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Dublin and Clare both make the quarter-final stages of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 having met in last year’s relegation play-off. They reverse roles with Cork and Waterford, who meet in this year’s relegation play-off, with the losers dropping to Division 1B of the Allianz Hurling League, replacing promoted Limerick who won all five of their games.
Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 quarter-final line-up is as follows:
13:00: Offaly v Kilkenny, Bord na Mona, O’Connor Park.
14:00: Wexford v Galway, Innovate Wexford Park.
15:00: Dublin v Tipperary, Parnell Park.
16:00: Limerick v Clare, Gaelic Grounds.
HL Division 1A Relegation play-off
15:00: Cork v Waterford, Pairc Ui Rinn.
HL Division 1B Relegation play-off
14:00: Antrim v Laois, Dunloy.
HL Division 2A Final
14:30: Carlow v Westmeath, Portlaoise.
HL Division 2B Final
13:00: Down v Mayo, Kingspan Breffni Park.
TIPPERARY v DUBLIN
Their last meeting was in the 2017 All-Ireland qualifiers when Tipperary won by 6-26 to 1-19 in Thurles. Tipperary were also easy winners over Dublin in last year’s Allianz Hurling League, winning their first round game by 1-24 to 1-8.
2017 NHL DIVISION 1A
PARNELL PARK: Saturday, February 11
TIPPERARY 1-24 DUBLIN 1-8
An inexperienced Dublin side were outclassed by All-Ireland champions, Tipperary, in their opening NHL Division 1A encounter of 2017 at Croke Park.
The Dubs, minus their Cuala contingent of eight plus several injuries, began with three of the previous year's Leinster MHC winning team in their starting 15.
However, Ger Cunningham's men started brightly and led 0-4 to 0-1 inside ten minutes after Niall McMorrow, Oisín O'Rorke, Fionntan Mac Gib and Donal Burke (free) had been on target.
The Dubs had a goal chance five minutes later when CIan O'Sullivan was put through on goal by Burke but failed to control the sliotar and the chance slipped away.
Despite one early goal effort from Seamus Callanan that first Shane Barrett and then Gary Maguire did very well to repel the Premier County were slow settling into the game.
But before the half-time interval they had assumed control and were five points clear. It was a domination they continued after the break despite the brilliance of Eoghan O'Donnell at full-back with debutant Aidan McCormack hitting five points from play on a night to remember for him.
The pressure was incessant at times in the second half but O'Donnell in particular continued to impress with All Star Seamus Callanan held scoreless from play.
Seven minutes from time though Jason Forde fired to the Dublin net past Gary Maguire and at this stage Tipp were now 1-20 to 0-7 up.
Eamonn Dillon, returning from an injury lay-off, came off the bench in the second half and marked the occasion with a late goal following clever work by Donal Burke. Before the finish Dublin defender Shane Barrett was dismissed.
SCORERS – Tipperary - S Callanan 0-8 (0-8f), Jason Forde 1-3, A McCormack 0-5, P Maher 0-2, K Bergin, T Hamill, N McGrath, J O’Dwyer(0-1f), S Curran, N O’Meara 0-1 each. Dublin: D Burke 0-3 (0-3f), E Dillon 1-0, N McMorrow 0-2, C Crummey O O’Rorke, F McGibb 0-1 each.
DUBLIN: G Maguire; P Smyth, E O’Donnell, S Barrett; C Crummey, L Rushe, S McGrath; B Quinn, D Fox; C O’Sullivan, N McMorrow, R O’Dwyer; O O’Rorke, D Burke, F McGibb. Subs: J Madden for S McGrath 42; E Dillon for C O’Sullivan 46; R McBride for D Fox 50; C Conway for O O’Rorke 55; A Quinn for F McGibb 63.
TIPPERARY: D Mooney; D Maher, J Barry, J O’Keeffe; T Hamill, R Maher, P Maher; B Maher, K Bergin; S O’Brien, Jason Forde, N McGrath; J O’Dwyer, S Callanan, A McCormack. Subs: M Cahill for J O’Keeffe 51; S Curran for S O’Brien 54; N O’Meara for S Callanan 54; B Heffernan for R Maher 56, D Quinn for P Maher 59.
