SATURDAY 3 JUNE
Christy Ring Cup final
Derry v Meath, Croke Park, 5pm - Sport TG4
Nickey Rackard Cup final
Donegal v Wicklow, Croke Park, 3pm - Sport TG4
Lory Meagher Cup final
Monaghan v Lancashire, Croke Park, 1pm - Sport TG4
SUNDAY
All-Ireland Under-20 HC final
Cork v Offaly, FBD Semple Stadium, 3pm - TG4
All-Ireland Minor HC final
Clare v Galway, FBD Semple Stadium, 1pm - TG4
ONLINE
Live blog on U20 final, live scores and match reports on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app.
TV
Christy Ring, Nickey Rackard and Lory Meagher finals live on TG4 Sport YouTube channel.
Minor and U20 finals live on TG4.
Highlights on The Saturday Game and The Sunday Game, 9.30pm, RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.
RADIO
Live updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday and Sunday Sport.
WEATHER
With high pressure positioned near Ireland we can expect largely dry and settled weather. There will be lots of sunshine and just a little patchy cloud. Afternoon highs will generally range from 18 to 24 degrees, warmest in the west. Irish Sea coastal areas will be cooler at times due to onshore breezes. For more go to met.ie.
It's a feast of lower-tier and underage finals this weekend as the senior championship takes a break.
On Saturday evening, Derry and Meath face-off at Croke Park in the decider of the Christy Ring Cup, which is now the third level of championship.
The winners will be promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup next year.
The Royals are bidding to win the Christy Ring title for the third time, having previously lifted the trophy in 2016 and 2019. They were relegated back from McDonagh last year.
The Oak Leafers are hoping it will be third time lucky for them, having lost the the 2015 and 2021 finals.
Meath beat Derry by 1-21 to 1-19 - their only defeat - in this year's group clash in Owenbeg so another close battle could be on the cards.
Derry's John Mullan has scored 2-20 from play in the five rounds to date while Meath co-captain Jack Regan has 1-43 (1-19 from play) to his name. Derry free-taker Cormac O'Doherty (3-41) has four points more than Regan.
Meath: Charlie Ennis; Michael Burke, Shane Brennan, Brendan McKeon; Niall McLarnon, Seán Geraghty, Simon Ennis; Pa Ryan, Martin Healy; James Toher, Jack Regan, James Kelly; Stephen Morris
Éamon Ó Donnchadha, Nicholas Potterton.
Subs: Jack Fagan, Mikey Cole, Gerard Dwane, Evan Fitzgerald, Adam Gannon, James Murray, David Murtagh, Padraig O'Hanrahan, Mark O'Sullivan, Seán Quigley, Dáire Shine.
Derry: Oisin O'Doherty; Sean Francis Quinn, Mark Craig, Paddy Kelly; Sean Cassidy, Richie Mullan,
James Friel; Cormac O'Doherty, Meehaul McGrath; Eamon Conway, Corey O Reilly,
Darragh McGilligan; Sean Kelly, John Mullan, Paul Cleary.
Before that, Donegal and Wicklow face off for the fourth time this year in the Nickey Rackard Cup final.
Wicklow won by four points - 2-17 to 1-18 - when the teams met a fortnight ago but both had already qualified and gave some fringe players a run.
Donegal had reversed an early Allianz Hurling League Division 2B defeat in the semi-final before losing to eventual champions Meath.
Donegal are aiming for their fourth Rackard title, having won the in 2013, '18 and '20. Wicklow contested Ring finals in 2011-12 but have not won a trophy since the regrading of hurling in 2005.
Garden County forward Andy O'Brien bagged 6-11 from play in the previous five games but regular free-taker Gavin Weir is on the bench.
Liam McKinney 2-29 (1-13 from play) is Donegal's top-scorer, having taken over on dead balls after the season-ending injury to Declan Coulter.
Wicklow: Conor McNally; Ben Kearney, Andrew Kavanagh, Martin O'Brien; Padraig Doran, John Henderson, Sam O''Dowd; Jack Doyle, Diarmuid Masterson; Michael Boland, Christy Moorehouse, Eoin McCormack; David Maloney, Andy O'Brien, Luke Evans.
Donegal: Luke White; Stephen McBride, Michael Donaghue, Padraig Doherty; Gavin Browne, Danny Cullen, Christopher McDermott; Jack O'Loughlin, Stephen Gillespie; Ryan Hilferty, Ronan McDermott,
Liam Mc Kinney, Gerry Gilmore, Conor Gartland, Ruairi Campbell.
