Senior hurlers hope to keep 100pc SHC record against Tribesmen

Tue, 26th May 2015

Croke Park stages its first big hurling championship clash of 2015 this Sunday when Dublin play Galway in the Leinster quarter-final at 2.0, as part of a double-header which also features Dublin v Longford in football at 4.0.
It will be the seventh tie in the Leinster championship, following the six-game Round Robin series which saw Laois and Westmeath qualify for the quarter-finals at the expense of Carlow and Antrim.
Laois will play Offaly and Westmeath will play Wexford in the quarter-finals on Sunday week.

DUBLIN vs GALWAY
This will be only their fifth meeting in championship history with Dublin having won all four previous clashes. They were 2-4 to 2-2 winners in the 1941 All-Ireland semi-final and 5-3 to 2-6 winners in the 1924 final.
Dublin again won on a 0-19 to 2-7 scoreline in the 2011 Leinster semi-final. Two years later Dublin beat Galway by 2-25 to 2-13 in the Leinster final.

Flashback...
Dublin 2-25 Galway 2-13 (2013 Leinster final)
Dublin: Garry Maguire; Niall Corcoran, Peter Kelly, Paul Schutte; Stephen Hiney, Liam Rushe, Michael Carton (0-1); Johnny McCaffrey (0-2), Joey Boland ( 0-2); Conal Keaney (0-2), Ryan O’Dwyer (0-3), Danny Sutcliffe (0-1); ‘Dotsy’ O’Callaghan (0-4), Paul Ryan (2-7), David Treacy.
Subs: Conor McCormack (0-2) for Treacy; Oisin Gough for Paul Schutte; Shane Durkin for McCaffrey; Mark Schutte for O’Callaghan; Simon Lambert (0-1) for O’Dwyer.
Galway: James Skehill; Fergal Moore, Kevin Hynes, Joseph Cooney; Johnny Coen, Shane Kavanagh, David Collins; Iarla Tannian (0-1), James Regan, David Burke (1-0), Conor Cooney (0-3), Cyril Donnellan; Davy Glennon, Joe Canning 1-7, David Treacy.
Subs: Andy Smith for Regan; Aidan Harte (0-1), for Tannian; Dames Hayes for Donnellan; Jonathon Glynn (0-1) for Glennon; Aonghus Callanan for Cooney.

? This is Galway’s seventh season in the Leinster senior championship. Their record reads: Played 16; Won 9, Drew 2, Lost 5.
Here’s how they fared against individual counties.
Kilkenny: Played 5, Won 1, D1, Lost 3
Laois: Played 3, Won 3
Offaly: Played 3, Won 2, Drew 1
Dublin: Played 2, Lost 2
Westmeath: Played 2, Won 2
Wexford: Played 1, Won 1.
? Paul Ryan scored 2-7 when Dublin beat Galway 12 points in the 2013 Leinster final. Joe Canning scored 1-7 for Galway.
? Dublin beat Galway by 0-26 to 2-14 in their 1A League clash in Parnell Park on March 22 last. David Treacy (0-10). Mark Schutte (0-5) and Danny Sutcliffe (0-4) were Dublin’s top scorers in a win that took them to third in the table after winning three and losing two games. They later beat Limerick (quarter-final) and lost to Cork (semi-final).
? Galway finished fourth in the 1A table (two wins and three defeats) before losing to Waterford in the quarter-final.
? Dublin scored a total of 8-159 in their seven League games – an average of 26.2 points per game.
? Galway scored a total of 4-101 in their six games – an average of 18.8 points per game.
Next Sunday’s winners will play Laois or Offaly in the semi-final on June 20.

2015 GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
LEINSTER
Round Robin:
Westmeath 2-19 Carlow 2-17; Antrim 5-17 Laois 3-22;
Westmeath 1-21 Antrim 0-7; Laois 1-17 Carlow 1-14;
Laois 1-20 Westmeath 1-17; Carlow 2-18 Antrim 1-11.
Quarter-finals:
May 31: Dublin v Galway, Croke Park;
June 7: Laois v Offaly, Portlaoise; Westmeath v Wexford, Mullingar.
Semi-final:
June 20: Galway/Dublin v Offaly/Laois;
June 21: Kilkenny v Wexford/ Westmeath.
Final:
July 5: Croke Park.
MUNSTER
First Round:
Limerick 1-19 Clare 2-15, Thurles.
Semi-finals:
June 7: Cork v Waterford, Thurles;
June 21: Limerick v Tipperary, Gaelic Grounds.
Final:
July 13.
ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIERS
Round 1:
July 4: Eight teams that don’t qualify for Leinster and Munster finals.
Round 2:
July 11: Four Round 1 winners play off in two games
Quarter-finals:
July 26: Round 2 winners v Leinster and Munster runners-ups
Semi-final:
August 9: Leinster championships v quarter-final winner, Croke Park
August 16: Semi-final: Munster champions v quarter-final winner.
Final
September 6: Croke Park