REF: P O'Dwyer (Carlow).
2017 ALL-IRELAND SHC QUALIFIER ROUND 2
SEMPLE STADIUM, THURLES: Saturday, July 8
TIPPERARY 6-26 DUBLIN 1-19
Then reigning All-Ireland champions Tipperary well and truly ended Dublin summer journey when they outclassed Ger Cunningham's men by 22 points in this All-Ireland SHC round 2 qualifier at Semple Stadium, Thurles.
Seamus Callanan was the chief tormentor of the Dubs as he tallied a massive 3-11 as the Premier County cut loose following some below par championship displays to date this summer.
"My term is up, it's time now just to chat in relation to the game, how it panned out," said Ger Cunningham.
"We hadn't expected that in any shape or form. I'm still kind of shell shocked on the game. We'll reflect on that and see where we go."
Dublin did cause problems, at times, for the Tipperary defence but by half-time they were facing a major uphill battle as they trailed 4-11 to 1-10.
"We were contemplating shoring it up for the first 10 minutes of the second-half, but we felt that wasn't the message to give, we felt we had to attack and try to get back into the game," added Ger.
Callanan and John McGrath had two goals each while Cian O'Sullivan accounted for Dublin's only goal of the contest following a surging run to outflank the Tipp defence
Callanan scored the first goal in the eighth minute to open up a five-point lead by Dublin rallied to level matters at 1-4 each by the 15th minute.
But then the game turned Tipp's way as they raised three more green flags by the half-time interval.
In the 19th minute a long delivery by Pádraic Maher’s wasn't dealt with and John McGrath took full advantage, three minutes later McGrath found the net for the second time.
Confusion in the Dublin backline led to Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher placing Callanan and he found the net from a tight angle.
Tipp didn't let up after the break and reeled off 1-7 without reply to cruise to an emphatic victory.
SCORERS - Tipperary: S Callanan 3-11 (0-7f), J McGrath 2-2, J Forde, John O’Dwyer 0-4 each, M Breen 1-0, S O’Brien 0-2, Pádraic Maher, B Maher. D McCormack 0-1 each. Dublin: D Treacy 0-11 (0-8f), C O’Sullivan 1-1, L Rushe, R O’Dwyer 0-2 each, C Crummey, D O’Callaghan, R McBride 0-1 each.
TIPPERARY: D Gleeson; D Maher, T Hamill, J Barry; Joe O’Dwyer, R Maher, Pádraic Maher; B Maher, M Breen; J Forde, Patrick Maher, D McCormack; John O’Dwyer, S Callanan, J McGrath. Subs: S Kennedy for R Maher (45), N McGrath for B Maher (49), S O’Brien for D McCormack (49), M Cahill for D Maher (56), T Fox for Pádraic Maher (66).
DUBLIN: C Dooley; C O’Callaghan, E O’Donnell, F Ó Riain Broin; S Barrett, C Crummey, S Moran; B Quinn, N McMorrow; D Treacy, L Rushe, E Dillon; C O’Sullivan, R O’Dwyer, D Burke. Subs: J Madden for Barrett (24), F Whitely for McMorrow (ht), D O’Callaghan for Burke (ht), T Connolly for Moran (50), R McBride for Treacy (58).
REF: A Kelly (Galway).
Tipperary last won the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 in 2008 while Dublin were last successful in 2011. Tipperary beat Offaly in last year’s quarter-final while Dublin were relegated to 1B after losing a play-off to Clare.
HOW THEY REACHED THE QUARTER-FINALS
TIPPERARY (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1A)
Clare 1-21 Tipperary 0-19
Tipperary 1-20 Waterford 1-11
Tipperary 3-21 Wexford 1-21
Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 2-21
Tipperary 1-24 Cork 1-21
Played 5, Won 3 Lost 2
***
DUBLIN (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1B)
Offaly 2-25 Dublin 1-15
Dublin 0-23 Antrim 0-22
Limerick 1-26 Dublin 0-17
Galway 1-20 Dublin 1-14
Dublin 3-23 Laois 0-17
Played 5, Won 2, Lost 3
CLARE v LIMERICK
They meet for the first time since last year’s Munster semi-final when Clare won by 3-17 to 2-16 in Thurles. They last met in the Allianz Hurling League in the final round of Division 1B games in 2016 when Clare clinched promotion with a 1-19 to 0-18 win in Cusack Park.
