Allianz Hurling League final: All You Need To Know

SUNDAY 9 APRIL

Division 1 final

Kilkenny v Limerick, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 2pm

ONLINE

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

RADIO

Live commentary and updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport andon RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt Spórt an Lae.

TV

TG4 will screen live coverage of the final. Highlights and reaction on Allianz League Sunday, RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player, from 9.30pm.

WEATHER

Sunday is expected to be a cloudy but dry day in Cork, with light breezes.

For a detailed forecast, visit met.ie.

On the weekend that the football championship begins, the Allianz Hurling League will come to a conclusion with a tasty final between Limerick and Kilkenny.

This repeat of last year's All-Ireland decider, which the Munster men won by 1-31 to 2-26, will bring the league final to Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the first time since 1980, with weather conditions allowing for some good quality fare.

While the story went, before the competition started, that Limerick were going to maintain their recent propensity to treat the spring time with indifference, the All-Ireland champions have instead looked sharp. Victory tomorrow would give them their fifth win on the spin, with their solitary reversal coming by the banks of the Lee in week one.

The story is a bit different for Kilkenny. The game's most successful county stared their first league campaign without Brian Cody - who led them to 10 titles - at the helm since 1998. Derek Lyng has come in and will be looking to provide that bit of freshness the Cats need to usurp the Treaty men.

A victory for Kilkenny, even at this stage of the season, would be a marker for Lyng and his squad.

Kilkenny path to the final:

R1: 1-18 to 0-15 victory over AntrimR2: 1-21 to 2-24 loss to TipperaryR3: 0-34 to 1-18 victory