Gort 2-19, Kinvara 2-12

Last year's runners-up Kinvara bowed out of the Galway SHC title race as neighbours Gort put in a commanding second-half display at Loughrea yesterday.

A goal from former Galway star Ollie Fahy just before the break put Gort on the road to victory as they came from behind to lead by 1-9 to 0-8.

Fahy ended with 1-5 from play in a commanding performance while Andy Coen was superb in defence in the second-half for a Gort side that improved as the game went on.

Paul Killilea also found the net for Gort as they killed off a Kinvara revival which was started by a David Huban goal from a penalty.

Damian Huban landed two sideline cuts but the issue was well beyond Kinvara by the time Shane Kavanagh struck their second goal late in the game.

Gort: P Cummins; T Linnane, M McMahon, A Coen (0-3, two frees); S Og Linnane (0-1), B Regan, G Lally; S Forde (0-1), N Forde; G Quinn (0-6, two frees), P Kililea (1-2), M Nestor (0-1); R Cummins, O Fahy (1-5), N Linnane.
Subs: K Finnegan for N Linnane; M Cummins for N Forde, J Grealish for R Cummins.

Kinvara: C Callanan; A Moylan, A Leech, S Quinn; G Mahon, C Burke, S Moylan; G Wynne, C Curtin (0-1); Damian Huban (0-2, both sidelines), S Kavanagh, (1-7, 0-7 frees), A Byrne; N Curtin, C Kavanagh (0-1), D Smith (0-1).
Subs: David Huban (1-0, free) for Byrne; J Kavanagh for S Moylan; C Connolly for David Huban.

Referee: P Greene.

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