SUNDAY
Division 1 Group A
Galway v Cork, Pearse Stadium, 2pm
Limerick v Westmeath, LIT Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Tipperary v Waterford, Semple Stadium, 2pm
Division 1 Group B
Clare v Dublin, Cusack Park, 2pm
Kilkenny v Laois, UPMC Nowlan Park, 2pm
Wexford v Carlow, Chadwicks Wexford Park, 2pm
Division 2A
Meath v Mayo, Pairc Tailteann, 12.30pm
Kerry v Antrim, Austin Stack Park, 12.30pm
Offaly v Wicklow, O'Connor Park, 12.30pm
Division 2B
Warwickshire v London, Ruislip, 1pm
Down v Kildare, Ballycran, 2pm
Roscommon v Derry, Athleague, 2pm
Division 3A
Longford v Donegal, Michael Fay Park, 2pm
Monaghan v Louth, Inniskeen, 2pm
Armagh v Tyrone, Athletic Grounds, 2pm
Division 3B
Cavan v Sligo, Kingspan Breffni, 12.30pm
Leitrim v Lancashire, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 12.30pm
ONLINE
Live match-tracker and live scores on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News Now App from 1.30pm on Sunday.
TV
Tipperary v Waterford live on TG4
Galway v Cork deferred on TG4
Coverage of live and deferred games on GAAGO.
Highlights of all the weekend's action on Allianz League Sunday on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player from 9.30pm
RADIO
Live commentary and updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport.
WEATHER
There will be bright spells and further wintry showers on Sunday as Storm Jorge passes. More persistent rain will affect south Munster and south Leinster, possibly turning to sleet or snow on higher ground. Cold, with highest afternoon temperatures of 4 to 7 degrees. Strong southwesterly winds in the northwest at first, easing by evening.
As @OfficialCorkGAA take on @Galway_GAA this weekend; GAANOW Rewind takes a look back to the 2010 Allianz Hurling League Final. It was an entertaining clash with top class scores from both sides. Will we see more of the same this weekend? #AllianzLeagues pic.twitter.com/Aci08snFBo
— The GAA (@officialgaa) February 25, 2020
Ifs, buts and maybes - Division 1 Group A
'All things must pass', sang the former Beatle George Harrison, obviously not anticipating the vagaries of a hurling league scheduled for Ireland in the winter. (For those of you protesting that February is spring, we suggest you look out the window).
It's round five for most teams but only the fourth for Group A's Tipperary, Galway, Waterford and Limerick, whose games were postponed back in the quaint days of a fortnight ago when the weather was the greatest threat to sporting fixtures.
Those two matches have been rescheduled for next weekend, which was originally slated for the quarter-finals. Barring further postponements, the final will likely now take place on the same weekend as the football, possibly as part of a double-header on 29 March.
Though if Limerick and Waterford both win on Sunday, against Westmeath and Tipperary respectively, then their rescheduled tie will only decide the group winner - with the prize of immediate passage to the semi-finals - and the Tipp-Galway game will become irrelevant if the Tribesmen are beaten by Cork.
Tipperary and Galway must win or draw to stay in contention for the knock-out stages while Westmeath have already been condemned to the relegation playoff as they have been beaten by both teams.
The Déise haven't beaten Tipperary since 2016 when they were defending League champions and made it back to the final.
Premier native and former U21 boss Liam Cahill has overseen a 100% record with Waterford so far and told the Waterford News & Star that he is relishing the prospect of "the big open spaces of Semple Stadium."
John 'Bubbles' O'Dwyer, who came out strongly against the prospect of a black card in hurling this week, is back in contention after an ankle issue.
The showdown in Salthill will be the first League or Championship meeting between Galway and Cork in four years. Joe Canning (calf) and Padraic Mannion (rib) could be back for a game the Tribesmen can't afford to lose if they want to avoid a long pre-Championship lay-off.
Limerick welcome Westmeath to the Gaelic Grounds knowing a point will be enough to guarantee knock-out hurling but will be without cruciate injury victim Richie English.
What you see is what you get - Group B
In Group B, things are far simpler.
Unbeaten Clare are already through and can make sure of top spot by beating Dublin in Ennis. If they do, then Wexford and Kilkenny will be in the quarter-finals regardless of their results this weekend.
For Dublin to leapfrog either team into the top three they will have to beat Clare and also hope that Kilkenny lose at home to Laois, or that Wexford lose at home to Carlow, the Cats draw and they make up the points difference.
Conor McDonald will be suspended for the game at Chadwicks Wexford Park unless his appeal against the straight red card he picked up against Dublin is successful.
Carlow are already in the relegation play-off regardless as their defeat to Laois last week means they can't catch Eddie Brennan's side on the head to head.
Laois have forfeited home advantage due to 'remedial work' on the O'Moore Park pitch and even without Adrian Mullen, also sadly ruled out for the season after injuring his cruciate, the Cats will be confident of booking their place in the last six.
In Division 2A, mumps-afflicted Kerry host Antrim knowing that a draw would be enough to book their place in the final.
Kerry beat Antrim in last year’s Allianz League but suffered a double-scores defeat to the same opponents in the Joe McDonagh Cup.
Having lost to the Kingdom, Offaly will need to beat Wicklow to take their promotion push to the final day, when they will face Antrim in a rescheduled game.
Realistically, Mayo need to beat Meath and hope Wicklow get a result in Tullamore to avoid the drop.
Wicklow (2pts) are in a three-way relegation battle with Meath (2pts) and Mayo (0 pts). Mayo have lost their first four games by an average of 18 points.
Kildare, Down and Derry are all on six points in Division 2B, with Roscommon on four points. London and Warwickshire are both pointless and their meeting in Ruislip is a dress-rehearsal for the relegation play-off .
Kildare, who lead the table on scoring average from Down and Derry, beat Down in last year’s Allianz League.
It’s very tight at the top of Division 3A as the group heads into the final round. Armagh (7pts), Donegal, Tyrone (6pts each), Longford (5pts) are all in contention for places in the final while Louth and Monaghan have both lost their first four games so the winner in Inniskeen will stay up.
Sligo and Lancashire lead the way in Division 3B on four points, with Leitrim, Cavan and Fermanagh all on two points.
Sligo have played two games while the other four have played three games each so a win for the Yeats County in Kingspan Breffni Park will seal their final spot.
Lancashire can do likewise if they defeat Leitrim but a win for the hosts in Páirc Sean Mac Diarmada would potentially open the door for a three-way tie for second.
