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A score for the ages by Éanna Burke secured St. Thomas’ a much-deserved second All-Ireland senior hurling club title last Sunday in Croke Park after a titanic tussle with Kilkenny’s O’Loughlin Gaels.

St. Thomas’ will compete in a senior All-Ireland club hurling semi-final for the seventh time in their history next Saturday evening when they travel to O’Moore Park in Portlaoise to take on Munster champions and competition favourites Ballygunner of Waterford (throw-in 7.30pm).

ST. THOMAS’ 2-12

St Thomas’ bid for a sixth Galway senior hurling title in succession started predictably when they saw off Gort on Sunday afternoon.

Much water has passed under the bridge since St Thomas’ and Loughrea last met in an infamous county senior hurling final in 2012, but the near neighbours will lock horns once again on Sunday in Pearse Stadium (1.30pm) as the county champions look to keep a firm grip on the Tom Callinan cup for the fifth year running.

St Thomas’ and Loughrea will contest the Galway senior hurling final after both clubs recorded convincing wins over Sarsfields and Clarinbridge respectively in the semi-final double header at a windswept Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

An intriguing Senior B play-off between Moycullen and Liam Mellows takes place this evening in Ballinasloe as the last two places in the preliminary quarter-finals of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship are decided in the coming days.

Clarinbridge and Tommy Larkins were among the big winners in round two of the Brooks Galway Senior Hurling Club Championship when they got the better of Turloughmore and Gort respectively in the highest profile Senior A matches of an action-packed weekend.