'We just keep coming back': Tribesmen return to hurling's top table 

There are a number of factors in the gap of the last few years being closed to the point of possibly wiping it out this Sunday. 

Galway's Cathal Mannion. Pic: Tom O'Hanlon/Inpho

Six minutes into injury-time in the 2020 All-Ireland semi-final, Galway stood level with Limerick. Sixty-seven minutes into the 2022 All-Ireland semi-final, Galway stood level with Limerick.

On both occasions, the westerners were right there with the standard bearers. The gap was so miniscule as to be non-existent.