers within the opening interval.
Rian O’Neill and Peter McGrane adopted with factors earlier than Galway have been supplied a fantastic probability to get into the sport when awarded a ninth-minute penalty as Rob Finnerty went down beneath a Paddy Burns problem, however Rafferty was equal to Matthew Tierney’s effort and John Maher screwed the rebound extensive.
Shane Walsh did get them on their method with a pair of scores, however Armagh have been flying with the following 5 factors together with a two-pointer from Niall Grimley.
Peter Cooke slung over a two-pointer for Galway, however Darragh McMullan hit again in type with a scorching effort with the surface of his boot.
The hole was eight when Galway obtained a second penalty on half-hour with Walsh taking place beneath a problem from Burns and this time, Finnerty stepped up however thumped over.
Eight was the hole on the break as Rafferty obtained his second two of the half, this time a free, as Armagh went in with a 0-15 to 0-7 lead that by no means flattered them.
