Red-hot Semple test for Kieran Kingston against Tipperary

New Cork senior hurling manager Kieran Kingston will make his championship bow as manager against Tipperary in Semple Stadium next May.

In what is the counties’ first provincial meeting since the 2012 semi-final clash in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, when Tipperary edged Cork out by a point, the winners will face Limerick, with Waterford and Clare paired in the other semi-final.

Paired in last night’s live televised draw in RTÉ’s Donnybrook centre, it marks the counties’ fourth Munster quarter-final meeting since 2009 when they were drawn against each other in the provincial opener in the first of three consecutive years. By next year it will be 19 years since a county has won both the Munster and All-Ireland titles from the opening stage.