RTÉ GAA Podcast: Is there a shock in football's last 12, can Galway lift themselves for Tipperary
Enda McGinley and Nigel Dunne join Jacqui Hurley and Rory O'Neill too look ahead to the All-Ireland Championship preliminary quarter-finals.
Galway have not reached heights many expected them to in 2025 - yet. Could Down catch them on the hop?
Kerry were flat against Meath but they've been given a good chance to find their mojo once more against a Cavan side which conceded more than anyone else in the group stages.
Elsewhere, Dublin and Cork are to meet at Croke Park while provincial champions Donegal and Louth will clash at a venue which is, presumably, to Jim McGuinness's liking.
Jackie Tyrrell joins for the hurling and wonders if Galway have enough to beat Tipperary, even if they produce their best.
While Limerick and Dublin are set to clash in championship for the first time in a decade, a period in which the Treaty men have become a different animal altogether.
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Watch the All-Ireland Hurling Championship quarter-finals, Limerick v Dublin and Galway v Tipperary, on Saturday from 3.30pm. Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app. Listen to updates on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1. Watch highlights on The Saturday Game at 9.15pm.
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Worryingly, their work rate varies from match to they scored six goals against Antrim, but we were a man down and weren't set up as we normally would be they have to come with that bite this time. They had it against Dublin. It wasn't there against Kilkenny until it was too late. Kilkenny, for example, always have that bite. Galway need to find it more often.I feel that they are committing too many bodies back the field too. I can understand that to a degree, but sometimes they only have two in the opposition fairness to Donoghue, this is his first year with a different group to when he last managed Galway. It takes time. Cahill has had three years Tipp side were very hardworking against Limerick and had a massive game in Ennis against Clare which was all the more impressive for the fact that they withstood a fierce second half comeback, dug deep and found a way to win. They showed resilience when things were going against them - something that wasn't too apparent last year. Cahill made some big decisions in the off-season when cutting a couple of regulars from the panel, which can sometimes cause a manager to lose a group. But it appears to have had the opposite work rate and intensity is way up from 2024, especially from the forwards, who are tracking back in numbers but also getting back up the field swiftly. Fitness levels need to be off the charts for Doyle, Michael Breen and Eoghan Connolly have been very solid in the full-back line. Ronan Maher has played a captain's role at centre-back, or wherever he's asked to front, Jason Forde, Darragh McCarthy and Jake Morris are playing really well and, crucially, working extremely McGrath has recaptured some of his old form, which is great to see, and then you have the likes of his brother Noel, Oisin O'Donoghue and Sam O'Farrell coming off the bench, underlining their strength in depth up full-back line of Pádraic Mannion, Daithí Burke and Fintan Burke has been solid too and while Gavin Lee is a very talented hurler, I'm not sure he's holding the middle well enough for Fahy has done ok at wing-back but I feel he'd be a better option at Mannion is a top class forward who will score from anywhere and I'd expect that Tipp will man-mark him. Who that will be, I'm not sure. It won't be Maher, maybe Craig Morgan might be the Galway need Mannion no deeper than the middle of the field. He's too dangerous to be working back in Whelan is a player I've always rated highly but he hasn't hit the levels yet this year. I'd like to see him closer to goal in a two-man inside line alongside Brian Concannon, with Kevin Cooney drifting out. That's an inside line that could wreak serious havoc and supply the goals that Galway are Fleming is a different type of forward with a high workrate and is worth his spot, but Conor Cooney's struggles to break into the side puzzle me. He's a serious forward with goals in him.I expect that the game will be really tight and Tipperary have earned their status as favourites. But I believe that there's a big one in Galway and I'm going to give them the slight course, it could go to extra time and beyond. I only wish they wouldn't resort to penalties to decide the outcome and give the two teams a replay. On paper, Limerick should have way too much for Dublin and while I expect that they'll win, it mightn't be as straightforward as people have improved under new management this year, though they will have been very disappointed with their performance against Galway. They lacked the grunt that day that had been apparent in other games. I expect that it will be back I would imagine that losing their Munster title will have a massive impact on Limerick's attitude. It should fuel their hunger even interesting that the game isn't in a strictly neutral venue, as is normally the case for quarter-finals. Obviously Limerick are taking up the opportunity to play in Croke Park with an eye on an upcoming Park is a massive field with wide open areas and Limerick are so good at working the ball short that they will utilise every pocket of space that is I love about Limerick is how they vary their play. How they use the short ball to get to the half-forward line to take a long range score, or how they can bypass the opposition half-back line, with their ability to win 50-50 ball why I believe it's a smart call to play at Croke Park - it suits their style of Dublin, Paddy Smyth and John Bellew have been good at the back but it's Chris Crummey that makes them we were preparing to play Dublin with Antrim, one of the things that stood out was how much ball goes through Crummey out of defence. He's a solid defender but links up so well with the midfielders and forwards. But a huge aspect of this game is whether Crummey will sit back in the pocket or push forward on Cian Lynch and mark conundrum there is that you can't leave a big space in front of Aaron Gillane no matter how good the defender marking him is but, on the other hand, you can't give a playmaker like Lynch the freedom of the park can hope that a midfielder will drop and pick him up but that's a 50-50 situation; it will only come off some of the time. So Dublin need to pick someone to man-mark him and it's a big call because so much of Limerick's play goes through midfield battle should be interesting. Adam English has brought a lot to Limerick there.I expect Dan Morrissey to pick up the imposing John Hetherton and no better man for the job. Morrissey is an outstanding defender and, if there was a transfer market, he'd be highly sought Dublin forwards will need to work tirelessly to stop Limerick building from the back but, collectively, they'll need to scale new heights just to give themselves a chance Limerick will likely be in an uncompromising mood after the Munster final and should set up a mouth-watering semi-final with Kilkenny.
