Seeing as there was no credible Hurling team in Connacht, Galway automatically entered the All-Ireland Semi-final or into the first round of the Qualifiers after that system was introduced.
Galway won the game by one point with an injury time score coming from Shane Moloney at the hill 16 end.
[8] Séamus Callanan scored 3-9 (3-4 from play) to win the man of the match award but ended up on the losing team.
[9][10][11] On 14 August 2016 the two sides met for the third year in a row in the semi-final of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship at Croke Park.
[16] [17] In November 2020, the two teams met in the quarter-finals of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with no supporters present due to the COVID-19 pandemic.