RECENT seasons have been defined by the inconsistency of Galway senior hurling sides in the white heat of championship.

Galway 1-21 Dublin 1-12

IRRESPECTIVE of the outcome of tomorrow’s All-Ireland MHC semi-final in Croke Park, it will be a novel experience for the winners to have qualified for an All-Ireland decider. Waterford last reached the final in 1992, while Dublin’s wait stretches back to 1983.