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The first high-profile assignment of Henry Shefflin’s tenure awaits the Galway senior hurlers on Sunday as Wexford travel to Pearse Stadium for a tasty National League encounter.

A stunning brace of venomously placed ball strikes to the net by TJ Reid denied St Thomas’ a famous win in last Sunday’s epic All-Ireland club semi-final in Semple Stadium.

The odds may be stacked against St Thomas’ as they prepare to take on the might of Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland senior club championship semi-final on Sunday afternoon at Semple Stadium (3.30pm), but the Galway champions will surely relish the opportunity to dethrone the Kilkenny kingpins.

St Thomas’ yet again delivered the goods on the big day, producing an assured performance last Sunday to win the Galway Senior Hurling Championship crown by 0-20 to 0-17 over Clarinbridge.

Clarinbridge are well aware that nothing but their best form will be good enough to claim the club’s third senior hurling title on Sunday afternoon at Pearse Stadium when they take on the might of St Thomas’ with the Tom Callanan Cup up for grabs (throw-in 1pm).

One of the most eagerly anticipated weekends in the local hurling calendar sees both the senior and intermediate semi-finals down for decision. And newly installed Galway manager Henry Shefflin is likely to be an interested onlooker as the race for the Tom Callanan Cup intensifies.

GALWAY 4-28 WATERFORD 3-23

Galway 0-26 Limerick 1-17

The 90th edition of the National Hurling League belatedly gets underway this coming weekend and will undoubtedly be a unique one, with the prospect of joint winners and no Division 1 final ever taking place a very real possibility.

Galway looked poised to perhaps pull off their most unlikely win of the season when substitute Evan Niland dropped a spectacular long-range shot just over the crossbar to level Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final for only the fifth time with four minutes left.