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Galway look to continue their winning momentum when Kilkenny come to town on Saturday evening.

Galway's hurlers take on Waterford at Pearse Stadium this Sunday as they look to build on their first win of the season last time out.

Two games. Two encouraging displays against last year’s All-Ireland finalists. But ultimately, two defeats and zero points. That is the stark reality of Galway’s opening to the 2026 National Hurling League.

Despite managing just a single win from four National League outings, there is still a glass-half-full case to be made for the early season form of the Galway men’s flagship football and hurling teams.

Galway hurling caught a glimpse of the future on a rain-lashed evening at FBD Semple Stadium as a youthful, energetic Tribesmen side put it right up to All-Ireland champions Tipperary, who needed a decisive late surge to secure a five-point opening-round League victory.

Galway get their Allianz Hurling League campaign underway this Saturday against All-Ireland champions Tipperary at Semple Stadium.

A decade on from collecting his first All-Star award, Cathal Mannion has once again been rightfully recognised among hurling’s elite, earning a place on the 2025 All-Star team last weekend — marking a fitting reward at the end of a superb season for the 31-year-old from Ahascragh/Fohenagh.

It is most definitely crunch time this weekend as the final rounds of both the Senior B and Intermediate hurling championships take place with twelve games taking place across the county. The vast majority will have serious consequences for the teams involved.

Perhaps because the threat of relegation has been removed from the clubs participating in Senior B - which will be reclassified as Premier Intermediate in 2026 - there were notably higher scores per team than normal with an average of just over 24 points per team in round one, with Ahascragh/Fohenagh (39) and Kilnadeema/Leitrim (31) leading the way.

Below is a group-by-group preview of the Senior A and B hurling competitions, and a few predictions on each group.