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Galway have had issues at full-back and centre-back over the past few years and it will be interesting to see if John Hansbury and Iarla Tannian are the men to solve those problem positions. 

Anthony Cunningham's senior hurlers must do it all again, and more, when they face their nemesis Kilkenny in the replay of the Leinster semi-final on Saturday in Tullamore (7pm).

The Galway hurlers head to Tullamore (4pm) on Sunday to take on Kilkenny in the Leinster semi-final.

Last Sunday was yet another disappointing experience for the Galway senior hurlers at the hands of their nemesis Kilkenny.

Coming out of Dublin last Sunday evening on the motorway was a surreal experience. The motorway at 7.30pm was like some kind of mobile car park for Galway supporters as they trekked West after seeing their team play their part in one of the best hurling finals in years.

Kilkenny boss Brian Cody likes to make statements of intent and by recalling many of his big guns and giving Galway a nine-point trimming last Sunday at Pearse Stadium, 2-20 to 1-14, he laid down a small marker for the year.

The defeat of James Stephens in Nowlan Park last Sunday wasn’t a huge surprise, given the exploits of the team over the previous fortnight.

It is straight back into action for newly-crowned county champions James Stephens as they face Wexford’s Oulart-the Ballagh in Nowlan Park this Sunday.

The famed James Stephen’s club are no strangers when it comes to winning Kilkenny county titles but you still got the sense that last Sunday’s well-deserved victory over Ballyhale Shamrocks was extra special.

The intercounty action may be over for another year but there is still plenty of activity going on around the country.