It provided one of the most exciting games of the 2010 GAA Hurling All Ireland
Senior Championship season so far and there's more to come as Galway and
Offaly head for Portlaoise next Saturday evening (7.00) to replay the Leinster
GAA Hurling Championship Semi-final.

They drew (Galway 2-19 Offaly 3-16) in Croke Park on Sunday in what was
another fascinating instalment in their rivalry. Meanwhile, Kilkenny are through
to the Leinster final for the 13th time in fourteen seasons after beating Dublin in
Sunday's semi-final.
Cork clinched a place in the Munster final beating Limerick by 13 points in the
semi-final to set up a date with Waterford on July 11. Cork and Waterford last
clashed in the Munster final in 2004 when Waterford won by a point.

GALWAY v OFFALY
Next Saturday's clash will be the 9th between them in the championship with
results going 4-3 to Offaly with one draw from their previous eight games.

Previous Championship Clashes
2010: Galway 2-19 Offaly 3-16 (Leinster semi-final)
1994: Offaly 2-13 Galway 1-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1990: Galway 1-16 Offaly 2-7 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1988: Galway 3-18 Offaly 3-11 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1985: Offaly 2-11 Galway 1-12 (All-Ireland final)
1984: Offaly 4-15 Galway 1-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1981: Offaly 2-12 Galway 0-15 (All-Ireland final)
1980: Galway 4-9 Offaly 3-10 (All-Ireland semi-final)

CARLOW v LAOIS
A clash with Antrim in the next phase will be the prize for the winners of the
preliminary round qualifier tie between Carlow and Laois in Dr. Cullen Park on
Saturday evening (7.0).
They meet for the second time in five weeks, having already met in the first
round of the Leinster GAA Hurling Championship when Laois won by 1-13 to
0-10 in Portlaoise before losing to Dublin in the quarter-final. Laois and Carlow
also met in the Allianz GAA Hurling National League with Laois winning by 1-
16 to 1-10 in Dr. Cullen Park.
Next Saturday's winners will play Antrim in the next round of qualifiers on
Saturday week.

ANTRIM v DOWN
Antrim will attempt to win the Ulster GAA Hurling Championship title for the 9th
successive year when they take on Down in the final at Casement Park on
Sunday (3.30). Antrim, who lost to Offaly in extra-time in the Leinster GAA
Hurling Championship quarter-final, are having their first outing in the Ulster
championship whereas Down easily beat Armagh in the quarter-final before
receiving a walk-over in the semi-final when London withdrew. Down are
seeking their first Ulster crown since 1997.

GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 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.
Next Saturday: Semi-final replay: Galway v Offaly, Portlaoise.
July 4: Final: Kilkenny v Galway/Offaly, 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.
July 11: 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
Next Sunday: Final: Antrim v Down, Casement Park.

All-Ireland Championship
Next Saturday: All-Ireland qualifier - preliminary round: Carlow v Laois.
July 3: Qualifiers - Phase 1: Antrim v Laois/Carlow; Tipperary v Wexford.
July 10: Qualifiers - Phase 2: Beaten Leinster semi-finalists (Dublin and
Galway or Offaly) v Beaten Munster semi-finalists (Clare, Limerick).
July 17: Qualifiers - Phase 3; Winners of Phase 1 v Winners of Phase 2.
July 25: All-Ireland quarter-finals
August 8: Semi-final, Croke Park.
August 15: Semi-final, Croke Park.
September 5: Final, Croke Park. Tweet

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