As Kilkenny and Galway played out an entertaining draw in the Leinster round robin, there was an element of unfinished business to the contest with both sides looking beyond to a potential rematch in the Leinster final.
That was the opinion of Anthony Daly speaking on The Sunday Game as he expects the two sides to feature in the decider following the culmination of the round-robin series.
The top two will contest the final, yet there is still a pathway for the third-placed team who will have the target of reaching an All-Ireland quarter-final where they could meet the beaten finalists in the Munster championship.
Dublin are currently sitting in that top three alongside the group favourites, and they will go a long way to securing post round-robin action should they beat Wexford next weekend.
The two sides meet at Croke Park on Saturday with a 5pm throw-in, however, The Sunday Game panel were astonished with the Dubs' decision to move the game from Parnell Park to Headquarters.
Dublin traditionally play their home hurling games at the Donneycarney venue off Collins Avenue, and it has been seen as a fortress with opposition teams expecting a hostile atmosphere at the intimate venue.
"I can't for the life of me know why they took the game out of Parnell Park," said Joe Canning.
"Me as a player going up to to play Dublin, you don't want to play at Parnell Park against them because it is hostile enough there.
"So I think Wexford will be happy enough with that, getting the likes of Lee Chin back, and pushing up Rory O'Connor even further in the game, instead of having him back the field more.
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"If you add Conor McDonald into that, who came on and probably had a chip on his shoulder after being dropped a little bit.
"Wexford will be a little bit confident going into that."
Anthony Daly called the decision to move the game "bizarre" and he feels that it will give Wexford real hope heading into Saturday's game.
"Dublin have a good record against Wexford in recent years, but bizarrely they are switching the game to Croke Park, because a packed Parnell, I would have thought for Dublin, would have been a harder place for Wexford to come out of," he said.
"So I think Darragh Egan will fancy his chances going in there...but Wexford will have to improve as well."
