ONLINE
Scores/reports on RTÉ Sport Online and RTÉ News app.
TV
The Saturday Game Live on RTE 1 and RTE Player from 1pm.
Cork v Dublin (throw-in 1.15pm) and Galway v Tipperary (3.00pm). Marie Crowe presents coverage of the All-Ireland Camogie semi-finals from Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.
Intermediate semi-finals available to watch on Camogie Association YouTube
RADIO
Score updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport, and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt an tSathairn
Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship semi-finals
Saturday, 27 July
Cork v Dublin, UPMC Nowlan Park, 1.15pm, Live on RTÉ One and RTE Player
Dublin failed to score from play in the 4-22 to 0-05 defeat by All-Ireland champions Cork in the group stages, but they were short some players and in terms of mindset, will be buoyed considerably by the manner of their stunning four-point victory over Kilkenny in the quarter-final that earned them a spot in the last four for the first time in seven years and only the second since 2020. They have also won the Very League Division 1B title.
After a stodgy league, Cork look to have moved through the gears in the group stages of the championship with a 100% record. The Rebels' pace is a real threat and they possess significant scoring power so it will be interesting to see how Dublin set up.
Referee: Justin Heffernan (Wexford)
Galway v Tipperary, UPMC Nowlan Park, 3pm, Live on RTÉ One and RTE Player
This is one to really whet the appetite, with Galway having the added motivation of looking to gain a measure of revenge for losing against Tipperary in the Very League Division 1A final at Croke Park in April by a point. They had also gone down by a goal at the Premiers’ fortress, The Ragg, and had their colours lowered at the same venue the year before too.
That league final success was Tipperary’s first national title since they completed the league and championship double 20 years ago. It looks like Denis Kelly’s charges have continued to build, and they got through the group stages with a perfect record, confirming themselves as one of the form teams in the country by taking out Kilkenny and Waterford along the way.
Galway were workmanlike early on, drawing with Wexford, but produced their best performance of the summer in the quarter-final defeat of last year’s finalists Waterford.
Referee: Liz Dempsey (Kilkenny)
Intermediate championship semi-finals
Kerry v Kilkenny, FBD Semple Stadium, 4pm
Live on Camogie Association YouTube
These teams had their group encounter in Lixnaw and it was the visitors that emerged victorious by eight points. The Stripeywomen were held to a share of the spoils by Dublin at Páirc Lachtain but were comfortable against the rest of the opposition to emerge directly to the last four.
Kerry lost to Meath in the last group game but put that behind them with a brilliant quarter-final win against Galway’s second string. There was never much between the sides but it was notable that the Kingdom were never behind.
Referee: Brian Kearney (Kildare)
Cork v Offaly, FBD Semple Stadium, 6pm
Live on Camogie Association YouTube
These teams crossed swords in Group 1 and the Rebels escaped with a one-point victory in the Cork Camogie Grounds in the second week of June. The winners, who already have the Very League Division 2B title in the bank, went on to conclude the round-robin phase without a blemish to earn direct access to the semi-finals.
In contrast, Offaly needed to beat Westmeath by five points to cement their berth in the final six and a couple of goals from Becky Bryant earned them a stunning quarter-final triumph over a Meath side that only lost to Derry in last year’s All-Ireland final in a replay.
Referee: Karol Collins (Galway)
