Leinster Champions Galway Shorten For Successive All-Ireland Titles

Galway have been crowned Leinster Champions for a second successive season after they secured a 1-28 to 3-15 win over Kilkenny in their final reply at Semple Stadium.

The Tribesmen fended off the Cats in a gruelling second half to retain the Bob O’Keeffe Cup and were quickly shortened further as All-Ireland favourites as a result.

Now 10/11 at the head of the betting, having been cut in from 6/5, Galway are clear favourites with little contention as Cork are next at 3/1.

The defeat for Kilkenny saw them eased out to 8/1 from 6/1 for the Liam McCarthy Cup.

Kilkenny weren’t going down without a fight, but Galway dug deep and…

rallied together in the second half to defend and retain their Leinster Championship title.

The win has cemented their position as All-Ireland favourites even further as their odds were slashed to 10/11 from 6/5 seeing them completely dominate the market.

*Prices correct at time of publication.