by John Fallon

Only one Galway hurler who featured in last month's All-Ireland final against Waterford has the opportunity of adding a county senior medal to his collection this year following a surprise series of results.

Wing-back Aidan Harte, who scored a goal in Gort's advance to the Galway semi-finals at the weekend, is the only one of the 18 players who featured in the success over Waterford who can now go on and add a county medal this year following the defeat of most of the big guns.

Joe Canning's Portumna became the latest former All-Ireland club winners to be knocked out of the Galway title race at the weekend, following the ousting of reigning champions St Thomas - David Burke's club - in recent weeks.

Harte's Gort side will play Craughwell in the Galway semi-finals, while Clarinbridge and Liam Mellows, who meet in a quarter-final replay, didn't have a player who featured in the All-Ireland win.

Neither did Cappataggle, who booked their first semi-final appearance at the weekend when they defeated Joseph Cooney's Sarsfields.

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