RTÉ GAA Podcast: Galway and Cork come good, provincial champions continue to stutter
Shane McGrath joins Jacqui Hurley and Rory O'Neill to reflect on weekend where the provincial hurling finals pairings were decided.
Cork will do battle with Limerick in Munster, while Galway are into the lions den against Kilkenny in Leinster.
Enda McGinley joins for the football and the panel discusses the comedowns for the provincial champions, with Louth and Donegal losing at the weekend.
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