2027 top flight is looking ominously like a dry run for the Munster SHC

The halfway line has yet to be braced in the National Hurling League but there is a distinct Munster hue to the top positions in Division 1A and 1B.

Sitting in fifth and sixth positions in the former, Kilkenny and Galway will rightly highlight they have played one game less than Cork, Tipperary and Waterford above them.

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