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It’s the big showdown between the Leinster champions of the past two years in what has all the ingredients to be one of the highlights of the entire provincial campaign. Club is definitely family for this pair, who between them have won 12 Leinster (Birr 7, Ballyhale 5) and eight All-Ireland titles. They have each won four All-Ireland crowns, placing them joint leaders at the top of the honours list.

Is it true that Henry Shefflin sleeps with a sliothar under his pillow? Is Joe Canning a Weetabix or porridge man? How fast can Shane McGrath do a lap around Semple Stadium? Which Eoin Kelly is Ollie Moran related to? These questions and many other issues of profound importance about your county’s top hurlers will be answered this summer…

An unofficial bank holiday Monday was declared in south Kilkenny as Ballyhale Shamrocks strolled to regaining their Leinster senior title over Birr who only got going at a late stage.

Standing in Paric Lactain in Freshford last January watching a young, fit Antrim side lower Kilkenny's colours in the Walsh Cup didn't leave anyone too upset, most people acknowledged that our warriors had just returned from what is now their annual team holiday and that it would take a few training sessions to shake off the cobwebs. Being honest, Kilkenny fans knew that this bunch of Kilkenny players would bust a gut later in the year to land the 3-in-a-row but I don't think anyone could have envisaged exactly what lay ahead for Kilkenny hurling.

A real sense of anticipation surrounds Sunday's Allianz NHL opener between Galway and Kilkenny at Pearse Stadium (2.30pm) where the two sides meet for the second time in a week.

It is the contest that is gripping hurling enthusiasts throughout the land. The country’s dominant clubs over the past three years, Portumna and Ballyhale Shamrocks, will meet for the first time in Sunday's All Ireland Senior Club Championship semi-finals at Semple Stadium (2.30pm).

Kilkenny, despite playing below par, picked up two valuable national hurling league points at Nowlan Park last Sunday. It took a last gasp point by Rower Inistioge's Michael Grace to snatch victory from a youthful and spirited Limerick side.

Suddenly the Leinster hurling championship is full of interesting possibilities again. On Saturday evening in O’Connor Park this semi-final between Galway and Kilkenny promises to be revealing.

The Kilkenny hurlers showed great composure and resolve when defeating Galway by four points in a thrilling Leinster semi-final at Tullamore on Saturday evening.

Over 30,000 spectators looked on as Kilkenny received their second test of the season from Dublin before they ran out 2-18 to 0-18 winners of the Leinster hurling final.