Typical that the GAA release these but still don't have fixtures for Westmeath, Laois, Carlow, Kerry, Antrim
2018 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
(Dates to be confirmed)
Week ending May 20
Cork v Clare
Limerick v Tipperary
Week ending May 27
Tipperary v Cork
Clare v Waterford
Week ending June 3
Waterford v Tipperary
Cork v Limerick
Week ending June 10
Limerick v Waterford
Tipperary v Clare
Week ending June 17
Clare v Limerick
Waterford v Cork
2018 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
(Dates to be confirmed)
Week ending May 13
Dublin v Kilkenny
Offaly v Galway
Week ending May 20
Kilkenny v Offaly
Wexford v Dublin
Week ending May 27
Offaly v Wexford
Galway v Kilkenny
Week ending June 3
Dublin v Offaly
Wexford v Galway
Week ending June 10
Kilkenny v Wexford
Galway v Dublin
they really don't give a toss about the Tier 2 counties
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/10/24/laois-hurlers-play-ireland-qualifier-tier-2-final/ (http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/10/24/laois-hurlers-play-ireland-qualifier-tier-2-final/)
Quote from: manfromdelmonte on October 24, 2017, 08:02:44 AM
they really don't give a toss about the Tier 2 counties
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/10/24/laois-hurlers-play-ireland-qualifier-tier-2-final/ (http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/10/24/laois-hurlers-play-ireland-qualifier-tier-2-final/)
Hardly surprising is it...
I hate being proved right.
Quote from: johnneycool on October 24, 2017, 11:25:54 AM
Quote from: manfromdelmonte on October 24, 2017, 08:02:44 AM
they really don't give a toss about the Tier 2 counties
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/10/24/laois-hurlers-play-ireland-qualifier-tier-2-final/ (http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/10/24/laois-hurlers-play-ireland-qualifier-tier-2-final/)
Hardly surprising is it...
I hate being proved right.
The round robin games are a response to the Super 8. Neither sport is interested in developing counties currently
Whatever two teams that are top of the tier two grade could be forced to play the AI qualifier the week before the tier two grade final is even played
https://www.balls.ie/gaa/new-hurling-championship-format-2-376380 (https://www.balls.ie/gaa/new-hurling-championship-format-2-376380)
Seems like this tier 2 is an afterthought to the big money spinner and being shoe horned in any which way but loose.