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The odds may be stacked against them, but Turloughmore will have more than just this year’s Galway senior hurling championship title to play for when they try to stop St Thomas’ from matching their own record of six title wins in a row.

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 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.

The Galway senior hurlers Allianz National League adventure begins this weekend when Offaly venture west again, this time to Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon, for the first of the Tribesmen’s three home fixtures in Division 1A.

Galway will travel to Darver on Saturday to complete their Walsh Cup campaign against Antrim (2pm), having suffered a 3-29 to 0-19 trimming at the hands of Dublin last weekend in Parnell Park.

Second chances are now a thing of the past as the All-Ireland senior hurling championship ramps up a notch this weekend. Galway and Waterford prepare to lock horns for a coveted quarter-final place on Saturday afternoon in Semple Stadium (2pm).

The tag of pre-match favourites used to be something of a burden for Galway hurling teams, but there is a sense the current group will relish the challenge of maintaining the high standards set in demolishing Wexford when they take on old foes Kilkenny in the Leinster final on Saturday evening (6.15pm).

The Galway county board are on the lookout for a new senior hurling manager after the shock news broke late on Tuesday night that Micheál Donoghue and his backroom team would not be continuing in their roles after four seasons at the helm.

Galway’s championship aspirations for 2019 ground to a shuddering halt in dramatic circumstances last Saturday evening, as Dublin pulled off the shock result of the year so far in front of a sell-out crowd in Parnell Park.

After a breathless finale last Sunday afternoon, when Galway’s best performance of the season was rewarded with a one-point win over Kilkenny in Nowlan Park, the Leinster hurling championship has a Super Saturday evening to look forward to this weekend when two matches will remove one team from the All-Ireland race.