Conor Counihan expressed disappointment at Cork's second half fadeout in their narrow NFL Division 1 victory over Galway on Saturday night.

"In the second half, we gave them far too much space, didn't close them down," he said.

"But we had a lot of young players out there and we only played well in patches. There's lots of bottle in this Galway side, Joe (Kernan) has given them steel and a new spirit. We got the points, but Galway will take a lot more out of the game than we will."

His opposite number Joe Kernan was also far from happy: "We dominated the early exchanges, but that goal (scored by Pearse O'Neill) cost us. It was annoying the way the red sea just split us wide open and let O'Neill in, though in fairness, he took it beautifully.

"We were very naïve in the opening half and gave too much ball away." Tweet

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