Cork to meet All-Ireland champions Meath in National Football League opener

Dublin will take on Cork in Round 2, before All-Ireland finalists Dublin and Meath renew acquaintances in Round 3

Meath's Niamh O'Sullivan and Orla Byrne with Marie O'Callaghan of Cork. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Holders Dublin will begin the defence of their Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 crown with a trip to Waterford on the opening weekend of the 2022 campaign.

Division 1B of the competition also contains TG4 All-Ireland Senior champions Meath and Cork, the 12-time Division 1 winners who lost out to Dublin in the 2021 top-flight decider at Croke Park.