SATURDAY, 1 JUNE
Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship round 2
Group 1
Antrim v Kilkenny, Corrigan Park, 2pm
Waterford v Limerick, Walsh Park, 2pm
Derry v Tipperary, Derry GAA Centre of Excellence, 2pm
Group 2
Down v Cork, Páirc Esler, 1pm
Dublin v Clare, Naomh Peregrines GAA, 4pm
Wexford v Galway, McCauley Park Bellefield, 2pm
ONLINE
Scores/reports on RTÉ Sport Online and RTÉ News app.
TV
Antrim v Kilkenny live on the Camogie Association YouTube channel
RADIO
Score updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport, and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt an tSathairn.
WEATHER
Saturday will be dry with long spells of sunshine. Highest temperatures of 16 to 20 degrees, a little cooler in the northwest, in light to moderate northwesterly winds. For more, visit met.ie.
GROUP 1
Antrim began their campaign with defeat to Ulster rivals Derry and it doesn't get any easier as they greet Kilkenny to Corrigan Park. The Cats, who are without Denise Gaule (travelling) and Claire Phelan (retired), got underway with an 18-point away triumph against Limerick and after a solid league campaign under new manager Peter Cleere, have been strengthened by the return from injury of the Walsh cousins, Miriam and Grace.
The hosts do boast a strong attack, with Maeve Kelly gradually rediscovering her form after her two-year injury hell and Róisín McCormick a brilliant sharpshooter. They have other injuries though and will need to step up to get off the mark.
Limerick must be reeling after their 18-point hammering by Kilkenny in Rathkeale. They need a response but travelling to Walsh Park to face last year's All-Ireland finalists Waterford, is a very tough engagement.
The Déise girls were involved in a thriller last weekend but fell short by three points, despite a couple of goals from Mairéad O’Brien. Beth Carton remains their chief scoring threat and while Limerick will be looking to Caoimhe Costelloe and Caoimhe Lyons to keep the scoreboard ticking, it is their defensive structure that must stand up for the Shannonsiders to have a chance.
Newly promoted Derry would have targeted the Antrim tie as a key one in terms of getting points on the board and achieving that thanks to a brace of goals by Aoife Shaw is a big step towards retaining senior status. Making the last six remains a prospect too.
Tipperary are the form team in the land at present and followed up their Division 1A league success with a fantastic win over Waterford last Saturday. That was a humdinger, with the Premiers having three points to spare at the final whistle. Goalscorer Clodagh McIntyre produced a player-of-the-match display while Cáit Devane returned to the fold having missed the League.
GROUP 2
Down lost to Clare in the first round. They started well and led by four points after Ciara Fitzsimmons goaled but trailed by two at the interval and lost by nine in the end. They have been shorn of a generational talent in Niamh Mallon, who transferred to Galway in the Spring.
All-Ireland champions Cork made light work of Wexford, Katrina Mackey and Amy O'Connor among the primary contributors. Sorcha McCartan, who won an All-Ireland intermediate championship with her native county before adding a senior memento with the Rebels last year, will be returning to familiar surroundings.
Dublin against Clare is a big game in the group. The perceived wisdom would be that Cork and Galway are the likeliest to claim two of the qualifying positions. Victory here would put Dublin or Clare in contention to join them.
Clare responded well to falling four points behind early on against Down last weekend and pulled away in the second half to win by nine, Áine O'Loughlin continuing her goal-scoring heroics from the league.
Dublin are coming into the game off a defeat but the Division 1B league champions pushed Galway all the way, falling short by just three points at Parnell Park. Aisling O’Neill and Aisling Maher were very influential and make the Dubs a real threat.
Siobhán McGrath's withdrawal from the Galway panel after the league final defeat to Tipperary is a blow, as the prospect of her dovetailing with Niamh Mallon, newly arrived from Down, was a mouth-watering one. Mallon illustrated her gifts in her first start for her adopted county, against Dublin, combining with McGrath’s sister Orlaith and Niamh Niland, though the westerners had to hit the last five points to chisel out a three-point win.
Wexford never landed a glove on Cork but they have made good progress and did well to reach the league 1B final. Ciara O’Connor remains their main scoring threat, with sister Sarah and Shelley Kehoe other experienced operators the Yellowbellies will need to shine.
