SATURDAY, 30 MAY
Glen Dimplex Senior Championship Group 2
Wexford v Clare, Chadwicks Wexford Park, 3.30pm
Limerick v Offaly, TUS Moylish, 3.30pm
Dublin v Kilkenny, Parnell Park, 4.30pm
Glen Dimplex Premier Junior Championship
Armagh v Kildare, Wolfes Tones, 2.30pm
Wicklow v Cavan, Ecehlon Park, 3.30pm
Roscommon v Tyrone, Ballyforan, 3.30pm
Glen Dimplex Premier Championship
Donegal v Mayo, O'Donnell Park, 3.30pm
Louth v Monaghan, Mattock Rangers, 4.30pm
Live coverage
The clash of Wexford and Clare will be shown on the Camogie Association’s Youtube channel.
An early big weekend
The cutthroat nature of the camogie championship format will be clear again on Saturday with some teams seeing their hopes of making the quarter-finals all but vanish only two rounds in if they suffer another defeat.
Group 1, made up of last year’s semi-finalists and out of action this weekend, are vying it out for semi-final and quarter-final spots, but the six teams in Group 2 having a much bigger task on their hands as they battle it out for two quarter-final spots.
Wexford hopes hanging by a thread
Leinster champions Wexford suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Offaly in their opening assignment and know they must make amends this weekend at home in order to breathe fire into their championship campaign.
The Model County accounted for Kilkenny and Dublin to claim provincial honours, but defeat in Tullamore leaves them with their backs against the wall.
The in-form Banner come to town, hot off an opening-round 2-16 to 3-10 victory over Dublin.
Goalkeeper Doireann Murphy produced a last-minute save to deny the Dubs a draw in Ennis, while Lorna McNamara backed up her Centra Camogie League final tally of 2-06, going one better with 2-07 against the same opposition.
The Yellowbellies will need to keep tabs on one of the most in-form forwards in camogie right now, if they are to prevail.
Kilkenny hoping to build
There's plenty to play for as Dublin host Kilkenny at Parnell Park.
The visitors arrive with a pep in their step after an impressive victory last weekend, while the hosts will feel they are in 'must-win’ territory.
The Girls in Blue have struggled to build upon their run to the 2024 All-Ireland semi-finals, but the talent is clearly there in the panel at present. If things click, there is no doubt that they could match their county hurlers’ feat against the Cats at the same venue six days earlier.
Kilkenny, meanwhile, ran riot against Limerick at UPMC Nowlan Park last weekend, with Aoife Prendergast striking for 2-08.
Jimmy Meagher’s team are fancied to claim one of the two All-Ireland quarter-final berths on offer in this group, and victory in Donnycarney on Saturday would set them up nicely.
Offaly on a roll
Limerick are looking to turn things around after an 11-point defeat to Kilkenny last weekend. They face a Faithful County side riding a wave of momentum upon their return to the senior ranks.
After heavy defeats to Kilkenny and Tipperary in their last two games, the Treaty County need to make a statement if they are to steady the ship.
Mairéad Teehan’s last-minute strike secured an unlikely opening win for Offaly, and another three points on Saturday would go a long way to achieving their primary objective of avoiding an immediate return to the intermediate ranks.
The Leinster outfit have loftier ambitions, however, as captain Amy Byrne targeted a quarter-final spot at the outset of the championship.
Orchard aiming to go one step further
The Premier Junior Championship begins this weekend, with Armagh hoping to go one step further after last year’s final loss to Laois – their third Croke Park loss in five years.
They start with one of their hardest challenges, a home match with a Kildare side although they had seven points to spare when they met in the league.
Elsewhere, Wicklow host Cavan and Roscommon are at home to Tyrone.
Donegal set to make history
In the Premier Championship, Donegal host their first-ever All-Ireland tie when Mayo come to Letterkenny.
Tir Chonaill player Kara O’Neill has been chatting about what it means to the county.
Monaghan and Louth opened with wins, and they meet at Mattock Rangers.
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