Tipp were back in Croke park once again for their All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Galway. The game started out at a blistering pace with Tipp and Galway getting scores. It was 0–4 to 0–1 till Galway's Eanna Ryan made it 0–4 to 1–1 with a fantastic goal. It was point for point till the score was 1–3 to 0–6 then 'Bonnar' Maher caught a great ball and handpassed it off to Eoin Kelly who finished it to give Tipp a 1–6 to 1–3 lead. Galway kept fighting back and staying in the game. Galway would gain a three-point lead, but points from Kelly and Brendan Maher brought it down to one before substitute Seamus Callinan blasted home a goal to make it 2–8 to 1–9 at half time. Galway had more fight in them and gained the lead once more thanks to a goal from Damien Hayes after a bad mistake from Paul Curran. Tipp battled back and the score was 2–10 a piece before Gearoid Ryan got Tipp the lead 3–10 to 2–10. Galway then got a penalty and Joe Canning stepped up and scored. Galway put over the points and were two points ahead with 5 minutes to go. Substitute John O'Brien scored a point and Gearoid added his point to tie it up with a minute to go. Other sub Pa Bourke got the ball on the 21 metre line and headed for goal before turning back and giving the ball to Lar Corbett. Lar Corbett put it over the bar for the lead. Galway had one minute to get an equalising point and had the ball 21 metres out and there was a ruckus with many players from each team fighting for the ball with a galway man lying on top of the ball. The ref deemed the ball wasn't going anywhere and blew up. Tipp winning 3–17 to 3–16http://tipperary.gaa.ie/cgi-bin/newsdisplay.cgi?rm=viewListing;plugin_data_id=80774;site_id=185
