Senior hurlers face Tipp in repeat of last year’s HL quarter-final

Tue, 12th March 2019

All-Ireland champions, Limerick are through to the semi-finals of the Allianz Hurling League and will take on Tipperary or Dublin in the semi-final on the weekend after next. Limerick clinched a place in the last four with a 17-point win over Laois in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise last Saturday night.

The other semi-finals will be between the winners of Galway v Wexford and Clare v Waterford. The three-remaining quarter-finals will be played on Saturday.

2019 ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE: SATURDAY (4.30): TIPPERARY v DUBLIN, SEMPLE STADIUM

They meet for the second time in a year in the quarter-finals, with Tipperary having won by 2-25 to 0-20 in Croke Park last year. Dublin led by 0-10 to 0-2 after 12 minutes before Tipperary powered up through the gears to run out easy winners. Both have changed managers since then, with Liam Sheedy replacing Michael Ryan in Tipperary and Mattie Kenny taking over from Pat Gilroy in Dublin.

Tipperary won two of five games in 1A this year while Dublin topped 1B with four wins from five games, their only defeat coming against Galway.

Dublin and Tipperary met twice in 2017 with Tipp winning both. They won a 1A League game by 1-24 to 1-8 and an All-Ireland qualifier by 6-26 to 1-19.

Tipperary are bidding to reach the League semi-finals for a third successive year while Dublin were last there in 2015 when they lost to Cork by a point.

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

TIPPERARY

Tipperary 2-16 Clare 1-11

Limerick 1-21 Tipperary 1-14

Wexford 1-15 Tipperary 1-14

Kilkenny 0-18 Tipperary 0-17

Tipperary 1-29 Cork 1-16

Played 5; Won 2, Lost 3.

DUBLIN

Dublin 3-15 Carlow 0-18

Dublin 2-19 Offaly 0-12

Galway 0-20 Dublin 1-11

Dublin 1-26 Waterford 4-15

Dublin 0-13 Laois 0-11

Played 5; Won 4, Lost 1

2019 ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE: SATURDAY (1.30): WEXFORD v GALWAY, PEARSE STADIUM

They meet in the quarter-final for a second successive year, with Wexford having won by 1-23 to 0-23 last season. Galway avenged that defeat in the Leinster championship, winning by 1-23 to 0-17.

Wexford are bidding to reach the semi-final for third successive year while Galway were last there in 2017, when they went on to win the title.

Wexford beat Galway in their last visit to Pearse Stadium, winning by 1-21 to 3-13 in a 1B game in February 2017.

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

WEXFORD

Limerick 1-17 Wexford 2-11

Wexford 1-18 Cork 0-17

Wexford 1-15 Tipperary 1-14
Clare 2-22 Wexford 1-22

Wexford 1-19 Kilkenny 1-12

Played 5: Won 3, Lost 2

GALWAY

Galway 1-27 Laois 2-15

Carlow 0-20 Galway 0-20

Galway 0-20 Dublin 1-11
Galway 2-20 Offaly 0-14
Waterford 1-18 Galway 2-13

Played 5; Won 3; Lost 1; Drew 1.

2019 ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE: SATURDAY (3.0): WATERFORD v CLARE, WALSH PARK

Clare finished third in 1A (two wins, two defeats, one draw) while Waterford came second in 1B (four wins, one defeat). Clare and Waterford met twice last year, with the Deise winning by 1-23 to 1-20 in 1A before the Banner gained revenge in the Munster championship (2-27 to 2-18).

Clare and Waterford are bidding to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2016, the year they went on to contest the final, which Clare won in a replay.

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

CLARE

Tipperary 2-16 Clare 1-11

Clare 2-20 Kilkenny 1-22

Cork 1-20 Clare 0-20

Clare 2-22 Wexford 1-22

Clare 2-11 Limerick 1-14

Played 5: Won 2, Lost 2, Drew 1.

WATERFORD

Waterford 2-28 Offaly 0-7

Waterford 4-22 Laois 1-15

Waterford 3-15 Carlow 0-10

Dublin 1-26 Waterford 4-15

Waterford 1-18 Galway 2-13

Played 5, Won 4, Lost 1

2019 ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE: SATURDAY: KILKENNY v CORK, NOWLAN PARK, 2.0

They meet in Nowlan Park to decide which group they enter in next year’s Allianz League.

Kilkenny beat Cork by 2-18 to 0-17 Nowlan Park in the opening round of the 1A campaign in late January.

Both sides won two and lost three of their five 1A games.

