With Whelan motoring out the field, Galway have chance to right previous wrongs 

With an in-form Whelan lifting in his new home, they’re odds of faring better with this latest attempt are much healthier than if he’d been left to wither inside.

Galway's Conor Whelan signs autographs after the game. Pic: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

How do you measure progress?

Galway began their Leinster campaign with a 12-point hammering at the hands of Kilkenny. They bookended their Leinster round-robin campaign with a comfortable five-point win away to Dublin. It was a game they’d led by 12 with six minutes remaining.