Hurling Nation: A weekend for teams at crossroads

It's only just May and the hurling championship is up and running and already there is a lot of intrigue.

Recently, only Limerick see a clear path since first throw-in. Other counties brace for a maze of crossroads, cul de sacs and wrong turns down boreens.

This weekend belongs to teams with those sorts of problems.

First up, Wexford play Galway down on the south-east Riviera, both teams togging out hoping to find the personality for themselves.

Wexford are a critical case. They gave away two late goals against Dublin on the opening day. They went north to Antrim last week and coughed up a seven-point lead and decided Lee Chin didn’t really need a supporting cast.

Wexford need to take four points minimum from their remaining games with Galway, Carlow and Kilkenny. They need more variety and conviction. They need Chin carrying fewer passengers.

So what about an Gaillimh?

It’s almost surprising to remember that this is a Leinster Championship in which Kilkenny are quietly going for their fifth in a row?

Yes, it was shadowboxing between Galway and Kilkenny in Salthill last Sunday, but the stripey ones were in the ring without goalkeeper Eoin Murphy and big-name forwards Eoin Cody and Adrian Mullen.

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Yet they still scored 29 points.

Kilkenny know they have better inside themselves, Galway can’t be too sure what they potential is.

Wexford desperately need the points tomorrow. Hurling Nations says neither side will get what they need, but backs the Tribesmen to escape with the win.

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