Senior hurlers strive to get the better of Limerick

Kilkenny are through to the GAA hurling All-Ireland semi-final on August 9 after retaining the Leinster title and will be joined next Sunday by the winners of the Tipperary v Waterford Munster final, which will be played in Semple Stadium, Thurles (4.0).

Meanwhile, the battle to decide who joins Galway and the Tipperary/Waterford losers in the All-Ireland quarter-finals continues in Semple Stadium next Saturday with two qualifier ties, featuring Dublin v Limerick (5.0) and Clare v Cork (7.0)

DUBLIN vs LIMERICK

They have met just six times previously in the championship, the last coming in 2011 when Dublin won an All-Ireland quarter-final tie by 3-13 to 0-18. Limerick won all five previous clashes.

Previous Championship Meetings

2011: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

2009: Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

2006: Limerick 2-16 Dublin 1-13 (All-Ireland qualifiers)

1934: Limerick 5-2 Dublin 2-6 (All-Ireland final) Replay

1934: Limerick 2-7 Dublin 3-4 (All-Ireland final) Draw

1921: Limerick 8-5 Dublin 3-2 (All-Ireland final)

Both counties are back in the Munster final for the first time since 2012 when T0ipperary beat Waterford by seven points.

Last Five Championship Clashes

2012: Tipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16 (Munster final

2011: Tipperary 7-19 Waterford 0-19 (Munster final)

2010: Tipperary 3-19 Waterford 1-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)

2009: Tipperary 4-14 Waterford 2-16 (Munster final)

2008: Waterford 1-20 Tipperary 1-18 (All-Ireland semi-final)

? Tipperary beat Limerick by 4-23 to 1-16 in the Munster semi-final while Waterford beat Cork by 3-19 to 1-21 in their semi-final. The last competitive clash between the counties was in this year’s Allianz League semi-final, which Waterford won by 1-19 to 2-15 in Nowlan Park. Waterford trailed by seven points after 25 minutes before battling back to record a thrilling win.

? Tipperary are seeking their fifth successive championship win over Waterford, who last beat the Premier men in the 2008 All-Ireland semi-final.

Previous Munster final clashes

This will be the 10th Munster final meeting between the counties with Tipperary leading 7-2 from the previous nine clashes.

2012: Tipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16

2011: Tipperary 7-19 Waterford 0-19

2009: Tipperary 4-14 Waterford 2-16

2002: Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 3-12

1989: Tipperary 0-26 Waterford 2-8

1963: Waterford 0-11 Tipperary 0-8

1962: Tipperary 5-14 Waterford 2-3

1958: Tipperary 4-12 Waterford 1-5

1925: Tipperary 6-6 Waterford 1-2

Previous Munster title wins

Tipperary: 40

(1895-96-98-99-1900-06-08-09-13-16-17-22-24-25-30-37-41-45-49-50-51-58-60-61-62-64-65-67-68-71-87-88-89-91-93-2001-2008-2009-2011-2012)

Waterford: 9

(1938-48-57-59-63-2002-2004-2007-2010)

Last Championship Clash

Tipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16 (2012 Munster final)

Tipperary: Brendan Cummins; Conor O’Brien, Paul Curran, Michael Cahill; Thomas Stapleton, Conor O’Mahony, Padraic Maher; Brendan Maher, Shane McGrath; Brian O’Meara, Patrick Maher, Pa Bourke; Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath, John O’Brien.

Subs: Eoin Kelly for Bourke; Shane Bourke for O’Meara; Donagh Maher for Stapleton; Seamus Callanan for Noel McGrath.

Waterford: Stephen O’Keeffe; Stephen Daniels, Liam Lawlor, Noel Connors; Tony Browne, Michael Walsh, Kevin Moran; Stephen Molumphy, Philip Mahony; Maurice Shanahan, Seamus Prendergast, Pauric Mahony; John Mullane, Shane Walsh, Gavin O’Brien.

Subs: Eoin Kelly for O’Brien; Paul O’Brien for Pauric Mahony; Martin O’Neill for Shane Walsh; Jamie Nagle for Browne.

CORK vs LIMERICK

They meet for the fifth time in the championship in two years, with Cork having won two to Clare’s one, while there was one draw, from the previous four clashes,

Last Five Championship Clashes

2014: Cork 2-23 Clare 2-18 (Munster semi-final)

2013: Clare 5-16 Cork 3-16 (All-Ireland final) Replay

2013: Clare 0-25 Cork 3-16 (All-Ireland final) Draw

2013: Cork 0-23 Clare 0-15 (Munster semi-final)

2008: Cork 2-19 Clare 2-17 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

? The last competitive clash between the counties was in the Allianz League in Pairc in Rinn in February when Cork won by 1-24 to 0-17. Patrick Horgan scored 0-14 (0-9 frees, 0-1 ‘65’) for Cork while Colin Ryan hit 0-8 (0-5 frees, 0-2 ‘65s) for Clare.

? Cork lost the Munster semi-final to Waterford by 3-19 to 1-21 and beat Wexford by 2-20 to 0-20 in the All-Ireland qualifiers. Clare lost to Limerick by 1-19 to 2-15 in the Munster quarter-final and beat Offaly by 3-26 to 0-15 in the All-Ireland qualifiers.

2015 GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

LEINSTER

Round Robin:

Westmeath 2-19 Carlow 2-17; Antrim 5-17 Laois 3-22;

Westmeath 1-21 Antrim 0-7; Laois 1-17 Carlow 1-14;

Laois 1-20 Westmeath 1-17; Carlow 2-18 Antrim 1-11.

Quarter-finals:

May 31: Dublin 0-20 Galway 1-17, Croke Park;

June 6: Replay: Galway 5-19 Dublin 1-18, Tullamore;

June 7: Laois 0-29 Offaly 0-21, Portlaoise; Wexford 1-24 Westmeath 1-16, Mullingar.

Semi-final:

June 20: Galway 3-28 Laois 1-14, Tullamore

June 21: Kilkenny 5-25 Wexford 0-16, Nowlan Park.

Final:

July 5: Kilkenny 1-25 Galway 2-15, Croke Park

MUNSTER

First Round:

May 25: Limerick 1-19 Clare 2-15, Thurles.

Semi-finals:

June 7: Waterford 3-19 Cork 1-21, Thurles;

June 21: Tipperary 4-23 Limerick 1-16, Gaelic Grounds.

Final:

July 13. Tipperary v Waterford, Thurles

ALL-IRELAND QUALIFIERS

Round 1:

July 4: Dublin 4-17 Laois 0-19, Portlaoise; Clare 3-26 Offaly 0-15, Ennis; Cork 2-22 Wexford 0-20, Innovate Wexford Park..

July 5: Limerick 4-15 Westmeath 1-12, Mullingar.

Round 2:

July 11: Dublin v Limerick; Clare v Cork.

Quarter-finals:

July 26: Galway and Tipperary/ Waterford losers v Dublin/Limerick and Clare/Cork winners.

Semi-final:

August 9: Kilkenny v quarter-final winner, Croke Park

August 16: Semi-final: Munster champions v quarter-final winner.

Final

September 6: Croke Park