WATERFORD’S HEAVY DEFEAT in today’s Munster final to Tipperary means we now know the pairings for the All-Ireland quarter-finals at the end of the month.
With repeat games from provincial championship matches not permitted, Waterford cannot face Clare and thus will take on Wexford. It will be a repeat of the qualifier clash between the counties in July 2014, where Wexford ran out victors in Nowlan Park.
That’ll mean Clare will take on Galway in the other quarter-final clash. That will be a repeat of the 2013 tie between the counties at the same stage, which saw Clare triumph and they subsequently went on to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
Waterford must try to pick themselves up from today’s heavy defeat while Galway have to recover from last Sunday’s seven-point loss to Kilkenny in Croke Park.
Clare will be aiming to build on last night’s four-point win over Limerick in Semple Stadium while Wexford saw off Cork to claim a terrific qualifier win.
Leinster champions Kilkenny will contest their All-Ireland semi-final on 7 August while Munster champions Tipperary will feature in their All-Ireland semi-final clash on 14 August.
Sunday 24 July
- All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-finals
Waterford v Wexford
Clare v Galway
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