Galway Goliath showing no signs of weakness

WEXFORD 0-17 GALWAY 1-23: The Union Jack fluttering by the roadside on the way up to Wexford on Saturday evening was no doubt linked to a polo match going on in the field beyond, and when your correspondent was coming home later in the evening it was still waving, while in the middle distance figures milled around a marquee, no doubt analysing the . . . I want to use the word ‘chukka’ . . . just ended.

Hopefully it provided a closer encounter than the one in Wexford Park, where Galway cruised to a nine-point win over the home side without ever reaching for top gear.

The two teams didn’t stand off each other on Saturday night, and there was a keenness to the clashes around the middle of the field that would have been familiar to any iteration of GAA fan from the last 100 years, no matter what the format.