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Published 15:56 9 Jun 2019 BST
Updated 16:06 9 Jun 2019 BST
But the Tribesmen took off in the second half. Conor Whelan was again causing problems for Paul Murphy - the corner forward's interception on his marker along the sideline was a real momentum shifter early on. Brian Concannon was a Galway hurler coming of age, his point on the opposite sideline was exceptional.
Billy Ryan responded with a very skilful point to keep Kilkenny alive but the contributions from those outside of TJ Reid and Richie Leahy were too few and far between for Cody's liking.
Johnny Coen hit a tremendous point, Johnny Glynn was making hay in the clouds.
Indeed, those stats from the airspace made for interesting reading. Usually Kilkenny's strong point, Galway won 11 contested aerial balls in comparison to Kilkenny's nine. Johnny Glynn was accountable for four of those while Joseph Cooney and Padraig Mannion won a couple each as Galway's half back line took over. For Kilkenny it was again all TJ - he won seven of their nine balls here in this regard - a phenomenal statistic in the air to go with a phenomenal all-round performance.
How a man can hurl so well and still come out on the losing side is a mystery. It's a credit to these Galway men. Johnny Coen's beautifully taken goal after a lovely flick from Flynn would have broken any team's spirit but Kilkenny are a different breed.
Despite losing Murphy and then Aylward to red cards, they kept on fighting and managed to score the last five points of the day. Richie Leahy, TJ and Ryan did the most of it for them but by the end Galway had done enough.
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