Hurling quarter-finals fixed for TUS Gaelic Grounds

The TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick will host Saturday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final double-header involving Clare-Dublin and Galway-Tipperary, the GAA confirmed this afternoon.

Munster finalists Clare will face Micheal Donoghue's Dublin side in the opening game at 4pm, with the hotly anticipated clash between Tipperary and Galway will throw in at 6.15.

Both games will be screened live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

There had been speculation that Páirc Uí Chaoimh or O'Moore Park might get the nod for the quarter-finals, with the former having initially been proposed as the Munster final venue until Clare objected and agreed to play it in Limerick.

In previous years, All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals have been held in Semple Stadium, though Tipperary's involvement likely precluded that from being an acceptable option this time around.

Having nailed down third spot in their respective provinces, Dublin and Tipperary both secured safe passage to the quarter-final stage with wins over Carlow and Offaly respectively at the weekend.

It is Clare and Dublin's first meeting in the championship since 2012, when Davy Fitzgerald's side won by three points in a tight qualifier in Ennis. Two years prior, Anthony Daly had guided Dublin to a handsome victory over his native county in a Croke Park qualifer.

Galway and Tipperary have a storied modern rivalry, with the Tribesmen winning three of the past four championship encounters, including the most recent in the behind-closed-doors quarter-final in the Gaelic Grounds in 2020.

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