The winners of the 2018 Allianz Hurling League will travel to Australia to take on All-Ireland champions Galway in an exhibition game, it has been confirmed.
President Michael D Higgins announced the one-off fixture as he continues his State of Australia visit this week.
No date has been revealed for the fixture.
Fantastic news that #hurling is going to #Australia in 2018 with @PresidentIRL announcing that @officialgaa will be sending @Galway_GAA to play 2018 Allianz League winners to Australia - @TribesmenGAA show Australia how fantastic this game is. @AustralasiaGAA great things coming pic.twitter.com/4uMqY2RPxP
— Richard Andrews 🇦🇺 (@AusEmbIre) October 19, 2017
Galway began their memorable 2017 campaign with a 16-point win over Tipperary in the Allianz League final before adding Leinster and All-Ireland titles to the cabinet.
