It leaps from the mind’s eye as one of the standout moments of the 2012 championship, as one of the standout moments of any recent championship.

The sideline regulation controversy is not an obsession for this corner of the newspaper — not just yet anyway — but the matter continues to raise questions, despite Croke Park’s keenness to draw a line under the matter.

Last summer Tom Helebert stood on the sideline as a Galway selector in the All-Ireland semi-final while Ger Cunningham did the same job for Cork.

Carlow 1-9 Galway 2-15

Much has been argued over what Joe Canning said a couple of weeks ago about Henry Shefflin and his unsportsmanlike efforts to influence the referee in the drawn All-Ireland final.

Galway boss Anthony Cunningham was in bullish form following yesterday’s All-Ireland senior hurling final, insisting his players will “kick on” and improve considerably for the replay with Kilkenny on September 30.

He is quiet and unassuming but Anthony Cunningham can let fly in a dressing-room — usually starts with the strongest player and working his way back, says John Fallon

Since 2006, Kilkenny have played Limerick, Waterford and Tipperary in All-Ireland finals.

There are some causes lost before they are even ventured.

One is Yin to the other’s Yang, one is Zig, the other Zag — we’re talking about Tom Helebert and Mattie Kenney, not so much Galway manager Anthony Cunningham’s two right-hand men as one his right hand, the other his left.

Anthony Cunningham and his two selectors had yet to sit down before the first words were out of the Galway manager’s mouth.

Westmeath boss Brian Hanley believes his native Galway should not underestimate the importance ofprovincial pride when playing in the Leinster senior hurling championship.

A first Allianz National Hurling League victory of the season for Tipperary and a first defeat for Galway were the main talking points from a high-scoring encounter at Semple Stadium yesterday.

As widely predicted, Anthony Cunningham was officially unveiled as the new Galway senior hurling manager tonight at a specially convened meeting of the county's Hurling Board.

Three club players in Galway accused of assaulting a referee will have to serve bans of almost a year after GAA bosses in Croke Park threw out a 12-week suspension imposed locally.

THREE club players in Galway accused of assaulting a referee will have to serve bans of almost a year after GAA bosses in Croke Park threw out a 12-week suspension imposed locally.

JOHNNY KELLY endured enough days of hardship as player with Portumna to fully appreciate thebounty that is being reaped by the side he now manages.

REFEREE Christy Helebert has sent a file to Croke Park asking the GAA’s top brass to investigate the incidents which occurred at the end of the controversial Galway SHC semi-final between Mullagh and Loughrea.

FORGET about boots and ambush advertising. You want controversy? Let’s go back a few years, to 1989.