Peter McNamara looks at the big hurling clash in Munster, the Leinster hurling quarter-final and the big football clash in ulster.

Peter McNamara looks ahead to this weekend’s GAA Championship action.

Allianz Hurling League Division 1 final

GPA chiefs will recommend major changes to fixtures and competitions between January and March in a bid to tackle the demands placed on young players.

After stunning back-to-back wins in the Hurling Championship, Wexford have asked the GAA to move Sunday’s All Ireland quarter-finals to Croke Park to satisfy ticket demand in the county.

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Jackie Tyrrell has recovered from injury to earn a place in Brian Cody's Kilkenny team to face Clare in the Allianz Hurling League semi-final in Semple Stadium, Thurles, tomorrow.

The Kilkenny team to play Clare in the Allianz Hurling League semi-final at Semple Stadium, Thurles, tomorrow at 2pm shows a number of positional and personnel changes from the side that defeated Galway in their last League outing.

The dream became a reality for Nenagh CBS at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday afternoon when they won the All-Ireland Colleges SAHC title for the first time.

New Kerry boss Éamonn Fitzmaurice has named his side to face Tipperary in the Cadbury’s Munster U21 FC quarter-final on Wednesday evening (Semple Stadium, Thurles, 7.30pm).

Munster Council chiefs have refixed their senior football championship quarter-final between Tipperary and Kerry to May 27 at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

COUNTY star Seamus Callanan capped a sensational display with the winning score from a 90m injury time free to give Drom-Inch a 2-16 to 1-18 over Burgess in Saturday’s Tipperary SHC fourth round tie at Templemore.

CORK hurling legends Jimmy Barry-Murphy, John Fenton and Denis Coughlan are not expected to be involved in the selection of the county’s next senior hurling manager despite being nominated by two clubs to reprise the roles they filled in selecting Denis Walsh in March 2009.

A CONTINGENT of the US Marine Corps known as “The Wild Geese”, will compete in the inaugural international festival of hurling at Semple Stadium, Thurles on July 8 and 9.

MEATH’S Brian Carroll and Tom Sheridan are All-Ireland senior doubles champions, following a 21-10, 21-18 win over Kilkenny pair Michael Ducksy Walsh and Michael Clifford at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday.

JOHN MEYLER is just 60 minutes from further enhancing his reputation as Kerry’s hurling messiah.

Munster SHC Semi-Final

GAA chiefs have opted for a Sunday evening throw-in for their Allianz NHL Division 1 decider on May 2 to avoid a clash with Munster’s Heineken Cup semi-final earlier that day.

SATURDAY’s postponed NHL Division One clash tie between Tipperary and Kilkenny is re-fixed for tomorrow night in Semple Stadium, Thurles (8pm).

WITH ace forward Eoin Kelly passed fit following a back injury, Tipperary have named nine of the side that started against Kilkenny in last season’s All-Ireland final for tomorrow night’s opening Allianz NHL game against the champions under lights at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin and Jack O’Shea were honoured as the best hurler and footballer respectively of the last 25 years in a prestigious ceremony today.

It has emerged that Parnell Park will not host this Saturday's Bord Gais Energy GAA All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship semi-final between Antrim and Kilkenny, due to a heavy schedule of club fixtures at the north Dublin venue.

WATERFORD have made one change from the side that lost to Tipperary in the Munster final for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC qualifier with Galway at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Waterford Senior hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald has just made one change to his side for Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final against Galway at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

FORMER star centre-back Johnny Crowley is optimistic Cork can achieve the right result when they take on Galway in the All-Ireland SHC qualifier at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday.

The GAA have confirmed the times and venues for next weekend's Championship matches.

Both Cork and Tipperary managements have announced their sides ahead of tomorrow's Munster Minor Hurling Championship semi-final replay at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

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DARRAGH Ó SÉ could return for Kerry against Galway in Sunday’s Allianz NFL clash at Austin Stack Park, Tralee.

CLARE defender Gerry O’Grady faces a struggle to be fit for the Munster SHC semi-final against Limerick on June 22 after breaking his right hand in Sunday’s victory over Waterford.

Following a meeting of the Central Competitions Control Committee this afternoon, the GAA have confirmed the dates, times and venues for the upcoming Allianz National Football League finals.

The GAA have confirmed that the CCCC have proposed suspensions on a number of players from the Cork and Clare teams arising out of incidents in Sunday’s Guinness Munster Hurling Championship first round game in Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Lucozade Sport has agreed a new product sponsorship deal with Tipperary GAA.

It has been confirmed the man found dead near Semple Stadium, Thurles on Sunday evening was of Eastern European origin.