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Sunday Feb 26 - Galway v Dublin (Rd 1)

A few weekends ago, a few friends and I ventured up to the Sportsground for the Connacht and Toulouse Heineken Cup game.

Pressure from the country’s top hurling counties might yet force the GAA to reconsider its attempt to overhaul the National Hurling League structure.

Two Kilkenny players have received suspensions after the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) reviewed last Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League final against Dublin, which left the Cats in an unusual position — licking their wounds.

The Galway senior hurlers get back to competitive league action this Sunday when they take on Wexford at Pearse Stadium at 2.30pm.

Henry Shefflin and John Tennyson will miss Kilkenny's entire NHL campaign as both suffered knee ligaments injuries in the latter stages of the 2010 championship.

Former Kilkenny star hurler Andy Comerford has stepped down as Kildare hurling boss after three years in the job. Comerford made the decision to step down after his team lost to Westmeath in the Christy Ring Cup semi-final and the earlier NHL relegation from Division Two to Division Three.

Allianz GAA NHL Kilkenny 1-20 Waterford 2-12

For there to be any bite in a GAA match there usually needs to be something at stake. Competition is what makes the juices flow. Hence next Sunday’s NHL game between Galway and Cork is unlikely to send anybody to A&E with chest pain, which is just as well considering the cut-backs in health.

The new stand at the Country end of Nowlan Park - Ardán Ó Cearbhaill - is scheduled to open to the public for the first time this Sunday. Patrons are advised that access to the new stand will be from the new stiles Nos 19 to 24 directly behind the New Stand. There is no facility to transfer from one stand to the other inside the ground.