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Aaron Niland is Galway’s top scorer in this year’s championship going into Sunday’s All-Ireland decider.

Galway 3-25 Kilkenny 1-16

Galway will lock horns with Cork for a place in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final this Saturday afternoon in Croke Park.

I’m not going to pretend I foresaw Galway’s Leinster final performance coming because, ahead of Saturday evening’s showdown, I felt a degree of trepidation about facing an in-form Dublin outfit.

It’s mad in one way, and perhaps somewhat unfair in another, but the success of the Galway hurlers in 2026 and Micheál Donoghue’s second season boils down to 70 minutes this weekend in Croke Park.

It’s been 15 years since Galway last claimed an U-21 (now U-20) All-Ireland hurling crown — a drought that has long stuck in the craw of hurling aficionados throughout the county.

With the Galway senior footballers and hurlers both tasting defeat in their most recent championship outings, attention now turns to the defining stretch of the season — the period that will ultimately shape whether their campaigns are judged a success or a disappointment.

Not since their entry into the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in 2009 have Galway looked better placed to claim the Bob O’Keeffe Cup. On paper, they now appear the strongest side in the competition and, with three consecutive wins behind them, they are well positioned to reach another provincial decider.

Galway's senior hurlers aim to build on their flying start to the Leinster championship on their first away trip to Kildare on Saturday afternoon.

Galway hurlers will look to take a big step on their quest to reach a Leinster final when they take on Offaly at Pearse Stadium this Sunday.