Craughwell manager Stephen Glennon was far from downbeat after his side were denied a first Galway SHC title in 85 years.

Niall Morrissey's last-gasp free earned a replay for Sarsfields in yesterday's novel final between the local rivals at Kenny Park.

"The way the two teams battled, you could see both wanted it really bad," Glennon told the Irish Examiner.

"Maybe we were too uptight in trying to stop the opposition from scoring. It was just a tight game. It will stand to both, and it might open up a little bit more the next day."

The Connacht Tribune sports journalist added: "Somebody said there that we haven't been in a final in 83 years and now we have two in a week or so. So I think that is a great way of looking at it, and a positive way of looking at it. We will go back and have a look at what we did right and what we did wrong.

"There are plenty of positives to be taken, and plenty of areas of our game that we feel that we have to tighten up on."

The replay is expected to be fixed for Sunday week.

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