There was a time, back in the late 1990s and throughout most of the 2000s, when every Galway defeat was followed by plaintive calls from the vanquished westerners to change the system.

AIB All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final: Gort v Ballyhale: Gort hurling captain Greg Lally is the team’s indisputable leader since the emigration of former captain Andy Coen to Canada last year and he will be expected to lead the side from centre-back in tomorrow’s All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final against Ballyhale Shamrocks.

Gerard O’Donoghue will line out for Gort at corner-forward in tomorrow’s Galway senior county hurling final against Portumna in Kenny Park, Athenry (1.30pm).

The Leinster Council will vote next month on whether to allow Galway’s minor and U21 hurling teams into the province following Wednesday night’s presentation from leading Tribe officials seeking full integration.

Anthony Cunningham is set to become Galway’s longest serving manager since Cyril Farrell guided them to All-Ireland glory in the 1980s after being handed a three-year extension to his term in charge.

Six-time All-Ireland winning minor hurling boss Mattie Murphy has joined the managerial ticket seeking to replace outgoing Galway senior manager Anthony Cunningham.

The battle to become Galway senior hurling manager next season has been cut to a two-horse race between current manager Anthony Cunningham and his former selector and coach Mattie Kenny.

Limerick minor manager Brian Ryan expects the Treaty hurlers to be driven by the Hawk-Eye injustice which marred their 2013 campaign.

All-Ireland MHC: Galway 2-20 Antrim 0-9

Galway boss Anthony Cunningham is expected to deliver his report on a disappointing campaign to the county’s hurling committee this week.

The victorious Waterford minor hurlers will arrive home in Waterford city at 6pm tonight, travelling into Plunkett Station before embarking on an open-top bus journey to City Hall.

The GAA, and sport in general, have always been about much more than the bits between the white lines.

Galway 0-16 Waterford 1-21

Blink and you’ve missed it, the village of Tubber that is.

Limerick will today file their case to the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) to have their All-Ireland minor semi-final defeat overturned.

Limerick’s objection to their minors’ All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Galway last Sunday is likely to fail on the basis of a rule in the GAA Official Guide.

The Limerick County Board have confirmed they will appeal the result of last Sunday's All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship semi-final which was overshadowed by an incorrect decision by the Hawk-Eye score detection technology.

The Limerick County Board will this morning lodge an appeal against the result of Sunday’s All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final in the wake of Hawk-Eye apologising to the GAA for a human error on their part in deeming Barry Nash’s legitimate point wide.

Galway 0-23 Limerick 0-20

Limerick manager Brian Ryan does not think his side will be affected by the long lay-off since their Munster final replay win over Waterford on July 23.

Eamonn Cregan has been around the block a few times, seen many changes in hurling since he first began pucking a ball in his beloved Limerick over 60 years ago.

Away from the action and thus TV cameras, the struts, strolls, calls and cajoling of the inter-county manager are largely ignored.

Brian Cody is managing Kilkenny into an All-Ireland final for the 12th time.

In 1996 Tipperary minor hurling manager William Maher captained the Premier to All-Ireland minor glory.

Galway boss Mattie Murphy described Paul Killeen’s sending-off in yesterday’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland MHC semi-final as “harsh in the extreme.”

Sure, there was a huge degree of personal satisfaction involved in watching Galway’s march to an All-Ireland senior hurling final but Mattie Murphy is not one to go shouting about his contribution from the rooftops.

Galway manager Mattie Murphy certainly knows a thing or two about minor hurling and reckons the Tribesmen’s true worth will be revealed in next month’s fascinating All-Ireland semi-final encounter with Tipperary.

Bord na gCon would like to comment on and totally refute key misinformed points as presented by the Irish Examiner edition on Tuesday, May 8.

Ken Hogan was extolling the talents of Loughgiel on Saturday when news came through the Antrim side had been taken to extra-time in their All-Ireland Club semi-final with Na Piarsaigh.

LEADING greyhound trainer Pat Gordon has decided to emigrate to Australia with his family and expects to depart in the new two months.

FORMER Irish Coursing Club president Tony McNamee has been appointed a member of the Irish Greyhound Board, according to reliable sources within the industry.

ANDY COEN was just two the last time Gort won the Galway senior hurling title, in 1983.

A GOAL from Richie Cummins two minutes from the end of normal time sent Mattie Murphy’s Gort into the Galway SHC final.

ST THOMAS created a huge shock when they sent three time All-Ireland club champions Portumna crashing out of the Galway SHC after a dramatic weekend of quarter-final action.

TWO Eoin Forde goals in the space of a minute in the first-half paved the way for All-Ireland club champions Clarinbridge to move top of their group in the Galway SHC.

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

WHEN France won football’s World Cup in 1998 with a sprinkling of Arsenal players, an English tabloid famously produced the headline: Arsenal 3 Brazil 0.

MATTIE MURPHY has been synonymous with Galway underage success since first getting involved in inter-county management in 1989.

Galway 1-21 Dublin 1-12

GALWAY minor boss Mattie Murphy has rewarded Dean Higgins and Jack Carr for their dazzling showings when introduced as substitutes in their semi-final win over Clare, by naming them in his starting 15 for tomorrow afternoon’s All-Ireland final against Dublin.

WHEN it comes to the All-Ireland MHC there is one manager who stands head and shoulders above everyone else – Galway’s Mattie Murphy.

A VERITABLE goal-fest of an All-Ireland minor semi-final but a game won with consummate ease by Dublin who now face Galway in next month’s final, their first in 28 years.

Galway Hurling Board chairman Joe Byrne has promised a very thorough review into the state of hurling in the county.