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Another road trip awaits the Galway senior hurlers this weekend when they travel to Mullingar to take on Westmeath on Saturday evening with an unbeaten record still intact after last weekend’s contest with Kilkenny, which finished 1-24 to 0-27.

Young substitute Declan McLoughlin landed a splendid late point, deep into stoppage time, to ensure the Leinster SHC spoils were divided.

The threat of relegation from division one has been removed from Galway’s final game of the Allianz Hurling League away to Westmeath this weekend after a solid performance led to a deserved 1-24 to 0-22 win over Clare in Cusack Park on Sunday.The return of Eanna Murphy, Daithí Burke, Ronan Glennon, Evan Niland, Brian Concannon, and Conor Whelan to the starting 15 suggested this was Galway’s strongest available line-up, but it took some time for them to come to terms with the challenge a lively Clare side posed.

Fresh from claiming their fourth Walsh Cup title and an opening round league win over Wexford last weekend, the Galway seniors hurlers next assignment is the visit of Cork to Pearse Stadium this Sunday afternoon (2pm).

Fresh from claiming their fourth Walsh Cup title and an opening round league win over Wexford last weekend, the Galway senior hurlers' next assignment is against Cork in Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon (2pm).

Galway romped to a comfortable 3-28 to 0-20 Walsh Cup victory over Westmeath as the second year of Henry Shefflin’s reign as Galway senior hurling manager got underway in Duggan Park, Ballinasloe on Sunday.

The Galway senior hurlers will face Limerick in an All-Ireland semi-final for the second time in three years after escaping from Semple Stadium with a one point win over a wasteful Cork side last Saturday afternoon.

Supporters of the Galway senior hurlers will be hitting the road to Thurles early on Saturday morning to see the Tribesmen take on Cork in the first of this weekend’s All-Ireland quarter-finals (1.45pm).

Galway qualified for their ninth Leinster championship final with quite a bit to spare (0-27 to 0-21) last Saturday evening in Pearse Stadium, as Conor Whelan’s second half haul of five points helped propel the Tribesmen to victory over Dublin.

The task is a simple one for the Galway senior hurlers this weekend. Avoid defeat against Dublin in Salthill on Saturday evening (6pm) and a place in the Leinster final is theirs, keeping them firmly on the most direct path to an All-Ireland semi-final appearance.