PM O'Sullivan: Galway limping at a crossroads but set a tricky route for Munster fallers

Dublin or Kilkenny making the All-Ireland Final now looks a live prospect

3 July 2021; Joe Canning of Galway after his side's defeat to Dublin in their Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Semi-Final match at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

The gods of hurling did not beam on a damp July day.

Too much of the action represented the stolid side of solid. Yet there must have been the odd smile, amid streaks of excitement. The unexpected is forever welcome and Dublin comprehensively outdoing Galway lay unaired in every pundit’s playbook. A four-point margin in no way flattered the winners.