Following three championship campaigns where the Galway management’s consistency of selection was near impeccable, the county’s hurling team no longer picks itself. More worrying still for followers of the maroon and white is that Micheál Donoghue appears to no longer know what is his strongest 15. Defence and midfield went unchanged from the Leinster final drawn game right through to the All-Ireland final, a total of five matches. It was the exact same story in 2017 for all but their Leinster opener away to Offaly. Micheál Donoghue brought that figure down to 19 in his first year in charge.

Source: Irish Examiner June 07, 2019 22:18 UTC