TV3 scoops rights to four provincial finals

TV3 have secured the rights to live coverage of four GAA provincial championship finals this summer.

And they will begin their second season showing live GAA with what will potentially be a Cork/Kerry clash at the Munster SFC semi-final stage.

The independent broadcaster also announced yesterday that they will have first pick when it comes to dividing out the football qualifiers.

In total, the package ensures 10 exclusive live GAA Championship matches for the channel in what will be the second year of their three-year deal.

Opening in Munster on June 7, TV3 cameras will capture Jack O’Connor’s return as Kerry manager when they take on the winners of Cork and Waterford.

Staying in Munster for the next outing, the hurling semi- final between Clare and the winners of Cork and Tipperary will be broadcast live.

Then it’s on to Croke Park to see Dublin or Meath take on Longford, Westmeath or Wicklow in the Leinster football semi-final on June 28.

The Munster football final, the Leinster hurling final, the Leinster football final and the Connacht football final will all be live on the station over consecutive weeks in July.