ALL-IRELAND hurling champions Tipperary will face a Munster quarter-final against Cork for the second successive year following tonight’s Championship draw.
The winners of that match with go onto to meet Waterford in the semi-final with Clare and Limerick paired together on the other side of the draw. That will be a battle of two new management teams as Limerick’s John Kiely will attempt to out-manoeuvre Clare’s new joint managers, Donal Moloney and Gerry O'Connor.
In Leinster, new Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald is on course for a clash with All-Ireland finalists Kilkenny. The Model county will face off against one of the Qualifier teams and if they can navigate that, they will come up against the Cats in the semi-final.
Galway and Dublin were paired together in an intriguing looking quarter-final clash and the winner of that will go onto meet either Offaly or the other team that comes through the Qualifier group in the last four.
Meath are one of the four sides battling for those two Qualifier spots as they take part in the Leinster Championship for the first time since 2004. They’ll face off against Laois, Westmeath and Kerry in a round-robin format.
