After this game in Walsh Park Waterford manager Derek McGrath, who’d just seen his side beaten well by Kilkenny, was asked if the Cats had done a Waterford on Waterford.

The Banner are not hiding their league intentions.

Limerick remain on course for a winner take all final league game with Galway on March 4 after John Kiely’s side made it three from three with a comfortable win over Dublin at the Gaelic Grounds.

When John Kiely announced his extended panel for the 2018 campaign, 10 of the 38 players listed were from the Na Piarsaigh club.

“It’s strange now to see Waterford favourites playing Kilkenny whether it’s in Walsh Park, Nowlan Park, or Nagasaki.”

Cork hurling manager John Meyler has been very impressed with Clare, who have picked up two wins in their first two NHL 1A outings.

Here’s a handy game-by-game guide to the 2018 leagues and championships.

Met the proverbial — and in this case corporeal — man in the street the day before the league quarter-finals. The man in the street in question is a keen punter, often to be espied going in and out of his local Ladbrokes.

Allianz HL Division 1A

Allianz HL Division 1A

The Roscommon footballers have been forced to concede home advantage for Sunday’s league fixture against Down owing to an unplayable pitch at Hyde Park and a Croke Park ruling the game could not be staged at Kiltoom.

Munster SHC fi nal

Allianz HL Division 1 quarter-final relegation play-off

Allianz HL Division 1B

Cork travel to face Galway in the Allianz NHL on Sunday and boss Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made a raft of changes for the game, a total of five alterations since the win over Dublin.

Allianz HL Div 2B, 3A and 3B

Limerick remain on course for promotion from Division 1B of the Allianz HL after a final-quarter scoring spree secured this win over Wexford.

Tipperary hope to have forward stars Eoin Kelly and Lar Corbett back in contention for starting places against Clare on March 9.

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Our lowdown of this weekend's GAA action

Nowlan Park will host the county’s Allianz HL fixtures this spring despite considerable damage to the roof of the Old Stand, Kilkenny chairman Ned Quinn confirmed.

Kerry’s young guns held on to record their second league win, 1-12 to 3-5, in a nail-biting Allianz HL Division 2A clash with Wicklow at Austin Stack Park on Saturday.

Allianz HL Division 1A: Waterford v Cork

Referees chief Pat McEnaney has told managers to expect less injury-time as match officials cut down on the amount of needless stoppages in games.

Tipperary GAA officials have been told by independent auditors that their finances are in a “precarious” state.

It was a baptism of fire for Waterford last Saturday week in the opening round of the 2012 Allianz Hurling League, a near three-goal defeat by Cork (3-17 to 0-18) in Cork.

A bright start and a driving finish ensured Tipperary took the Waterford Crystal Cup home with them from Sixmilebridge yesterday, beating Clare by six points in the end thanks to their greater accuracy.

EOIN CADOGAN has revealed his deep disappointment at the likelihood of missing out on back-to-back Allianz FL finals with Cork.

CORK boss Denis Walsh placed several of the county’s upcoming talents under the microscope in Passage West yesterday and was rewarded with a thoroughly convincing victory in a senior hurling challenge against Clare.

WATERFORD chairman Tom Cunningham has branded allegations made against hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald after the Allianz Hurling League clash with Tipperary as “shameful and disgraceful’’.