Summer series starts with cracker

The football championship tends to be a slow burner while the hurling equivalent enjoys a low-key start with the preliminary rounds in Leinster, but camogie’s summer series will burst out of the traps today when Cork and Galway renew acquaintances in Tullamore.

Opening the bill for the Leinster hurling semi-final between Galway and Laois, the camogie clash will bring together the last two All-Ireland champions who last met in a league final just a short few months ago in which the Connacht side just about edged.

“It’s a fantastic way to kick off the championship,” says Galway captain Sarah Dervan. “There will be no learning curves. It’s great to have it down in Tullamore before the hurlers and hopefully we can take the confidence from the league and kick on into the championship.”