They meet for the second time in eleven months in the championship, with Galway having won the Leinster
final by nine points last year.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2017: Galway 0-29 Wexford 1-17 (Leinster final)
2010: Galway 2-22 Wexford 1-14 (Leinster quarter-final)
1996: Wexford 2-13 Galway 3-7 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1976: Wexford 3-14 Galway 2-14 (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay
1976: Wexford 5-14 Galway 2-23 (All-Ireland semi-final) Draw
Wexford lead the ‘Round Table’ on scoring difference (+26) from Galway (+20) and Kilkenny (+3). All three
have four points but Wexford and Galway have each played two games while Kilkenny have played three.
Wexford and Galway met in the Allianz League quarter-final in March when Wexford won by 1-23 to 0-23 in
Innovate Wexford Park.
This will be only the 11th championship clash between the counties (the fourth in 40 years). Wexford lead 6-3 with one draw from the previous ten games.
2018 GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
LEINSTER
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Round-Robin (After Yesterday's Games)
| P | W | D | L | FOR | AGAINST | DIFF | PTS | |
| Wexford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-46 | 4-23 | +26 | 4 |
| Galway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6-40 | 4-26 | +20 | 4 |
| Kilkenny | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-54 | 5-51 | 3 | 4 |
| Dublin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-30 | 1-46 | -4 | 0 |
| Offaly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-37 | 12-61 | -45 | 0 |
Round Robin 1
May 12: Galway 5-18 Offaly 2-15, Bórd na Mona O’Connor Park.
May13: Kilkenny 1-24 Dublin 3-16, Parnell Park.
Round Robin 2
May 20: Kilkenny 2-19 Offaly 1-13, Nowlan Park; Wexford 0-22 Dublin 2-14, Innovate Wexford Park.
Round Robin 3
May 26: Wexford 5-24 Offaly 2-9, Bórd na Mona O’Connor Park.
May 27: Galway 1-22 Kilkenny 2-11, Pearse Stadium
Round Robin 4
June 2: Wexford v Galway, Innovate Wexford Park
June 3: Dublin v Offaly, Parnell Park.
Round Robin 5
June 9: Kilkenny v Wexford, Nowlan Park; Galway v Dublin, Pearse Stadium
July 1: Final, Croke Park.
ALL-IRELAND PRELIMINARY QUARTER FINALS
July 7/8
3rd placed Munster v Joe McDonagh Cup winners; 3rd placed Leinster v Joe McDonagh Cup
runners-up
ALL-IRELAND QUARTER FINALS
July 15
Munster runners-up v Preliminary quarter-final winner; Leinster runners-up v Preliminary
quarter-final winner.
ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINALS
July 28: All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park
July 29: All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park
ALL-IRELAND FINAL
August 19: All-Ireland final, Croke Park
JOE McDONAGH CUP
Round 1
Antrim 5-25 Meath 2-18
Carlow 0-21 Kerry 0-18
Westmeath 2-21 Laois 1-21.
Round 2
Kerry 3-20 Laois 0-19
Antrim 2-16 Carlow 0-19
Westmeath 4-24 Meath 2-17.
Round 3
Westmeath 2-12 Kerry 0-15
Laois 1-20 Antrim 1-19
Carlow 0-21 Meath 1-14.
Round 4
June 3
Meath v Kerry; Laois v Carlow; Westmeath v Antrim.
Round 5
June 9/10
Meath v Laois; Carlow v Westmeath; Antrim v Kerry.
