 Over the course of the game he scored 2–7, including an overhead goal and a point in which he showed the ball to full-back Conor Hayes and nonchalantly drove the ball over the bar.It was not enough to stem the tide and Galway went on to win the game by 2–15 to 3–9.It was Galway's first All-Ireland title since 1923, with Connolly picking up a winners' medal and the celebrations surpassed anything ever seen in Croke Park.