Brendan Cummins: Galway bench now better equipped for Limerick challenge

Brendan Cummins believes Galway are now better served off the bench than was the case in last year's All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Limerick, so giving them a better chance of exacting revenge when the sides meet again at the last-four stage on Saturday evening.

Three points was the difference at Croke Park last July and it was substitute David Reidy who came on to fire over crucial points that saw the Shannonsiders over the line.

On the day, Galway couldn't summon a similar impact to come in and save a game they could easily have won.

Henry Shefflin's side again enter their clash with Limerick as underdogs, coming off the back of a heartbreaking defeat to Kilkenny in the Leinster final and then accounting for Tipperary by more than the two-point winning margin would suggest in the quarter-finals.

Speaking on the RTÉ GAA Podcast, Ursula Jacob believes Galway will have to be at their "very best" if they are down the All-Ireland champions, adding that Shefflin's side must not dip in and out of the game.

"If the Galway we know can bring that consistency in performance across the 70 minutes, Limerick will know that they have to put in a huge, huge performance," said the former Wexford camogie star.

"My worry with Galway is that consistency and them drifting in and out of games. They have been doing it all year and should have put Tipperary away the last day; they were eight points up after 50 minutes and somehow Tipp clawed their way back.

"In the end there was only two points separating the sides. My worry if that happened on Saturday is that Limerick don't give you that second chance. They pounce, are ruthless, and thrive off that challenge. For me, Galway are going to have to be at their very best to get one over on