Cratloe 1-14 Kilmaley 0-16

Cuala (Dublin) 1-17 Liam Mellows (Galway) 0-11: The champions of the last two years will meet in the All-Ireland club hurling final, but it will take a monumental performance from Na Piarsaigh to deny this Cuala team a two-in-a-row.

David Treacy scored seven points for Cuala who overwhelmed Liam Mellows and advanced to another All-Ireland final at Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day.

Former Galway hurling captain David Collins has hit out at the “crazy” demands on players.

As he watched his former Galway colleagues reaching the peak on All-Ireland final Sunday from the Croke Park press box in his brief as an analyst, there was plenty of mixed emotions for David Collins, writes John Fogarty.

Liam Mellows 3-12 Gort 1-15: There have been few more joyous vistas in Pearse Stadium than that witnessed yesterday as Liam Mellows ended their 47-year wait for a senior Galway hurling title.

Liam Mellows claimed their first Galway SHC title in 47 years with a composure that belied their final inexperience in Pearse Stadium.

Its All-Ireland Hurling final week, and Galway is buzzing. How much of the buzz is down to hurling is anybody’s guess. I don’t blame the people, I blame the City

David Collins might have chosen to step aside just as Galway are now favoured to win a first All-Ireland in 29 years but he is enjoying the watching brief.

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Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-13 Cratloe 0-6: A powerful second-half performance saw Kilmurry Ibrickane claim their 11th Clare SFC title in front of a crowd of 3,722 at Cusack Park, Ennis.

Drom-Inch and Loughmore-Castleiney progressed to the Mid Tipp SHC final with comfortable wins over Holycross-Ballycahill and Moycarkey-Borris at Boherlahan.

Hurling superstar Seamus Callanan has revealed his belief that Tipperary will never deploy a sweeper and says he wouldn’t approve of the change if they did.

Veteran David Collins has laid it on the line for the Galway hurlers, insisting it’s an All-Ireland title or bust and acknowledging that the player heave against ex-boss Anthony Cunningham has heaped the pressure on them.

Mixed messages. Galway hurling has had its fill of them this last while. After last July’s Leinster Final defeat to Kilkenny, Anthony Cunningham let it be known he had told Brian Cody at the final whistle Galway would see them again in the All-Ireland final. It turned out he was right although later in the month, captain Andy Smith said his manager had made “strange comments”.

Walsh Cup - Galway 1-16 DCU 0-17: After all the turmoil of the last few months, there was an air of relief around Duggan Park in Ballinasloe yesterday as Galway got back out on the pitch for their first match since the All-Ireland final loss to Kilkenny.

The Galway hurling saga could be about to come to a conclusion with figures key to the stand-off making themselves available to the arbitration process in recent days.

Former Galway manager John McIntyre yesterday revealed captain David Collins, vice-captain Andy Smith and 2014 captain Joe Canning and David Burke as the four players who informed Anthony Cunningham that the squad did not want him to continue as manager.

The removal of a public toilet in Killarney has resulted in people urinating on church grounds, bus loads of tourists overwhelming the facilities of a small hotel, and businesses being advised by gardaí to man their doors with security staff against a public desperate for toilet facilities, a meeting has been told.

Kilkenny 1-22 Galway 1-18: A story of two halves and a familiar ending.

1. Kilkenny’s hunger for victory remains insatiable

Galway needed to be in touch as the game entered the crucial last ten minutes but they faded badly when they needed to kick on, having impressed when leading by three points at half-time.

This time it wasn’t different.

It was Johnny Glynn’s dispossession of Pádraic Maher two minutes from the end of normal time that told David Collins he’d see Croke Park in September.

St. Nicholas 1-5 Dohenys 0-7 (Cork SFC Replay): Fortunate to earn a replay last week, St. Nicholas made no mistake this time when beating Dohenys by the narrowest of margins in Bandon yesterday to reach the last eight of the county SFC.

On the way home from Dublin last week, Niall Gilligan stopped off to break the journey in Francis Loughnane’s old pub in Roscrea, which is now run by John Carroll.

The Galway hurlers have matured this summer, selector Damian Curley believes.

David Collins wasn’t surprised by Jonathan Glynn’s frank remarks in the aftermath of Galway’s sensational quarter-final win over Cork.

Joe Canning believes Galway will be driven by the pain and hurt of last year’s qualifier defeat to Tipperary in this Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final.

Galway hurler Conor Cooney is unlikely to figure against Tipperary in Sunday week’s All-Ireland semi-final, according to manager Anthony Cunningham.

Traditionally, a bit of a crew from Clarecastle always go to Galway for the Monday of race week — when hurling and life allows, of course — which often seems to coincide with another Galway hurling post-mortem.

It doesn’t take long to realise David Collins is not your typical county player or young man.

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Galway captain David Collins is a doubt for Sunday’s Leinster SHC final with Kilkenny.

Galway captain David Collins isn’t afraid to say it — his team have suffered a collective mental hang-up in recent years.

Dohenys 1-11 Aghada 0-10: Daniel O’Donovan’s opportunist goal at the three-quarters stage helped power Dohenys to a deserved victory over Aghada in the opening round of the Cork senior football championship at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday night.

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