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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.

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

While the men in maroon have won four of the five previous meetings at this juncture of the championship they enter this encounter as underdogs, which may well suit Micheál Donoghue and his team.

Successive wins over Offaly, Wexford, Antrim, and Dublin have put Galway exactly where they would have wanted to be at the start of the campaign, with a guaranteed place in an All-Ireland quarter final and a chance to annex the Bob O’Keeffe Cup back to the west for only the fourth time.

Micheál Donoghue’s return as Galway senior hurling manager can already be graded a solid B grade on a report card, regardless of what happens from this point forward. Given where the team stood last year to where they are now, Donoghue Part Deux has already been a clear success.

With their Leinster Championship destiny very much in their own hands after a workmanlike victory over Wexford last weekend, the Galway senior hurlers welcome Antrim to Pearse Stadium this Saturday afternoon (throw-in: 1.30pm) with a chance to cement their place in the top three.

Since his return to the helm as Galway senior hurling manager, Micheál Donoghue has been on the receiving end of four 12-point losses in just seven competitive outings - a statistic that provides an accurate summation of where his team lie in the current Liam MacCarthy food chain.

Galway hurling legend Michael Coleman will be laid to rest today following his death last Friday.

After a morale-boosting 2-19 to 1-19 victory over Kilkenny last Sunday, the Galway senior hurlers face another stiff Division 1A assignment this Saturday evening when they welcome the reigning All-Ireland champions into their back yard as Brian Lohan’s Clare make the short trip north for a 7.30pm throw-in at Pearse Stadium.

The announcement on Monday night of Galway hurling's worst-kept secret will reinvigorate Galway hurling fans after the disappointment of last season's Championship run.