Spring signs: County-by-county guide to Hurling League Division 1A
Plenty of eyeballs will be trained on Cork, and their new management team, but spring intrigue won't stop there - can Limerick bounce back, where are Kilkenny, what will Waterford and Offaly bring. And that's before any mention of the All-Ireland champions
Cork's Brian O'Sullivan (centre); Tipperary attacker Paddy McCormack; Galway's Aaron Niland; Adam Screeney of Offaly; Kilkenny's Michael Brennan; Sean Mackey of Waterford