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

KILKENNY

Kilkenny 2-18 Cork 0-17
Clare 2-20 Kilkenny 1-22

Limerick 2-18 Kilkenny 0-15

Kilkenny 0-18 Tipperary 0-17

Wexford 1-19 Kilkenny 1-12

Played 5; Won 2, Lost 3

CORK

Kilkenny 2-18 Cork 0-17

Wexford 1-18 Cork 0-17
Cork 1-20 Clare 0-20

Cork 2-21 Limerick 1-21

Tipperary 1-29 Cork 1-16

Played 5, Won 2, Lost 3

2019 ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE: RESULTS & FIXTURES

ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1ARound 1: Tipperary 2-16 Clare 1-11; Limerick 1-17 Wexford 2-11; Kilkenny 2-18 Cork 0-17.
Round 2: Clare 2-20 Kilkenny 1-22; Wexford 1-18 Cork 0-17; Limerick 1-21 Tipperary 1-14.
Round 3: Cork 1-20 Clare 0-20; Limerick 2-18 Kilkenny 0-15; Wexford 1-15 Tipperary 1-14.
Round 4: Clare 2-22 Wexford 1-22; Kilkenny 0-18 Tipperary 0-17; Cork 2-21 Limerick 1-21.
Round 5: Clare 2-11 Limerick 1-14; Tipperary 1-29 Cork 1-16; Wexford 1-19 Kilkenny 1-12.

ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1B

Round 1: Dublin 3-15 Carlow 0-18; Galway 1-27 Laois 2-15; Waterford 2-28 Offaly 0-7.

Round 2: Carlow 0-20 Galway 0-20; Waterford 4-22 Laois 1-15; Dublin 2-19 Offaly 0-12.

Round 3: Laois 3-17 Offaly 2-16; Waterford 3-15 Carlow 0-10; Galway 0-20 Dublin 1-11.
Round 4: Galway 2-20 Offaly 0-14; Carlow 0-17 Laois 0-17; Dublin 1-26 Waterford 4-15.
Round 5: Offaly 4-8 Carlow 1-10; Dublin 0-13 Laois 0-11; Waterford 1-18 Galway 2-13.

Quarter-finals: Limerick 2-22 Laois 0-11; March 16/17: Wexford v Galway; Clare v Waterford; Tipperary v DublinSemi-finals: Mar 23/34: Limerick v Tipperary/Dublin; Galway/Wexford v Clare/Waterford.
Final: Mar 30/31

ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 2A

Round 1: Mayo 0-17 Meath 0-1 7; Westmeath 2-17 London 0-15; Kerry 1-21 Antrim 2-16.
Round 2: Westmeath 4-13 Kerry 2-17; Antrim 3-13 Meath 2-15; Mayo 0-16 London 1-10
Round 3: Meath 3-16 London 0-10; Westmeath 1-17 Antrim 1-15; Kerry 3-18 Mayo 0-9.
Round 4: Kerry 3-27 London 1-11; Westmeath 1-20 Meath 0-20; Antrim 5-18 Mayo 0-13.
Round 5: Antrim 1-16 London 0-17; Kerry 3-15 Meath 0-8; Westmeath 2-12 Mayo 0-6
Final: Westmeath 0-12 Kerry 0-10

Promoted: Westmeath

Relegated: London

ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 2B

Round 1: Kildare 2-16 Donegal 1-13; Derry 1-16 Down 0-14; Wicklow 2-20 Warwickshire 0-11.
Round 2: Derry 3-18 Donegal 0-12; Down 1-23 Wicklow 0-15; Kildare 8-19 Warwickshire 0-6.
Round 3: Wicklow 2-13 Donegal 0-15; Derry 0-21 Kildare 1-16; Down 1-16 Warwickshire 0-11.
Round 4: Down 3-21 Donegal 1-15; Derry 2-18 Warwickshire 3-11; Wicklow 2-17 Kildare 1-17
Round 5: Wicklow 2-16 Derry 0-16; Donegal 5-18 Warwickshire 0-17; Kildare 0-13 Down 1-6.
Final: Wicklow 1-9 Derry 0-8.

Relegation play-off: Warwickshire 2-10 Donegal 0-14

Promoted: Wicklow

Relegated: Donegal

ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 3A

Round 1: Roscommon 3-18 Louth 1-11; Armagh 4-11 Monaghan 0-5; Tyrone 2-17 Lancashire 0-10.
Round 2: Armagh 2-14 Lancashire 0-12; Roscommon 1-21 Monaghan 0-14; Tyrone 2-23 Louth 1-11.
Round 3: Louth 2-12 Lancashire 1-13; Roscommon 0-18 Armagh 1-11; Monaghan 4-12 Tyrone 0-13.
Round 4: Armagh 2-17 Louth 2-6; Monaghan 3-17 Lancashire 0-16; Roscommon 1-26 Tyrone 1-11.
Round 5: Lancashire 2-13 Roscommon 1-6; Monaghan 1-11 Louth 1-10; Tyrone 3-16 Armagh 1-16.
Final: Roscommon 0-14 Armagh 0-11
Promoted: Roscommon

Relegated: Lancashire

ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 3B

Round 1: Cavan 2-9 Leitrim 1-11; Sligo 2-14 Fermanagh 1-16.
Round 2: Sligo 2-14 Leitrim 0-19; Longford 1-16 Fermanagh 2-7
Round 3: Longford 2-18 Leitrim 0-16; Sligo 4-19 Cavan 2-6.
Round 4: Longford 3-10 Cavan 0-13; Fermanagh 2-15 Leitrim 1-12.
Round 5: Fermanagh 1-13 Cavan 0-6; Sligo 3-15 Longford 0-3.
Final: Longford 2-15 Sligo 3-10 (aet)

Promoted: Longford