With Round One of the Allianz National Hurling Leagues taking place this weekend, Peter McNamara previews the three fixtures in Division 1A.

Bord na Móna Walsh Cup final: Galway 1-22 Dublin 1-20: Walsh Cup success served Kilkenny well in 2014 and Anthony Cunningham admitted it’s a template he wishes to follow with Galway this season.

Galway got an early season boost when they came from behind to capture their second ever Walsh Cup title at Croke Park.

Henry Shefflin and Michael Fennelly will start on the Kilkenny team to play Cork in the All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-final in Thurles tomorrow.

Throw your head inside the door of any pub, grocers or butchers in Gort this weekend and you’ll find one topic dominates conversation.

Reigning All-Ireland champions St Thomas remain on course to retain their crown after surviving a do-or-die group clash with the 2011 winners Clarinbridge last evening.

Dublin manager Anthony Daly has unsurprisingly named an unchanged team for Sunday's Leinster SHC final against defending champions Galway at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Laois 1-13 Galway 2-17

Galway 2-17 Laois 1-13

Kilkenny 1-24 Galway 1-17

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made four changes to the team that started against Galway last weekend for Sunday’s crunch Allianz Division 1A showdown with Kilkenny.

It may not have been great hurling in this club final yesterday but the weather had a lot to do with that.

In a unique position to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two finalists in the All-Ireland club senior hurling final in Croke Park this Sunday are PJ O’Mullan and Seamus Quinn.

Galway 3-11 Kilkenny 0-17

Aidan Harte, Jonathan Glynn and Davy Glennon have forced their way into the Galway team for Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1A duel with Kilkenny at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

St Thomas’ (Galway) 0-15 Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) 0-07

St. Thomas (Galway) 0-15 Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) 0-7

St Thomas 1-16 Gort 1-15

Gort 0-09 St Thomas 0-09

The Galway hurlers suffered an injury scare last night which threatened to disrupt their preparations for their All-Ireland SHC final replay against Kilkenny.

On cold, logical examination of what happened in the drawn game , Kilkenny must be favoured to win tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC final replay. Don’t go running to the bookies yet, though.

Galway 2-13 Kilkenny 0-19

Kelly spot on except for last call

Galway 2-13 Kilkenny 0-19

Kilkenny and Galway have both made one change from their respective semi-final wins for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC final.

FINAL DEBATE: Will the Galway management pay for ditching so much experience?

There will be those who think last Saturday’s All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final win by Kilkenny over Galway in Thurles is a guide towards what’s likely to happen in the senior final.

Kilkenny 4-16 Galway 2-15

Kilkenny v Galway in Thurles this Sunday in the second of the two All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-finals (Clare v Antrim 4pm, Kilkenny vGalway 6pm) — a prelude to what might happen on September 9 in Croke Park, the big one?

There are some causes lost before they are even ventured.

Galway 0-22 Cork 0-17

The message is out now — if it’s scores you want, go and watch Galway.

A comprehensive ten-point win for the hot favourites in this Leinster SHC quarter-final in Mullingar yesterday but a whopping 4-12 conceded to the underdogs.

Westmeath 4-12 Galway 5-19

Joe Canning led the way as a youthful Galway side edged out Limerick in a senior hurling challenge match at Athenry on Saturday evening.

Peter Kelly and Paul Ryan have returned from injury to take their places in the Dublin team to face Galway in Sunday's Allianz Hurling League Division 1A relegation play-off.

Former boss Conor Hayes has launched a stinging attack on the current Galway senior hurling team, insisting that the Tribesmen are not good enough to challenge for a senior All-Ireland title.

Kilkenny 3-26 Galway 0-10

Stephen McDonnell and Eoin Cadogan have been brought back into the Cork defence by manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Sunday’s Division 1A hurling league tie against Kilkenny in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as his team attempts to bounce back from last Sunday’s defeat to Galway.

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.

Tipperary 2-20 Galway 2-18

There have been so many false dawns by the Tribesmen down through the years that Galway hurling folk must be afraid to look out the window this morning.

Galway 0-20 Dublin 0-13

A youthful Galway were given a lesson yesterday as Kilkenny swept them aside to claim the Walsh Cup at Pearse Stadium.