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The past week proved that Kilkenny's stranglehold on Leinster hurling is as strong as ever.

•Galway ladies football junior team play Cork in the Aisling McGing semi-final on Sunday in Mallow (3pm).The junior team has already drawn with Cork earlier in the season. In camogie, Galway face Derry in Ballinasloe (2pm) on Saturday in the Gala Intermediate Championship, while in hurling the Galway intermediate hurlers play Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final at 5pm in Portlaoise.

The GAA's ridiculous decision to sandwich in a football quarterfinal this Sunday between the minor and senior hurling semi-finals shows once again how little regard they have for the small ball. Surely they could have asked the footballers of Meath and Mayo to play on Saturday thus leaving the next day free for the hurling semi-finals.

Yes, yes, yes, the final we've all been waiting for will finally happen. Tipperary's emphatic victory over Limerick last Sunday has set up the dream final. This game just had to happen, this is not just about doing the four-in-a-row, it’s about pitting ourselves against our deadly long-time rivals and neighbours.

And then there were two. Twelve counties started out on the GAA All-Ireland hurling championship title trail last May and now it’s down to two very exciting neighbours.

Kilkenny have remained unbeaten in the championship since losing to Galway in the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final. They have won 17 games since then.

Kilkenny beat Galway by two points in last year's final, while Galway's sole win against the black-and-amber in a final was in 2004 when they won a replay. Kilkenny’s Minor hurling manager Richie Mulrooney spoke to the Kilkenny Advertiser about his side’s chances this weekend. “ We are quietly confident of our chances this weekend, we have performed well all year and won’t give up.” With injuries a major worry for most managers Mulrooney is no different. “We are down our star fullback Willie Phelan who has a broken collarbone” he said. “We have replaced him with Danny Kenny and he will do the job very well”, added Mulrooney. Picking the team wont be difficult for the minor manager and his backroom team. “It’s not hard choosing the team. The top 15 for the day will be chosen because at that time they are the best in their positions but the guys not chosen will be disappointed and they should be,” said Mulrooney. Before the minors enter the fray on Sunday Mulrooney will have many words of wisdom for them. “ I will tell them to take the game to their opponents rather than the other way around. To never give up even if they are in control. I will remind them to remain focused at all times.”

On Wednesday night the Galway football board ratified Joe Kernan as the county football manager for three years. He is a very high profile appointment, another it is questionable whether the playing talent is in the county to reach an All-Ireland final.

Five children from Co Kilkenny have won the chance to attend the VHI GAA Cúl Day Out in Croke Park on Monday, September 28.

After the bitter frustration and disappointment of last year’s narrow defeat in the All-Ireland final to Kilkenny, Galway minor manager Mattie Murphy and his minor charges head to Croke Park this Sunday hoping to collect the 2009 title and gain a measure of revenge for last year’s defeat.