Limerick, who last won the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 title in 1997, beat Cork in last year’s quarter-final before losing to Galway in the semi-final. Clare, who last won the Allianz Hurling League title in 2016, did not reach last year’s quarter-final, instead surviving a relegation play-off with Dublin.
HOW THEY REACHED THE QUARTER-FINALS
CLARE (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1A)
Clare 1-21 Tipperary 0-19
Clare 2-18 Kilkenny 1-18
Clare 0-23 Cork 0-19
Wexford 0-20 Clare 1-13
Waterford 1-23 Clare 1-20
Played 5 Won 3, Lost 2
***
LIMERICK (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1B)
Limerick 1-25 Laois 0-18
Limerick 1-24 Offaly 0-10
Limerick 1-26 Dublin 0-17
Limerick 3-21 Antrim 0-13
Limerick 2-18 Galway 1-19
Played 5 Won 5
WEXFORD v GALWAY
They met twice last year, with Wexford winning an Allianz Hurling League Division 1B game by 1-21 to 3-13 in Pearse Stadium in February, while Galway won the Leinster final in Croke Park in July (0-29 to 1-17).
Galway are the defending Allianz Hurling League champions while Wexford last won the Division 1 title in 1973. Galway beat Waterford in last year’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 quarter final while Wexford beat Kilkenny.
HOW THEY REACHED THE QUARTER-FINALS
WEXFORD (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1A)
Wexford 2-20 Waterford 0-19
Wexford 0-21 Cork 1-14
Tipperary 3-21 Wexford 1-21
Wexford 0-20 Clare 1-13
Kilkenny 0-22 Wexford 0-19
Played 5, Won 3, Lost 2
***
GALWAY (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1B)
Galway 1-19 Antrim 1-16
Galway 2-18 Laois 0-17
Galway 2-19 Offaly 0-14
Galway 1-20 Dublin 1-14
Limerick 2-18 Galway 1-19
Played 5, Won 4, Lost 1
KILKENNY v OFFALY
Their last clash was in the 2016 Allianz Hurling League Division 1 quarter-finals when Kilkenny won by 6-20 to 0-14 in Nowlan Park. Kilkenny last won the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 title in 2014 while Offaly’s sole success came in 1991. Both lost last year’s quarter-finals, Kilkenny going down to Wexford (2-18 to 0-19) and Offaly losing to Tipperary (4-28 to 3-13).
HOW THEY REACHED THE QUARTER-FINALS
KILKENNY (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1A)
Cork 1-24 Kilkenny 0-24
Clare 2-18 Kilkenny 1-18
Kilkenny 1-20 Waterford 1-12
Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 2-21
Kilkenny 0-22 Wexford 0-19
Played 5, Won 3 Lost 2
***
OFFALY (ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1B)
Offaly 2-25 Dublin 1-15
Limerick 1-24 Offaly 0-10
Galway 2-19 Offaly 0-14
Offaly 1-21 Laois 1-16
Antrim 2-21 Offaly 2-18
Played 5, Won 2 Lost 3
HL DIVISION 1A RELEGATION PLAY-OFF: CORK v WATERFORD
They meet for the second time in three weeks, with Waterford having won their Round 4 clash by 1-20 to 1-15.
Cork started the campaign with a win over Kilkenny but have since lost four times. Waterford lost their first three games but won the last two against Cork and Clare.
This is the second time in three seasons that Cork have been in a relegation play-off, beating Galway in 2016. Cork lost an Allianz Hurling League Division 1A relegation play-off in 2013 while Waterford were relegated a year later.
