Last-second winning goal a 'dream come true' for Buckley
June 12, 2023
Kilkenny's match winning goal scorer Cillian Buckley celebrates after the game ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Cillian Buckley admitted that his last-gasp winning goal in the Leinster SHC final was the stuff of dreams.
The long-serving Dicksboro clubman was in the right place at the right time to fire home his first-ever championship goal after Galway failed to clear their lines.
"I don't get into that position too often," the 58th minute substitute said in an interview with RTÉ.
"Being honest, I looked for a pass and looked again and it wasn't on. A shot...can I call it a shot? But it managed to get in and, ah, look talk about special moments, to do that for your team and to win the Leinster final after it, it's just savage, it's a dream come true.
"It opens up the year for us now and we're over the moon in there, Leinster champions. For what it does for us now, it's just savage."
He added: "We came here to win silverware today, to win our provincial championship to win the Bob O’Keeffe. We'll celebrate that today and but yeah look no doubt about it there's benefits to the four-week run in to a semi-final.
"But a Leinster medal? You’ll never turn you back on it and that will definitely be celebrated first."
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