SATURDAY
All-Ireland Championship Group 1
Limerick v Wexford, Mick Neville Park Rathkeale, 4pm
Tipperary v Cork, The Ragg, 4pm
All-Ireland Championship Group 2
Kilkenny v Waterford, UPMC Nowlan Park, 12.30pm
Derry v Galway, Owenbeg, 2pm
TV
Tipperary v Cork will be streamed live on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel
ONLINE
You'll find score updates and match reports on RTÉ Sport Online and RTÉ News app.
RADIO
Score updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport.
WEATHER
Saturday: A band of showery rain will spread from the west through the morning and afternoon. The rain will clear into the Irish Sea, with sunshine and a scattering of showers following, some heavy in the northwest, with the chance of thunder. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees in moderate to fresh southwest winds, veering westerly. For more go to met.ie.
Group 1
Limerick v Wexford
This is a must-win affair for both counties, who were defeated in their opening outings. Limerick were never in it against Cork and had a day to forget while Wexford were edged out by Clare in a game that was considered critical in terms of making the quarter-finals. Both these teams will still harbour ambitions in that regard but a second reverse here would have them focusing on the other end of the table and avoiding the trapdoor to intermediate in 2026.
Tipperary v Cork
Cork sauntered to a 38-point victory over Limerick but The Ragg is a different venue to Páirc Uí Rinn and with all due respect to the Shannonsiders, Tipperary are a different calibre of opposition.
Last year's league champions get their campaign under way after sitting out the first round with a vociferous home crowd certain to be in their corner, and should provide the three-in-a-row chasing Rebels with exactly the type of examination Ger Manley would want before we reach the knockout stages.
Group 2
Kilkenny v Waterford
Kilkenny posted a 26-point win away to Derry last weekend and have been making incremental improvements since the beginning of the season under new manager Tommy Shefflin and skipper Katie Power in her 18th season in black and amber.
Waterford have yet to overcome their neighbours at championship level since returning to the top tier and they too have a new manager, with coach Mick Boland stepping into the fray after Jerry Wallace departed following the league. The Déise are desperate to return to the All-Ireland final after reaching the 2023 decider and victory on enemy territory in their first outing of the 2025 championship would represent a huge boost.
Derry v Galway, Owenbeg
Traditionally slow starters, Galway will be pleased to have opened their campaign with victory over Dublin.
Without any provincial action, it was a first outing since the disappointing defeat in the Division 1A league final.
Retaining their senior status with a degree of comfort was a fine achievement for Derry in 2024, but they have lost nearly two-thirds of the starting team since and suffered a heavy loss in Owenbeg to Kilkenny last Saturday. Their crunch games are probably yet to come but last year's All-Ireland finalists cannot afford to treat the Oak Leafers lightly.
