Six-day recovery will pose challenge

One of the biggest challenges facing the Dublin and Galway management teams is the six-day turnaround to their Leinster championship replay.

Players will be tired mentally and physically after Sunday’s game. It wasn’t that the match was particularly fast or that there was huge physicality in the exchanges however it was a big step up from the league as championship hurling brings a tension that isn’t experienced at any stage in the spring — even if you get to the final.

Players will have picked up little knocks and have sore muscles. Rest and recuperation will be crucial this week.