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On Sunday afternoon in O’Moore Park (2pm), the Galway hurlers face Offaly in the 2012 Leinster semi-final.

The Galway hurlers head to Nowlan Park this Sunday (2.30pm) knowing they must defeat the All-Ireland champions to have any chance of reaching the league semi-finals.

Kilkenny boss Brian Cody likes to make statements of intent and by recalling many of his big guns and giving Galway a nine-point trimming last Sunday at Pearse Stadium, 2-20 to 1-14, he laid down a small marker for the year.

For the sixth year in a row the Galway hurlers have been knocked out of the All-Ireland senior hurling championship before the Galway Races. And last Sunday’s 10-point defeat to Waterford was a real kick in the guts for hurling supporters in the county, particularly those who travelled to Semple Stadium with high hopes.

The bookies are confident who will emerge victorious between Galway and Clare this Saturday evening in the All-Ireland hurling phase two tie at Pearse Stadium at 7pm.

Based on their lethargic performance on Saturday night, the Galway hurlers will need to improve their general standard of play and overall intensity of effort if they are to reach this season’s Leinster final.

Galway hurling manager John McIntyre is appealing to the Galway faithful to get behind his team when they square up to Offaly in the Leinster semi-final.

The Galway hurlers will open their 2010 National Hurling League campaign on Sunday away to Limerick in Kilmallock at 2.30pm.

Following their narrow 1-22 to 2-16 win over Offaly at O’Connor Park last weekend, the Galway hurlers take on Dublin in the Walsh Cup final this Sunday at Parnell Park in Dublin (12.45pm).

These are busy times for Richie Hogan in his Kilkenny jersey – with a Leinster under-21 title already this year and progression to the senior inter-county ranks, where he will be involved in the Cats’ panel to take on Cork in the All-Ireland senior semi-final this weekend at Croke Park.