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Sat 07 Jul 2007Stage set for memorable weekendGAELIC GAMES:The best eight teams in the country. Four matches. Two days. One stage. This weekend could be hurling's equivalent to a music festival, only without the crazy ticket prices, mud, and long queues for beer.Croke Park hasn't known a weekend like it - not in hurling terms - and the GAA are expecting a combined attendance of over 100,000. At stake is a place in the All-Ireland semi-final, and with that comes the guarantee of classic championship hurling.