THE last week has given a strange insight into the condition of Galway hurling over the past two decades after two dynamic and hugely talented underage sides produced emphatic victories on All-Ireland final day.

MUNSTER Council chiefs will decide today on whether to accede to a request from the Limerick county board to defer next week’s Bord Gáis Energy provincial U21HC semi-final due to the proximity to the county senior hurlers All-Ireland quarter-final meeting with Dublin.

CORK hurling boss Denis Walsh has finalised his backroom setup for the 2010 campaign by enlisting the services of former Munster rugby fitness coach Mark McManus and former Cork minor physical trainer Donal Burke.