Cathal Murray was keen to praise the input of Cora Staunton to his coaching team as his Galway side successfully defended their Very Camogie League title at Croke Park.
The Tribeswomen battled back from behind to defeat Cork 2-13 to 1-12 in the Divison 1A final on Sunday with Sabina Rabbitte's goal key to the turnaround.
It was a league campaign which saw Galway bounce back from a 4-09 to 1-09 loss to Tipperary in their opening game and it was two weeks after that when former Mayo football and AFL Women's star Staunton had been added to his coaching set-up as a performance coach.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport, Murray was delighted with the contribution the 41-year-old had made.
"Cora has a huge CV behind her and a brilliant athlete for Mayo and out in Australia as well," he said.
"She's done a really good job for us and look, we have a really good management team there but it counts for nothing if you're not going to win."
While they did win on the big stage again, Murray was not counting his chickens in regards to how Galway will get on when the All-Ireland championship commences.
"We did the same last year and it makes no difference in the championship and at the end of the day we're going to be judged on what we do in the championship," he said, adding praise for the established members of his panel for their role in the league victory.
"But we're a young team, it's a new squad and it's really good to have a national title."
Cork manager Matthew Twomey admitted defeat would be a hard blow for his team who have now lost All-Ireland finals in 2021 and 2022 as well as the most recent league deciders.
"It's the fourth final in a row we're after losing. The girls are consistent and we're getting there, getting to the finals but these losses are tough going," he said.
"This is probably the hardest one yet. I thought we were in good shape but we just got our eyes opened there again. Fair play to Galway, their experience came through in the end."
