Talking points: Will the GAA pay the penalty for squeezing hurling's spotlight? 

Is it serving hurling well to play two of the year's biggest games back to back?

TIGHT SQUEEZE: Jason Flynn of Galway is tackled by David Blanchfield of Kilkenny during the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 2 match between Kilkenny and Galway at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

On such a special weekend, are the GAA promoting hurling as well as they can?

During the 2017 Leinster senior hurling final between Galway and Wexford, James Crombie of INPHO spotted a photo opportunity in the crowd. John Meyler was sitting in front of Anthony Cunningham in the lower tier of the Hogan Stand, with both men engrossed in the Galway-Wexford game. Meyler is a Wexford man, Cunningham is from Galway. That context provided a neat symmetry, but the photograph looked particularly relevant over the following two seasons.