THE START OF the 2025 provincial football championships and the hurling league finals command the GAA spotlight this weekend.

RTÉ’s Sunday Game have the Donegal-Derry Ulster opener next Sunday as their opening live game of the football championship, with BBC also providing coverage of that match.

The new GAA+ streaming service is covering three Connacht quarter-finals next weekend from Ruislip, Castlebar, and Gaelic Park.

Then on Sunday afternoon, TG4 have a double-header of hurling league action from Leeside as Offaly play Waterford and Cork host Tipperary.

There’s also a busy schedule of provincial underage championship games this week.

Here’s the full list of what’s in store:

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Tuesday 1 April

Dalata Hotel Group U20 Football Championship

Munster

Phase 2 – Round 1

• Tipperary v Kerry, New Inn, 7pm.
• Clare v Cork, Páirc Naomh Mhuire, Quilty, 7pm.

B final

• Waterford v Limerick, Mallow, 7pm.

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Wednesday 2 April

O’Neills Munster U20 Hurling Championship

Round 2

• Cork v Tipperary, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm.
• Waterford v Clare, Cappoquin Logistics Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 7pm.

Dalata Hotel Group U20 Football Championship

Connacht 

• Mayo v Leitrim, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Castlebar, 6.15pm.
• Sligo v Galway, Markievicz Park, 6.15pm.

Leinster

• Westmeath v Meath, Kinnegad, 7.30pm.
• Offaly v Dublin, Faithful Fields, 7.30pm.
• Wicklow v Louth, Baltinglass, 7.30pm.
• Kildare v Carlow, Cedral St Conleth’s, Newbridge, 7.30pm.
• Laois v Wexford, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise,  7.30pm.

Ulster 

• Donegal v Tyrone, MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, 7.30pm.
• Down v Antrim, Páirc Esler, Newry, 7.30pm.
• Derry v Monaghan, Owenbeg, 7.30pm.
• Cavan v Armagh, Kingspan Breffni, 7.30pm.

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Friday 4 April

Electric Ireland Minor Championships

Munster Hurling Round 2

• Waterford v Limerick, Cappoquin Logistics Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 7pm.

Connacht Football Round 3

• Sligo v Galway, Kilcoyne Park, 6.15pm.
• Roscommon v Mayo, King & Moffatt Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon, 6.15pm.

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Saturday 5 April

Connacht senior football championship

Quarter-final

• London v Roscommon, McGovern Park, Ruislip, 2.30pm - GAA+

Leinster senior football championship

Round 1

• Wexford v Laois, Chadwicks Wexford Park, 6pm.

Munster senior football championship

Quarter-finals

• Tipperary v Waterford, FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles, 6pm.
• Limerick v Cork, TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 6pm.

Electric Ireland Minor Championships

Munster Hurling 

• Clare v Tipperary, Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, 2pm.

Leinster Hurling

• Laois v Kildare, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 1pm.
• Carlow v Kerry, Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow, 1pm.
• Offaly v Antrim, Dowdallshill, 2pm.
• Meath v Wicklow, Trim, 2pm.

O’Neills Leinster U20 Hurling Championship

• Westmeath v Meath, The Downs, 2pm.
• Carlow v Kildare, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.45pm.
• Kilkenny v Dublin, UPMC Nowlan Park, 5pm. 

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Sunday 6 April

Allianz Hurling Leagues

Division 1A final

• Cork v Tipperary, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 4pm -  TG4

Division 1B final

• Offaly v Waterford, SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 1.45pm - TG4

Connacht senior football championship

Quarter-finals

• Mayo v Sligo, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Castlebar, 3.30pm - GAA+
• New York v Galway, Gaelic Park, 8pm - GAA+

Leinster senior football championship

Round 1

• Meath v Carlow, Páirc Tailteann, Navan, 3pm.
• Longford v Wicklow, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 3.30pm.

Ulster senior football championship

Preliminary round

• Donegal v Derry, MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, 2pm - RTÉ 2 and BBC Two NI