SATURDAY 1 JULY
All-Ireland senior camogie championship round 3
Kilkenny v Tipperary, UPMC Nowlan Park, 6pm
Dublin v Wexford, Parnell Park, 6pm
Waterford v Antrim, SETU Arena, 4.30pm
Offaly v Limerick, Banagher, 4.30pm
Clare v Cork, Cusack Park, 3pm
Down v Galway, Pairc Esler, 3pm
ONLINE
Live scores and report on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app.
TV
Clare v Cork, Clare v Cork, Waterford v Antrim and Kilkenny v Tipperary streamed live on Camogie Association YouTube channel.
Highlights on The Sunday Game, RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, 9.30pm
RADIO
Score updates RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday and on Ráidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt an tSathairn.
WEATHER
A fresh and blustery day with sunny spells and scattered showers, mainly over the northern half of the country. Highest temperatures of 15 degrees in the northwest to 20 degrees in the southeast in fresh and gusty westerly winds.
D (draw)-day
It's the final round of the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship's group stages with the Group 1 games throwing in at 3pm, Group 3 at 4.30pm and Group 2 at 6pm.
The draws to determine which two group winners progress directly to the semi-finals, the composition of the two quarter-finals, featuring one group winner and three runners-up, and for the relegation play-offs will take place at UPMC Nowlan Park after the conclusion of the 6pm games.
While there is too much on the line for Clare to feel no tension, the fact remains that in terms of external expectation, all the pressure is on a Cork team that has not been firing on all cylinders.
Clare have had a rollercoaster campaign also but backed up their defeat of Down, pushing Galway to a goal in defeat, the same as Cork. Both games were cagey affairs and we can expect John Carmody's crew to try to keep it tight once more.
A draw would be enough for Cork to qualify to the last six, while Clare must win to advance.
Galway would be expected to maintain their 100%record, even though they haven’t necessarily been on fire through the championship campaign, even though they are stronger in panel depth than when winning the National League.
Down’s ambition would have been to remain at senior level and the draw did them no favours in that regard. Losing to Clare made it even more difficult and unless they win, they will be consigned to the relegation play-offs.
Waterford and Antrim are the top two teams in the group so while it's not quite winner-takes-all, it is probably an examination both teams will welcome. The winner takes top spot, while a draw will be enough for Waterford due to their prodigious scoring.
This is a game that could keep the scoreboard attendant busy, as there are quality forwards on both sides – Beth Carton (Waterford) and Róisín McCormick (Antrim) to name just two.
Waterford are further on in their development and were semi-finalists last year, whereas Antrim returned to the senior ranks from a more than four-decade absence and have reached the knockout stages fairly quickly. It should be a cracker.
Offaly v Limerick will determine which of this pair will be involved in the relegation play-offs.They had a similar outing in the National League, which Limerick won, meaning that Offaly dropped to the third tier.
There isn’t a huge amount between them but a draw will do Limerick as they have the better score difference.
In one of the matches of the weekend, Tipperary only need to draw to top the group as Kilkenny drew with Wexford at the beginning of their campaign.
It feels like an important game for Denis Kelly's squad against the All-Ireland champions, as they lost to them by two points when a win would have put them in the league final and the Noresiders were already out of contention.
The Cats have definitely been coughing up some dirty petrol but are seasoned operators who know all about timing their run.
Tipperary have been threatening to make a breakthrough for a couple of years, having been strong in the league and also winning a Munster title, and may see this as an opportunity to secure a statement victory. Kilkenny must get a draw to be absolutely certain of qualification.
Wexford still hold mathematical hopes of grabbing second place but have a 24-point differential to make up on Kilkenny, even if they do beat Dublin and the Cats are turned over by Tipperary.
They have started slowly in both their games and while reeling in a ten-point deficit against Kilkenny to earn a draw, never got closer than five against Tipp.
Dublin have been competitive against the same two teams without threatening to cause a surprise and their priority now is to avoid relegation. The best way to do that is to beat Wexford and not have any involvement in the play-offs. Wexford will be thinking along the same lines. Plenty to play for.
