CONNACHT LEAGUE Final Galway 4-15 New York 1-13: JOE BERGIN was given a full-forward slot and blasted home two goals as Galway retained the FBD Connacht League with an emphatic win at Gaelic Park in New York last night.
Galway struck for three goals in the opening 22 minutes from Cormac Bane, Nicky Joyce and Bergin to kill the game as a contest as they led by 3-8 to 1-5 at the interval, Kerry's Adrian O'Connor getting the goal for the exiles.
GALWAY:P Doherty; M Comer, D Finnegan, D Burke; D Blake, G O'Donnell (0-1), M Lydon (0-1); E Hoare, B Cullinane; D Reilly (0-1), P Joyce (0-1), F Breathnach (0-2); C Bane (1-1), J Bergin (2-1), N Joyce (1-2, one free). Subs: A Burke (0-4), D Mulcahy (0-1)
NEW YORK:S Clifford (Kerry); S Munnelly (Leitrim), A Power (Waterford), M Gallagher (Donegal); M Hamill (Tyrone), D Keane (Mayo), J O'Halloran (Cavan); K O'Connor (Kerry) (0-2), B Quinn (Kildare); P Smyth (Cavan), M Higgins (Galway) (0-5, four frees), N Dineen (Cork) (0-2, frees); L O'Donnell (Donegal), D Doona (Kerry) (0-1), K McGeaney (Armagh). Subs: A O'Connor (1-1), K McGeaney (0-1), M Dobbin (0-1).
Referee:H Byrne (Roscommon).
