No Cork - Tipperary U25 clash

The Munster SHC quarter-final between Cork and Tipperary at Semple Stadium on Sunday week will be a standalone fixture after the decision by both counties not to field an U25 team.

The U25 competition has taken the place of the intermediate championship and while Cork had planned to field an intermediate team, when it became the U25 competition, they decided to pull the plug on their involvement.

Munster Council had sought to stage the Munster U17 hurling final between Cork and Waterford as the curtain-raiser at Thurles on Sunday week, but neither of the respective counties were agreeable.