WATCH: Will Galway still be at the races after quarter-final?

Whatever about their role as hurling’s enigmatic force, Galway’s results at the quarter-final juncture cannot be called into question.

In attempting to clear the third hurdle from home, their form has been remarkably grim since the inception of the quarter-finals in 1997.

Should the Tribesmen come a cropper tomorrow in Thurles, you’re likely to hear a Galway fan or two spouting the three certainties of life out west: Death, taxes and Galway exiting the hurling championship before race week.