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This weekend the Galway hurlers put away their club colours after a hectic few weeks of domestic action, and don the maroon and white again when they take their 2014 championship bow on Sunday against Laois in the Leinster quarter-final at Portlaoise (4pm).

Kilkenny senior hurling management and supporters breathed a massive sigh of relief as news broke on Monday that All-star Hurler of the Year Tommy Walsh has been given the all clear and will be fit to line out with Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Hurling final against Tipp on Sunday, September 5.

Naomh Anna, Leitir Mór, did their very best on Sunday afternoon at Pearse Park in Longford to try to reach the final of the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, but it was not to be. They have punched above their weight for most of the season on the road to county and provincial success, but last weekend they came up against a team that was just too good for them. There is no shame in that. And to their credit, they fought like real troopers right to the final whistle as they have done all season.