Dónal Óg Cusack's hurling predictions

Joe McDonagh Final - Kerry v Antrim

It's a repeat of the 2020 final where Antrim had a narrow two-point win. Indeed, Kerry, managed by former Waterford great Stephen Molumphy, are playing in their third final in a row.

There’s more than a title to play for in this one however, with the winners playing Cork in the next round of the Liam MacCarthy and the losers playing Wexford.

Interestingly, just when Tipperary people thought 2022 couldn’t get much worse, if Kerry win, Tipp will face Kerry in a play-off to decide who plays in next year’s Munster championship.

Kerry beat Antrim in the last round to reach the final, but Antrim will have different personnel on the field tomorrow and expect a different result.

Verdict: Antrim

Leinster Hurling Final - Kilkenny v Galway

The handshake rematch. Every photographer with a press pass will be there for the post-match exchange between Henry Shefflin and Brian Cody. Before that, Kilkenny play Galway for the Leinster championship.

Brian Cody has won 17 titles as a manager, but to his credit, always appears one short of enough. This season, his team have mixed time in the round-robin, losing to Galway and Wexford, but pedigree is second to none of how to grow into summer.

Shefflin played against Galway 13 times in the championship, only losing on three occasions. The usual promise exists in the Tribesmen, but getting all of their talents to the surface is an annual challenge and Shefflin, the ninth Galway manager during Cody’s reign, has done this well to date.

Of their last five championship meetings, Galway have only lost on a single occasion, but tomorrow night in a Leinster final against a brooding Brian Cody and his team feels a stretch too far. The Cats to complete hat-trick of Leinster