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Croke Park stages its first big hurling championship clash of 2015 this Sunday when Dublin play Galway in the Leinster quarter-final at 2.0, as part of a double-header which also features Dublin v Longford in football at 4.0.
It will be the seventh tie in the Leinster championship, following the six-game Round Robin series which saw Laois and Westmeath qualify for the quarter-finals at the expense of Carlow and Antrim.
Laois will play Offaly and Westmeath will play Wexford in the quarter-finals on Sunday week.
DUBLIN vs GALWAY
This will be only their fifth meeting in championship history with Dublin having won all four previous clashes. They were 2-4 to 2-2 winners in the 1941 All-Ireland semi-final and 5-3 to 2-6 winners in the 1924 final.
Dublin again won on a 0-19 to 2-7 scoreline in the 2011 Leinster semi-final. Two years later Dublin beat Galway by 2-25 to 2-13 in the Leinster final.
Flashback...
Dublin 2-25 Galway 2-13 (2013 Leinster final)
Dublin: Garry Maguire; Niall Corcoran, Peter Kelly, Paul Schutte; Stephen Hiney, Liam Rushe, Michael Carton (0-1); Johnny McCaffrey (0-2), Joey Boland ( 0-2); Conal Keaney (0-2), Ryan O’Dwyer (0-3), Danny Sutcliffe (0-1); ‘Dotsy’ O’Callaghan (0-4), Paul Ryan (2-7), David Treacy.
Subs: Conor McCormack (0-2) for Treacy; Oisin Gough for Paul Schutte; Shane Durkin for McCaffrey; Mark Schutte for O’Callaghan; Simon Lambert (0-1) for O’Dwyer.
Galway: James Skehill; Fergal Moore, Kevin Hynes, Joseph Cooney; Johnny Coen, Shane Kavanagh, David Collins; Iarla Tannian (0-1), James Regan, David Burke (1-0), Conor Cooney (0-3), Cyril Donnellan; Davy Glennon, Joe Canning 1-7, David Treacy.
Subs: Andy Smith for Regan; Aidan Harte (0-1), for Tannian; Dames Hayes for Donnellan; Jonathon Glynn (0-1) for Glennon; Aonghus Callanan for Cooney.
This is Galway’s seventh season in the Leinster senior championship. Their record reads: Played 16; Won 9, Drew 2, Lost 5.
Here’s how they fared against individual counties.
Kilkenny: Played 5, Won 1, D1, Lost 3
Laois: Played 3, Won 3
Offaly: Played 3, Won 2, Drew 1
Dublin: Played 2, Lost 2
Westmeath: Played 2, Won 2
Wexford: Played 1, Won 1.
Paul Ryan scored 2-7 when Dublin beat Galway 12 points in the 2013 Leinster final. Joe Canning scored 1-7 for Galway.
Dublin beat Galway by 0-26 to 2-14 in their 1A League clash in Parnell Park on March 22 last. David Treacy (0-10). Mark Schutte (0-5) and Danny Sutcliffe (0-4) were Dublin’s top scorers in a win that took them to third in the table after winning three and losing two games. They later beat Limerick (quarter-final) and lost to Cork (semi-final).
Galway finished fourth in the 1A table (two wins and three defeats) before losing to Waterford in the quarter-final.
Dublin scored a total of 8-159 in their seven League games – an average of 26.2 points per game.
Galway scored a total of 4-101 in their six games – an average of 18.8 points per game.
Next Sunday’s winners will play Laois or Offaly in the semi-final on June 20.
2015 GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
LEINSTER
Round Robin:
Westmeath 2-19 Carlow 2-17; Antrim 5-17 Laois 3-22;
Westmeath 1-21 Antrim 0-7; Laois 1-17 Carlow 1-14;
Laois 1-20 Westmeath 1-17; Carlow 2-18 Antrim 1-11.
Quarter-finals:
May 31: Dublin v Galway, Croke Park;
June 7: Laois v Offaly, Portlaoise; Westmeath v Wexford, Mullingar.
Semi-final:
June 20: Galway/Dublin v Offaly/Laois;
June 21: Kilkenny v Wexford/ Westmeath.
Final:
July 5: Croke Park.
MUNSTER
First Round:
Limerick 1-19 Clare 2-15, Thurles.
Semi-finals:
June 7: Cork v Waterford, Thurles;
June 21: Limerick v Tipperary, Gaelic Grounds.
Final:
July 13.
ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIERS
Round 1:
July 4: Eight teams that don’t qualify for Leinster and Munster finals.
Round 2:
July 11: Four Round 1 winners play off in two games
Quarter-finals:
July 26: Round 2 winners v Leinster and Munster runners-ups
Semi-final:
August 9: Leinster championships v quarter-final winner, Croke Park
August 16: Semi-final: Munster champions v quarter-final winner.
Final
September 6: Croke Park
