Former Galway captain David Burke says the Tribesmen need to make a good start on Sunday if they are to defeat Limerick and get their hands on the Liam MaCarthy Cup for the first time since 2017.

Burke was captain of Galway that year as Micheál Donoghue’s men defeated Waterford by 0-26 to 2-17 at Croke Park.

This time round the Leinster champions face a Limerick side gunning for their sixth title in the John Kiely era and, speaking to BBC Sport NI this week, Burke knows that a positive start for Galway will be crucial.

"We saw Limerick getting that start against Cork in the league final and blew them away, so we need to stay in it and bring them down the stretch," he said.

"If we do that, we may have the legs on them, but they are so hard to beat in those minutes.

"Cathal Mannion and 'Whelo' (Conor Whelan) are so important, so we'll see where they are positioned as Limerick will tag them, but we know they play more zonal than man-mark, so we need to move them around and try to find a mismatch.

"We'll see what the Limerick team is and Donoghue might make adjustments based on that, so a good start and good performances from Cathal and Conor are massive."

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