Galway geared for crack at Kilkenny

Galway 3-28 Laois 1-14: The north-west wind continues to blow strongly in Galway’s favour but to boil down this performance to another coin toss win would be facetious.

For the second time in 14 days, fortune did indeed favour them before throw-in but it’s what they did complemented by that breeze advantage that was beguiling.

Convincing? We’ll hold off on making that assessment. Galway will face opposition in 13 days’ time that won’t be as naive as Dublin were or as convoluted as Laois.