Kilkenny and Galway meet in the Leinster SHC, and Derry’s Conor Glass looks set to play after injury scare
On Sunday, in the other semi-final, Armagh and Down play in Clones.: Last weekend Clare and Sligo both booked their places in the All-Ireland round-robin by reaching the Connacht and Munster finals, while Meath’s defeat to Offaly meant they were the most high profile county yet to drop into the Tailteann Cup.
Following the provincial championships, just 16 teams will qualify for the seeded four-team groups that will comprise the 2023 All-Ireland championship. They will be the eight provincial finalists , last year’s Tailteann Cup winners Westmeath, and the remaining spots will be decided by league positions. The four winners of the Leinster and Ulster semi-finals this weekend will all be securing their places in the round-robin series.
This weekend however, if Louth lose to Offaly and both Kildare and Down win their semi-finals, an unlikely scenario, the Wee County will drop into the secondary competition. Cork, who are already out of the Munster championship, and Kildare who are massive underdogs against Dublin on Sunday, are above Down and Offaly in the league rankings, so only a win this weekend for the latter two will see them into the All-Ireland series at Cork and Kildare’s expense.
The 15 teams so far guaranteed to be playing in the Tailteann Cup are: Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, Longford, Meath, Carlow, Cavan, Fermanagh, Leitrim, New York , London, Waterford, Antrim. Derry comfortably dispatched of Fermanagh to move into the semi-finals of the Ulster SFC this weekend. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho
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