Salmon later joined the Galway senior team, however, as the county faced no competition in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, the team went straight into the All-Ireland series every single year.
Salmon later joined the Galway senior team, however, Galway hurling was in the doldrums at the time. The fact that the county faced no competition in Connacht meant that the team went straight into the All-Ireland series every single year.