Limerick earned their first points in this year’s Allianz Hurling League campaign by handing Kilkenny a 1-26 to 2-16 defeat the TUS Gaelic Grounds this afternoon.

John Kiely’s men got their got their goal through Aaron Gillane in the 57th minute to go and record a seven-point victory and inflict the Leinster champions with their first league loss in the process.

The Shannonsiders got out to a 0-5 to 0-0 lead after nine minutes before the points of John Donnelly and Eoin Cody were backed up by a Mossy Keoghan goal in the 15th minute which brought the sides level.

Limerick got motoring again and went in ahead at half-time by 0-14 to 1-9 as Aidan O’Connor, Diarmaid Byrnes, Adam English and David Reidy all sailed over points for them.

Gearoid Hegarty, Peter Casey (2) and O’Connor, who finished with 0-10, registered scores to help keep the Munster side in front through game’s third quarter and Gillane’s goal would leave the Cats with a mountain to climb for the closing 15 minutes or so.

Cody would hit the net for the visitors in the 65th minute but a Liam Moore point in injury-time would be all that followed it up, leaving Kilkenny seven short in the end as the Treaty men got up and running in Division 1A.

FT in Allianz Hurling League Division 1A@LimerickCLG 1-26@KilkennyCLG 2-16
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— The GAA (@officialgaa) February 8, 2026

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