Kilkenny are already through to the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final on August 8 and will be joined by the winners of the Cork v Waterford Munster final in Thurles on Sunday. Meanwhile, there are two Phase 2 qualifier ties on Saturday.

The weekend line-up is as follows:
Saturday:
GAA All-Ireland SH qualifiers (Phase 2)
• Dublin v Clare, Croke Park, 4.0;
• Offaly v Limerick, Tullamore, 7.0.
Sunday:
• Munster final: Cork v Waterford, Thurles, 4.0

CORK v WATERFORD
It's their first championship meeting since 2007 but the earlier part of the decade was certainly a busy time for the rivalry as the counties clashed no fewer than nine times at Munster and All-Ireland between 2002 and 2007 with four wins each and one draw.

This will be the 58th championship meeting between the counties, with the score standing at 41-12 in Cork's favour with four draws from their previous 57 clashes. Cork are bidding to win the Munster title for the first time since 2006 while Waterford last won the title in 2007.

Their last championship clash was in 2007 when Waterford won an All-Ireland quarter-final replay by three points in Croke Park, having earlier beaten Cork in the Munster semi-final. Cork's last championship win over Waterford was in the
2006 All-Ireland semi-final.

The counties clashed in the Allianz GAA Hurling National League last March, with an exciting game ending in a draw (Waterford 2-20 Cork 3-17) in Walsh Park. Eoin Kelly scored a remarkable 1-17 (0-14 from frees, 0-1 from a '65') for Waterford while Michael Cussen (2-2) and Ben O'Connor 0-8 (0-7 from frees) were Cork's chief marksmen.

Paths to the final
Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14 (Munster quarter-final)
Cork 2-19 Limerick 0-12 (Munster semi-final)
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Waterford 0-22 Clare 1-15 (Munster semi-final)
Last Five Championship Clashes
2007 - Waterford 2-17 Cork 0-20 (All-Ireland quarter-final) Replay
2007 - Waterford 3-16 Cork 3-16 (All-Ireland quarter-final) Draw
2007 - Waterford 5-15 Cork 3-18 (Munster semi-final)
2006 - Cork 1-16 Waterford 1-15 (All-Ireland semi-final)
2005 - Cork 1-18 Waterford 1-13 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

Previous Munster final clashes
2004: Waterford 3-16 Cork 1-21
2003: Cork 3-16 Waterford 3-12
1983: Cork 3-22 Waterford 0-12
1982: Cork 5-31 Waterford 3-6
1966: Cork 4-9 Waterford 2-9
1959: Waterford 3-9 Cork 2-9
1957: Waterford 1-11 Cork 1-6
1948: Waterford 4-7 Cork 3-9
1943: Cork 2-13 Waterford 3-8
1931: Cork 5-4 Waterford 1-2 (Replay)
1931: Cork 1-9 Waterford 4-0 (Draw)
1929: Cork 4-6 Waterford 2-3
1903: Cork 5-16 Waterford 1-1
Cork 8; Waterford 4, Draws 1.

ALL-IRELAND QUALIFERS
Dublin v Clare
They last met in the championship in 2006 when Clare won by 4-21 to 1-16 in the qualifiers in Parnell Park. Anthony Daly was Clare manager back then but is now, of course, in charge of Dublin while his former Clare colleague, Ger 'Sparrow' O'Loughlin is now in now managing his native county.
2010 Championships
Dublin 0-25 Laois 0-16 (Leinster quarter-final)
Kilkenny 4-19 Dublin 0-12 (Leinster semi-final)
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Waterford 0-22 Clare 1-15 (Munster semi-final)
Offaly v Limerick
They last met in the championship in 2008 with Limerick winning a qualifier tie by 3-19 to 0-18 at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds. They met in this year's GAA Allianz National hurling League with Offaly winning by Offaly 2-17 Limerick 3- 13.
2010 Championships
Offaly 2-26 Antrim 3-16 (Leinster quarter-final) After extra-time.
Galway 2-19 Offaly 3-16 (Leinster semi-final)
Galway 3-17 Offaly 2-18 (Replay)
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Cork 2-19 Limerick 0-12 (Munster semi-final)

GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
LEINSTER
May 22: First Round: Laois 1-13 Carlow 0-10, Portlaoise.
May 29: Quarter-final: Galway 2-22 Wexford 1-14, Nowlan Park.
May 30: Quarter-final: Offaly 2-26 Antrim 3-16 (After extra-time), Parnell Park.
June 6: Quarter-final: Dublin 0-25 Laois 0-16, Nowlan Park.
June 20: Semi-finals: Kilkenny 4-19 Dublin 0-12; Galway 2-19 Offaly 3-16, Croke Park.
June 26: Semi-final replay: Galway 3-17 Offaly 2-18 Portlaoise.
July 4: Final: Kilkenny 1-19 Galway 1-12, Croke Park.

MUNSTER
May 30: First Round: Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
June 7: Semi-final: Waterford 0-22 Clare 1-15, Thurles.
June 20: Semi-final: Cork 2-19 Limerick 0-12, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
Next Sunday: Final: Cork v Waterford, Thurles.
ULSTER
May 8: Monaghan 1-15 Fermanagh 2-10, Enniskillen; Armagh 3-23 Donegal 1-
12, Letterkenny; Tyrone 6-24 Cavan 1-14, Omagh.
May 15: London 3-16 Monaghan 1-15, Casement Park; Armagh 3-20 Tyrone
2-9, Casement Park.
May 29: Quarter-finals: Down 4-24 Armagh 0-9, Casement Park; London 2-12 Derry 0-15, Casement Park.
June 13: Semi-final. Down v London - Not played
June 27: Final: Antrim 4-22 Down 1-12, Casement Park.

All-Ireland Championships
June 26: All-Ireland qualifier - preliminary round: Carlow 1-19 Laois 3-12, Dr. Cullen Park.
July 3: Qualifiers - Phase 1: Antrim 2-18 Carlow 3-12, Casement Park; Tipperary 3-24 Wexford 0-19, Thurles
Next Saturday: Qualifiers - Phase 2: Offaly v Limerick; Dublin v Clare.
July 17: Qualifiers - Phase 3: Winners of Phase 1 (Antrim Tipperary) v Winners of Phase 2.
July 25: All-Ireland quarter-finals: Beaten Leinster (Galway) and Munster (Cork or Waterford) finalists v winners of Phase 3.
August 8: Semi-final: Kilkenny v quarter-final winners, Croke Park.
August 15: Semi-final: Cork or Waterford v quarter-finals, Croke Park. September 5: Final, Croke Park. Tweet

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