HOW THEY GOT HERE
CORK
Cork 1-24 Kilkenny 0-24
Wexford 0-21 Cork 1-14
Clare 0-23 Cork 0-19
Waterford 1-20 Cork 1-15
Tipperary 1-24 Cork 1-21
Played 5; Won 1, Lost 4
***
WATERFORD
Wexford 2-20 Waterford 0-19
Tipperary 1-20 Waterford 1-11
Kilkenny 1-20 Waterford 1-12
Waterford 1-20 Cork 1-15
Waterford 1-23 Clare 1-20
Played 5; Won 2, Lost 3
HL DIVISION 1B RELEGATION PLAY-OFF: ANTRIM v LAOIS
Laois beat Antrim by five points in their Allianz Hurling League Division 1B clash in Portlaoise last month. Antrim led by three points early on before Laois got on top, opening up a 0-13 to 0-8 lead at half-time. They scored 0-14 in the second half, helping them to record their only win of the campaign. Antrim’s only win came against Offaly last Sunday.
HOW THEY GOT HERE
ANTRIM
Galway 1-19 Antrim 1-16
Dublin 0-23 Antrim 0-22
Laois 0-27 Antrim 2-16
Limerick 3-21 Antrim 0-13
Antrim 2-21 Offaly 2-18
Played 5, Won 1 Lost 4
***
LAOIS
Limerick 1-25 Laois 0-18
Galway 2-18 Laois 0-17
Laois 0-27 Antrim 2-16
Offaly 1-21 Laois 1-16
Dublin 3-23 Laois 0-17
Played 5, Won 1, Lost 4
HL DIVISION 2A FINAL: CARLOW v WESTMEATH
Westmeath won all five Allianz Hurling League Division 2A games, including a first round win over Carlow in Netwatch Cullen Park in late January. It was level at 0-8 each at half-time before Carlow pulled two points clear. However, Westmeath pulled away in the final ten minutes to win by 0-19 to 0-15.
Carlow were defeated in the last two Allianz Hurling League Division 2A finals, losing out to Antrim last year and to Westmeath in 2016.
PATHS TO THE FINAL
CARLOW
Westmeath 0-19 Carlow 0-15
Carlow 1-18 Kerry 1-11
Carlow 3-23 London 0-15
Carlow 3-15 Kildare 1-6
Carlow 0-20 Meath 1-13
***
WESTMEATH
Westmeath 0-19 Carlow 0-15
Westmeath 1-20 Kildare 2-11
Westmeath 1-19 Meath 1-18
Westmeath 2-12 London 1-10
Westmeath 1-20 Kerry 0-16;
HL DIVISION 2B FINAL: DOWN v MAYO
They meet for the second time in a week, with Down having won by 3-19 to 0-14 in the final series of group games last Sunday. Mayo had won their four previous games while Down’s only defeat was against Donegal.
PATHS TO THE FINAL
DOWN
Down 2-17 Derry 1-14
Down 1-24 Wicklow 0-16
Down 3-15 Armagh 0-13
Donegal 0-17 Down 0-14
Down 3-19 Mayo 0-14
MAYO
Mayo 2-16 Donegal 1-9
Mayo 3-15 Armagh 2-13
Mayo 0-13 Derry 0-10
Mayo 1-22 Wicklow 2-16
Down 3-19 Mayo 0-14
ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE 2018: RESULTS & FIXTURES
ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 1A
Round 1: Cork 1-24 Kilkenny 0-24; Wexford 2-20 Waterford 0-19; Clare 1-21 Tipperary 0-19.
Round 2: Tipperary 1-20 Waterford 1-11; Clare 2-18 Kilkenny 1-18; Wexford 0-21 Cork 1-14.
Round 3: Tipperary 3-21 Wexford 1-21; Clare 0-23 Cork 0-19; Kilkenny 1-20 Waterford 1-12.
Round 4: Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 2-21; Waterford 1-20 Cork 1-15; Wexford 0-20 Clare 1-13.
Round 5: Kilkenny 0-22 Wexford 0-19; Tipperary 1-24 Cork1-21; Waterford 1-23 Clare 1-20
Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Relegation play-off: Mar 18: Cork v Waterford.
