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For the second weekend in succession, Pearse Stadium will host Galway GAA’s marquee fixtures under the Saturday night lights as the Galway Senior Hurling Championship semi-finals take centre stage.

Below is a group-by-group preview of the Senior A and B hurling competitions, and a few predictions on each group.

After dethroning the All-Ireland champions in an epic semi-final, Cappataggle go on the hunt for a first ever Galway senior hurling title when they take on a strong Loughrea side in Kenny Park, Athenry on Sunday afternoon (throw-in: 145pm).

The knockout stages of the Galway senior and intermediate hurling championship gets underway this weekend, with fifteen games of consequence to be played across six venues which will leave sixteen teams with no further fixtures to look forward to this year and one demoted to a lower grade.

The prospect of St. Thomas’ exiting the race for the Galway senior hurling championship looms large as the group stages come to what should be a nail-biting conclusion this weekend, with Gort hoping to end the seven-in-a-row chasing club’s history-making ambitions in Kenny Park on Sunday afternoon.

An exciting line-up of quarter-final ties in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship was confirmed on Sunday evening after the conclusion of the preliminary ties, while the race to gain promotion from senior B and the intermediate ranks has also gathered pace.

St Thomas’ bid for a sixth Galway senior hurling title in succession started predictably when they saw off Gort on Sunday afternoon.

Hurling enthusiasts have two mouth-watering semi-finals in the Brooks Group Galway Senior Championship to look forward to this Sunday afternoon in Pearse Stadium.

Hurling enthusiasts have two mouth-watering semi-finals in the Brooks Group Galway Senior Championship to look forward to this Sunday afternoon in Pearse Stadium.

The preliminary quarter-final stage of the Brooks Group Galway senior hurling championship has finally been reached, but it will do well to match the drama of last week’s fixtures as both games played in Athenry last Saturday afternoon required penalties to produce a winner.