Lancashire and Monaghan will get the day started at HQ in the Lory Meagher Cup decider.
The English side are hoping to put previous heartbreak behind them after losing their last two final appearances by a point.
Leitrim edged them out in extra-time in 2019, a year after Sligo had a point to spare over them.
It's Monaghan's first time to reach a final but they beat Lancashire by seven points when they met in the group stages.
The Farney men beat Longford to top the table while Lancashire had to come from behind against Warwickshire on the final day.
Monaghan sharpshooter Niall Arthur has 1-49 in the bank while Lancashire's Ray McCormack bagged 7-08 in the five group games.
Lancashire: Pa Coates; Liam Burns, Conor McCormick, Andrew Morgan; Finn Henry, Shane Nugent, Cormac Kenny; Eoghan Kelly, Eoghan Clifford; Darragh Carroll, Ray McCormack, Conor Madden; Robin Spencer, Shane Madden, David Burke.
Monaghan: Hugh Byrne; Jack Guinan, Paddy Finnegan, Conall McHugh; Conor Flynn, Kevin Crawley, Declan Hughes; Colin Merrick, Aaron Kenny; Niall Arthur, Niall Garland, Stephen Lambe; Thomas Hughes, Conor Gernon, Ethan Flynn.
On Sunday, it's the turn of the under 17s and under 20s, or at least those who only turned that age during the year, to take centre stage at Semple Stadium.
Galway are back in the All-Ireland minor hurling final for an incredible 17th time since the turn of the century. They have won 10 of the previous 16 appearances, including four-in-a-row from 2017-2020.
In their first year competing in Leinster, the Tribes youngsters have made short work of all opponents, beating their opposition by an average of 16 points, including margins of 13 and 12 in two wins over Kilkenny. Munster runners-up Cork could only get within 14 .
Aaron Niland, brother of senior star Evan, has racked up 4-67 in his second year at minor.
It's Clare's first appearance in a minor final since losing the 2010 edition to Kilkenny. The likes of Tony Kelly, David McInerney, and Seadna Morey won a senior All-Ireland three years later and are still going.
Clare were beaten by Limerick in the early rounds in Munster but turned the tables in the provincial semi-final. They handed Cork a second defeat in the Munster final and were eight points better than Kilkenny last day out.
Marc O'Brien is second to Niland in the scoring charts with 3-37, having played an extra game.
Donal Óg Cusack's verdict: Galway's full-forward line has been the talk of the championship, reminiscent of the Carter, Carey and Ronan days and if they hold their nerve that should give them the edge.
That early clash in Semple Stadium is followed by the All-Ireland Under-20 hurling final between Cork and Offaly, which promises to be a cracker.
Both sides have senior panellists - Eoin Downey, Ben Cunningham and Colin Walsh for Cork, captain Charlie Mitchell, Sam Bourke and Joe Hoctor for their opponents - though only Mitchell and Bourke played last weekend so the week postponement appears to have benefited Offaly.
Despite the disappointment in the Joe McDonagh Cup final last week, the Faithful hordes are expected to descend again on Thurles.
Offaly have never won an U20/U21 title and the last of their three All-Ireland final defeats came way back in 1992.
Thirteen-time champions Cork ended a 22-year drought in 2020 and followed that up in '21 in what was their fourth consecutive final appearance.
Mitchell has scored 4-17 so far but fellow full-forward Adam Screeney (2-51) grabbed the headlines in the dramatic Leinster final win over Wexford.
Last year's beaten minor finalist scored 1-12 of his team's 1-21 after Mitchell had been sent off for two yellow cards to secure a first provincial crown since 2000.
They have played seven games to Cork's five, having come through the 'Tier 2' section in Leinster.
Cunningham has scored 2-44 for a Cork team that have made a habit of coming from behind, including fighting back from four down three quarters of the way through their Munster final triumph over Clare.
Donal Óg Cusack's verdict: "Offaly have brought through many of last year's fine minor team but Cork have been hardened in Munster, though. This might be a year too early for Offaly."
Follow a live blog on the U20 final and live scores on all games on RTÉ.ie/Sport and the RTÉ News app or listen to updates throughout the day on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1
Watch highlights on The Saturday Game and The Sunday Game, 9.30pm, RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player
