No fear for the Galway kids coming up against the green machine

While not promising from the point of view of making a League decider, the westerners are half-delighted with the strength of the Treaty line-up.

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: Galway's Aaron Niland strikes a penalty. Pic: ©INPHO/James Lawlor.

For those of maroon hurling blood not fortunate enough to be still resident inside maroon borders, there are ways and means to keep abreast of the local mood.

John McIntyre’s Connacht Tribune column has been cleanly striking the head of the nail every Thursday for decades. And then, in more modern inventions, there is the Galway Bay FM Hurling Chat podcast chaired by Sean Walsh and Niall Canavan.