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The Galway hurlers had hoped to make some hurling history last Sunday afternoon at Croke Park. Only two years in the Leinster championship and already in a final. It was an opportunity to make a statement.

The Cats may have been one of the last counties out of the blocks in this year’s championship, but when the time arose last Sunday they sent out a severe message to the rest of the contenders that they mean business again this year.

A huge crowd of supporters descended on Mooncoin on Sunday evening to see Waterford play Kilkenny in a senior hurling challenge match at the official opening of the club’s new sports complex and facilities.

Kilkenny defender Brian Hogan believes that his side are well primed for an assault on five-in-a-row All-Ireland success this summer.

The Kilkenny Camogie team got one over on their male counterparts already this year by quietly slipping into another league final. They seemed to come back from a no win situation last Saturday in Tullamore.

Defending league champions Kilkenny suffered their third defeat of the campaign as Galway recorded a well earned victory in front of a crowd of 7,124 supporters at Nowlan Park on Sunday last.

The Kilkenny senior hurlers made their trip to the capital a successful one last Sunday when they outscored a spirited, if somewhat naive, Dublin outfit.

Two injury-time points helped Cork to an Allianz National Hurling League 0-18 to 1-13 victory in Páirc Úi Chaoimh last weekend. The teams were level at 0-8 apiece at the break in a very intense and heated contest where the Cats had Michael Grace dismissed leaving them a man down.

Tipperary defeated Kilkenny in an entertaining Allianz NHL played at the third attempt in Semple Stadium, Thurles before an attendance of over 20,000 supporters. The game was evenly contested throughout but the turning moment came before the break when a Kilkenny goal chance from Aidan Fogarty was blocked by Brendan Cummins and sent down the line and dispatched to the net by Eoin Kelly.

The game between Kilkenny and Cork will get a quick analysing next week due to the clash of Ballyhale Shamrocks and Portumna, the two best club teams in recent years. If Kilkenny and Tipperary were the two teams most neutrals wanted to see in last year’s All-Ireland final, these are the two that everyone wanted for a club final appearance.