Pride is on the line as Galway meet Clare

NEIGHBOURS they most certainly are but up to recent times there hasn't been a lot of championship history between Galway and Clare.

In the '90s they met four times, and in that one decade they doubled their tally built up over a hundred years of hurling championships.

The most recent clash was in 1999 when Clare won after a replay, but the most famous is surely their first ever championship meeting in 1932. Galway led by 13 points at the break, increased that to 16 points early in the second half, and the Clare fans headed for home, despondency being their lot once again.