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Galway hurling caught a glimpse of the future on a rain-lashed evening at FBD Semple Stadium as a youthful, energetic Tribesmen side put it right up to All-Ireland champions Tipperary, who needed a decisive late surge to secure a five-point opening-round League victory.

The Greenhills Hotel on the Ennis Road was my destination of choice and the place was packed full of Tipperary and Galway supporters. You certainly would not have thought you were just 400 metres from the clubhouse of Na Piarsaigh – All-Ireland winners in 2016 - when the roof nearly came off the place after 14-man Dublin produced a monumental shock to unceremoniously dump the Treaty out.

Tipperary 2-19 Galway 0-20

The task facing Galway hurlers when they take on Limerick in next Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final at Croke Park is a major one, but one which the Tribesmen are looking forward to, manager Shane O’Neill said this afternoon after their nail biting 3-23 to 2-24 victory over Tipperary.