 Barney Rock scored an opportunist goal ten minutes into the game when a Galway kick-out found him unmarked.Ray Hazley, Kieran Duff and Mullins were all sent-off for Dublin while Galway's Tomás Tierney was also dismissed.In spite of this Dublin's 'twelve apostles' hung on to secure a 1–10 to 1–8 victory and a fourth and final All-Ireland winners' medal for Mullins.