Very Camogie League Division 1A: All you need to know

Round 2 of Division 1A of the Very Camogie League takes place on Saturday, with three ties down for decision.

Last week All-Ireland champions Cork squeezed past Kilkenny, Galway began their bid for a three league titles in a row with a comfortable triumph against Clare and Waterford got past Tipperary.

WEATHER

Frost and icy patches will gradually clear on Saturday morning. It will be a dry across much of the country; sunny to begin, with high hazy sunshine gradually developing. There will be isolated showers early on with patchy rain moving into the far southwest later. Highest temperatures will be a seasonal of 7 to 10 degrees with light to moderate northwest breezes.

SATURDAY

DIVISION 1A

Waterford v Cork, SETU Arena, Ray Kelly [Kildare], 2pm

This is a repeat of last year's All-Ireland final in which Cork prevailed comfortably.

Both sides are under new management, although current Cork boss Ger Manley was a coach under Matthew Twomey.

The incoming Waterford boss, Jerry Wallace, knows plenty of the Cork contingent, the Leeside native having overseen the success of the Rebels in four of the last five All-Ireland minor championships and guided the likes of Saoirse McCarthy, Fiona Keating, Laura Hayes and Orlaith Cahalane to name just four along the way.

The former Cork senior hurling coach actually applied to replace Twomey but when Manley got the nod, quickly accepted the invitation to take the reins from Seán Power, who surprisingly called it quits after just a year in charge of Waterford.

The Déise were promoted as Division 1B champions last year before ending a 78-year absence from the blue riband fixtures of the camogie season. Thanks to a goal from Beth Carton, they edged out Tipperary by that three points in their