Novel pairing a ‘shot in the arm’, says Moore

Galway and Dublin provide a novel pairing in tomorrow’s Leinster SHC final, a pairing few would have foreseen at the start of this season.

Galway yes; as reigning champions, they were seeded straight to the semi-final, were hotly fancied to beat the winners of the unofficial Leinster B championship.

Antrim, Carlow, Laois, London and Westmeath were all on that side, a rejuvenated Laois emerged as winners and the Tribesmen duly obliged, though they got a far stiffer examination than many had expected.