All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-finals: All you need to know

SATURDAY 22 JULY

Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship semi-finals Waterford v Tipperary, UPMC Nowlan Park, 3.30pm Galway v Cork, UPMC Nowlan Park, 5.30pm

ONLINE

Live blogs on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app.

TV

Live coverage on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player from 3.05pm.

RADIO

Live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport.

WEATHER

Saturday will be mostly dull and wet with outbreaks of rain and drizzle through the day. It will be heavy and persistent at times across northern areas, drier at times further south. Humid with top temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees. Southwest winds will be mostly light to moderate in strength. For more go to met.ie.

Final drought to end - but whose?

Waterford haven't been in a senior All-Ireland for 78 years. It’s 17 for Tipperary, current panellist Mary Ryan having played in that 2006 defeat by Cork.

Meanwhile, it has been 11 years since the final pairing comprised a team other than Cork, Galway or Kilkenny, when Wexford’s legendary outfit completed a three-in-a-row.

The two sides know each other well. Tipperary had the upper hand initially when the Déise made their return to the top tier in 2016. The newbies made the quarter-finals at the third attempt but found Tipp too strong for them in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and the Premier ended their hopes at the same stage in 2020 and 2021.

Waterford finally laid the bogey in the group stages last year. It was Tipp’s only defeat and they missed out on reaching the last six for the first time in eight campaigns as a result, on score difference. In the meantime, the Suirsiders finally cleared the quarter-final hurdle and gave Cork a huge fight in the semi, leading entering the final quarter before the Rebels prevailed.

Both squads were under new management