Hurling championship weekend: All you need to know

SATURDAY 6 MAY

Leinster SHC Dublin v Wexford, Croke Park, 5pm Westmeath v Galway, TEG Cusack Park, 6pm

Munster SHC Cork v Tipperary, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm

Joe McDonagh Cup Laois v Kildare, Laois Hire O'Moore Park

SUNDAY 7th MAY (all games 1pm)

Leinster SHC Antrim v Kilkenny, Corrigan Park

Joe McDonagh Cup Offaly v Kerry, Glenisk O'Connor Park Down v Carlow, Ballycran

TV

Dublin v Wexford, Cork v Tipperary and Antrim v Kilkenny are all available exclusively on GAAGO.

Highlights of the weekend's action on The Sunday Game, 9.30pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

ONLINE

Live blogs on Munster and Leinster matches, live scores on all games.

RADIO

Live commentaries and reports on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport.

WEATHER

Saturday and Sunday: Both days have the promise of Sunny, mild intervals but with the chance of heavy showers in the mix.

For a detailed forecast see met.ie

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Is the Championship opening up?

After witnessing a first championship defeat for Limerick in four years last weekend, there's a certain added electricity in the air ahead of this weekend's fixtures.

The Treaty men can be beaten, and no more than Mayo beating the Dublin footballers in the 2021 All-Ireland semi-final and it, in turn, opening up the big ball championship, teams will feel that the air of invincibility around John Kiely's men has taken a hit.

The only game in Munster pits the province's two most successful teams against one another. Something has to give, with both Cork and Tipperary having won