Tipp hurlers and footballers to play on the same day in Munster Championship

 

By Shane Brophy

The Tipperary senior hurlers and footballers will play on the same day in the opening round of the Munster Championship after the fixtures for the restructured competitions were confirmed this week. 

With the congested time-frame of the championship and with both the hurling and football championships starting on the same weekend, it wasn’t possible to have counties playing on different days with both Tipperary and Waterford officials having to be split up during the course of the weekend.

The Tipperary senior footballers will host Clare in their Munster quarter final at Semple Stadium at 1.00pm on Sunday, 1st November and three hours later Liam Sheedy’s senior hurlers will play the winners of Clare or Limerick in a Munster semi-final at the LIT Gaelic Grounds or Pairc Ui Chaoimh, depending on the winner of the game.

It was agreed that Home and Away arrangements would continue for Senior Football, Under 20 Hurling and Minor Football. However, as Senior and Minor Hurling have been organised on a round-robin basis for the past two seasons, the Home and Away arrangements would be disrupted so those two competitions will be played at neutral venues for 2020.  

The early rounds of the Munster Under 20 Hurling Championship will be played on Monday evenings with Tipperary hosting Clare in the quarter final, and should John Devane’s charges progress the semi-final against Waterford will be played on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th October.

The Tipperary minor hurlers will be the first into championship action when they play Kerry in a quarter final on Sunday 18th October in Limerick and should they progress they will play Waterford in a semi-final in Cork on Friday 30th October, during the school mid-term break. The minor footballers host Clare in a quarter final on Saturday 24th October and should they be successful they will travel to the winner of Limerick or Waterford for a semi-final two weeks later.

Because of Covid-19 restrictions, only one game will be played per venue at any one time so no double-headers have been arranged.
All fixtures are knockout/result on the day although in the case of the Senior Hurling Championship, for the four counties that do not win the Munster Final, there will be a second chance via the All-Ireland Qualifiers. 

All fixture details are subject to change in line with Covid-19 related developments in advance of each fixture.  

Senior Hurling Championship 
Sunday October 25th at 3:45pm – Clare v Limerick in Semple Stadium Thurles 
Saturday October 31st at 3:30pm – Cork v Waterford in Semple Stadium Thurles 
Sunday November 1st at 4.00pm – Tipperary v Clare or Limerick in LIT Gaelic Grounds or Páirc Uí Chaoimh  
Sunday November 15th at 4.00pm – Munster Senior Hurling Final 
Senior Football Championship 
Saturday October 31st at 7.00pm – Limerick v Waterford in Fraher Field Dungarvan 
Sunday November 1st at 1.00pm – Clare v Tipperary in Semple Stadium Thurles 
Saturday November 7th at 1:15pm – Limerick or Waterford v Clare or Tipperary in Fraher Field Dungarvan, LIT Gaelic Grounds or Cusack Park Ennis 
Sunday November 8th at 4.00pm – Cork v Kerry in Páirc Uí Chaoimh 
Sunday November 22nd at 1:30pm – Munster Senior Football Final 
Bord Gáis Energy Under 20 Hurling Championship 
Monday October 19th at 6:30pm – Cork v Kerry in Austin Stack Park Tralee 
Monday October 19th at 7:30pm – Clare v Tipperary in Semple Stadium Thurles 
Monday October 26th at 3:15pm – Waterford v Clare or Tipperary in Fraher Field Dungarvan or Sixmilebridge 
Monday October 26th at 5pm – Limerick v Cork or Kerry in the LIT Gaelic Grounds or Austin Stack Park Tralee 
Wednesday November 11th @ 7:30pm – Munster Under 20 Hurling Final 
Electric Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 
Saturday October 17th at 1.00pm – Clare v Cork in Semple Stadium Thurles 
Sunday October 18th at 1.00pm – Kerry v Tipperary in the LIT Gaelic Grounds 
Friday October 30th at 6:30pm – Waterford v Kerry or Tipperary in Páirc Uí Rinn 
Friday October 30th at 6:30pm – Limerick v Clare or Cork in Semple Stadium Thurles 
Saturday November 14th at 1.00pm – Munster Minor Hurling Final 
Electric Ireland Minor Football Championship 
Saturday October 24th at 1.00pm – Clare v Tipperary in Semple Stadium
Saturday October 24th at 1.00pm – Limerick v Waterford in LIT Gaelic Grounds 
Saturday November 7th at 1.00pm – Cork v Kerry in Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney 
Sunday November 8th at 1.00pm - Limerick or Waterford v Clare or Tipperary in Fraher Field Dungarvan, LIT Gaelic Grounds or Cusack Park Ennis 
Saturday November 14th at 1.00pm – Munster Minor Football Final