ALLIANZ HURLING DIVISION 1B
Round 1: Offaly 2-25 Dublin 1-15; Galway 1-19 Antrim 1-16; Limerick 1-25 Laois 0-18
Round 2: Galway 2-18 Laois 0-17; Dublin 0-23 Antrim 0-22; Limerick 1-24 Offaly 0-10.
Round 3: Laois 0-27 Antrim 2-16; Limerick 1-26 Dublin 0-17; Galway 2-19 Offaly 0-14.
Round 4: Limerick 3-21 Antrim 0-13; Galway 1-20 Dublin 1-14; Offaly 1-21 Laois 1-16
Round 5: Limerick 2-18 Galway 1-19; Dublin 3-23 Laois 0-17; Antrim 2-21 Offaly 2-18.
Allianz Hurling League Division 1B Relegation play-off: Mar 18: Antrim v Laois.
QUARTER-FINALS
Mar 17/18: Wexford v Galway; Dublin v Tipperary; Clare v Limerick; Kilkenny v Offaly
SEMI-FINALS
Mar 24/25: Tipperary/Dublin v Clare/Limerick; Kilkenny/Offaly v Galway/Wexford
FINAL
Mar 31
ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 2A
Round 1: Westmeath 0-19 Carlow 0-15; Meath 1-17 Kildare 0-17; Kerry 2-30 London 1-13.
Round 2: Meath 1-24 London 1-14; Westmeath 1-20 Kildare 2-11; Carlow 1-18 Kerry 1-11.
Round 3: Feb 18: Carlow 3-23 London 0-15; Kerry 1-23 Kildare 0-10, Westmeath 1-19 Meath 1-18.
Round 4: Westmeath 2-12 London 1-10; Kerry 3-19 Meath 1-9; Carlow 3-15 Kildare 1-6.
Round 5: Westmeath 1-20 Kerry 0-16; Carlow 0-20 Meath 1-13; London 1-19 Kildare 0-15
Final: Westmeath v Carlow
ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 2B
Round 1: Down 2-17 Derry 1-14; Mayo 2-16 Donegal 1-9; Wicklow 4-20 Armagh 1-12.
Round 2: Donegal 4-17 Derry 2-9; Down1-24 Wicklow 0-16; Mayo 3-15 Armagh 2-13.
Round 3: Wicklow 2-21 Donegal 0-21; Mayo 0-13 Derry 0-10; Down 3-15 Armagh 0-13.
Round 4: Armagh 2-18 Derry 1-15; Donegal 0-17 Down 0-14; Mayo 1-22 Wicklow 2-16
Round 5: Donegal 2-17 Armagh 1-17; Down 3-19 Mayo 0-14; Wicklow 3-15 Derry 2-13.
Final: Down v Mayo
ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 3A
Round 1: Roscommon 3-17 Louth 1-6; Warwickshire 3-16 Tyrone 2-14; Monaghan 0-16 Longford 0-12.
Round 2: Warwickshire 1-14 Longford 0-11; Monaghan 0-16 Roscommon 1-13; Louth 4-12 Tyrone 0-20.
Round 3: Louth 1-16 Warwickshire 1-16; Roscommon 1-25 Longford 1-10; Tyrone 2-15 Monaghan 0-17
Round 4: Louth 4-17 Longford 5-7; Warwickshire 2-17 Monaghan 3-13; Tyrone 1-16 Roscommon 1-12.
Round 5: Warwickshire 1-23 Roscommon 3-10; Monaghan 1-13 Louth 1-13; Tyrone 2-21 Longford 1-14
Final: Warwickshire v Louth
ALLIANZ HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION 3B
Round 1: Lancashire 2-25 Fermanagh 1-11; Leitrim 1-9 Sligo 0-8
Round 2: Lancashire 0-15 Leitrim 0-14; Sligo 2-19 Cavan 0-4.
Round 3: Leitrim 2-12 Leitrim 1-11; Lancashire 2-18 Cavan 1-12.
Round 4: Lancashire 3-15 Sligo 2-9; Cavan 3-8 Fermanagh 0-16.
Round 5: Leitrim 6-21 Cavan 3-7; Sligo 2-4 Fermanagh 0-9
Final: Lancashire v Leitrim
