The All-Ireland Camogie championship quarter-finals take centre this weekend with two intriguing fixtures at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday.
Wexford and Kilkenny will go toe to toe before Tipperary and Waterford do battle as the winners look to join Cork and Galway in the semi-finals.
For former All-Ireland winning Cork goalkeeper Aoife Murray, Wexford's task against reigning champions Kilkenny may be daunting but is not insurmountable.
"The last time Wexford were in a quarter was back in 2017 so it's quite a long wait for a team over the past 20 years who have been quite prevalent at being in the finishing stages of the championship," she told RTÉ's Game On.
"Firstly, it's great to see them back in particular with the hard few years they've put down and in fairness they've probably picked one of the hardest teams to play against.
"But I don't think Kilkenny have been in a quarters since '16 possibly so it's kind of new territory for them as well.
"I don't think they'll be too disappointed that they're in a quarter-final. I think it's a great way to get into that knockout stage and that pressure.
"But with Kilkenny, it depends on what team really does turn up. So I don't think it's a lost cause at all for Wexford."
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Tipperary have been in stellar form with three wins from three in the group stage but Murray also feels Waterford are developing nicely after a difficult start to the year.
"I've been very critical of Waterford. I think anytime I've spoken here I have been quite hard on them but I think it was justified over how they performed over the league. But maybe I didn't give them enough credit with regard to a new management and the time that they got to prepare for the league," she said.
"However, I think they've really used it in a positive way because I think you can actually see the progression that they've made game-on-game.
"They only scored 10 points less than Cork (in the group) so I actually think when you start to look at the actual data that's come out of those games, scoring 10 points less (is impressive) and everybody was raving about how Cork did in that championship."
Follow Saturday's All-Ireland senior camogie quarter-finals with our live blog on RTÉ.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app.
Watch Kilkenny v Wexford and Tipperary v Waterford live on RTÉ2 or RTÉ Player from 4.30pm.
Watch highlights of all the weekend's hurling and camogie action on The Sunday Game at 9.30pm on RTÉ2.
Listen to live and exclusive national radio commentary on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport.
