Good afternoon all and welcome to our live coverage of this afternoon’s National Hurling League action.

Our main focus will be on the five games across Divisions 1A and 1B but don’t worry — we’ll make sure to keep you updated on the scores from across the country.

If the big ball is more your thing, my colleague Fintan O’Toole has live updates from this afternoon’s games here.

Here’s what we’ve got to look forward to in the top divisions:

Division 1A

• Galway v Tipperary, Pearse Stadium, 2pm
• Clare v Waterford, Cusack Park, Ennis, 2pm

Division 1B

• Offaly v Limerick, O’Connor Park, Tullamore, 2pm
• Antrim v Cork, Ballycastle, 2pm
• Wexford v Laois, Wexford Park, 2.30pm

And here are the rest of today’s fixtures. We’ll bring you up to speed on the latest scores in a moment.

Division 2A

• Kildare v Westmeath, St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge, 12.30pm
• Kerry v Carlow, Austin Stack Park, Tralee, 1pm

Division 2B

• Mayo v Wicklow, Elverys MacHale Park, Castlebar, 12.45pm
• Fingal v Down, Swords, 2pm
• Armagh v Meath, Athletic Grounds, 2pm

Division 3A

• Louth v Longford, Darver, 12.45pm
• Fermanagh v Roscommon, Brewster Park, Enniskillen, 2pm
• Donegal v Monaghan, O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny, 2pm

Division 3B

• Leitrim v Sligo, Ballinamore, 2pm

Division 2A

• Kildare 1-12 Westmeath 2-11 (with about 15 minutes to play)
• Kerry 2-8 Carlow 0-8 (HT)

Division 2B

• Mayo 0-5 Wicklow 0-5 (HT)

A couple of late team changes to report. Shane O’Donnell starts for Clare in Cusack Park while Jake Dillon comes in for Barry Coughlan in Waterford’s starting XV.

In Tullamore, Limerick make one change – William Hickey starts in place of James Ryan.

Offaly 0-1 Limerick 0-3: 5 mins – Limerick have started the stronger in Tullamore, Conor Allis pointing to put them two points up.

Galway 0-6 Tipperary 0-2: 11 mins – In the Division 1A relegation scrap over in Pearse Stadium, it’s first blood to the hosts.

Clare 0-5 Waterford 0-2: 12 mins – Waterford got the first two scores of the game but a couple of Colin Ryan frees have helped the All-Ireland champions back in front early on.

Antrim 0-2 Cork 0-3: 8 mins – Little to choose between them early on in Ballycastle. Remember, Limerick thumped Antrim and if the Division 1B promotion push comes down to points difference, Cork will need to put up a big score today.

Offaly 0-4 Limerick 0-6 : 17 mins – Joe Bergin keeps the scoreboard ticking over for Offaly with his fourth pointed free.

Galway 1-8 Tipperary 0-7: 21 mins — GOAL FOR GALWAY from Niall Healy. They lead by four.

Clare 2-8 Waterford 0-2: GOAL FOR CLARE! Great work by Shane O’Donnell who sets up Podge Collins to finish. Long way back now for Waterford, they trail by 12.

Antrim 0-7 Cork 0-5: 25 mins – Slow start for JBM’s side up in Antrim. They trail by two.

Clare 3-13 Waterford 0-2: 26 mins — ANOTHER GOAL FOR CLARE! Clare have kicked on again and this is turning into an absolute bloodbath. Shane O’Donnell gets in on the act and the Banner now lead by a whopping 20 points.

Offaly 0-4 Limerick 0-8: 30 mins – It all went a little bit quiet in Tullamore for a while there but Conor Allis has pointed a free to stretch Limerick’s lead to four points.

Limerick 0-8

Galway 3-8 Tipperary 0-9:  31 mins — GOALS GALORE FOR GALWAY! Conor Cooney and Jonny Glynn get two goals in the space of a couple of minutes. That’s 12 goals that Tipp have conceded in the league this season… and we’ve still got nearly 40 minutes to play.

Clare 4-13 Waterford 0-2: 30 mins — ANOTHER GOAL FOR CLARE! From now on, you might just be safe to presume that Clare have scored a goal every five minutes or so to save me from updating you. Peter Duggan gets their fourth after more great work from Shane O’Donnell. Just the 23 points in it now.

HALF TIME: Offaly 0-6 Limerick 0-8

Two more points for Offaly before the break and yup, you’ve guessed it, they’re Joe Bergin frees.

HALF TIME: Galway 3-8 Tipperary 0-9

HALF TIME: Clare 4-15 Waterford 0-4

Goals from Pat Donnellan, Podge Collins, Shane O’Donnell and Peter Duggan have Clare cruising. You wouldn’t really blame Waterford if they just headed home, would you?

HALF TIME: Antrim 1-9 Cork 0-8

Some of those earlier results for you:

Division 2A

• Kildare 1-14 Westmeath 3-11
• Kerry 3-13 Carlow 0-17

Division 2B

• Mayo 0-9 Wicklow 0-15

Division 3A

• Louth 3-11 Longford 1-10

Wexford 1-5 Laois 0-5: 15 mins – Gary Moore with the Wexford goal in the afternoon’s 2.30pm game.

Cathal McInerney competes with Tadgh de Burca of Waterford. Ken Sutton / INPHO Ken Sutton / INPHO / INPHO

Shane McGrath of Tipperary with Gearoid McInerney and David Burke of Galway. Mike Shaughnessy / INPHO Mike Shaughnessy / INPHO / INPHO

We’re back underway in those 2pm games. Galway reel off another couple, they lead Tipp 3-11 to 0-9 now.

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Clare 4-15 Waterford 0-6: 37 mins – The big news from Ennis is that Clare haven’t scored a goal in the last seven or eight minutes.

Wexford 1-7 Laois 0-8: 25 mins – Nothing to choose between them in Wexford Park. Roddy King points to bring Laois back within a single score but the hosts respond immediately at the other end.

Galway 3-11 Tipperary 0-11: 45 mins – A couple of quick points for Tipp’s Shane McGrath. Three goals between them now.

Offaly 0-9 Limerick 1-10: 42 mins – Limerick four up now in Tullamore. That goal came from Graeme Mulcahy a couple of minutes ago.

Clare 5-15 Waterford 0-9 – GOAL! Yup, it’s another one for Clare. Shane O’Donnell gets his second.

Wexford 1-10 Laois 0-8: 34 mins — RED CARD! Cha Dwyer, who had 0-3 from play for Laois, is shown a straight red.

Galway 3-15 Tipperary 0-16: 58 mins – Just over 12 minutes left, Tipp still trail by eight.

HALF TIME: Wexford 1-10 Laois 0-10

Antrim 1-11 Cork 0-12: 57 mins – Two-point game in Ballycastle. Big 10 minutes in Cork’s league campaign coming up.

Offaly 0-12 Limerick 1-13: 58 mins – Still a four-point game in Tullamore as well.

Galway 3-16 Tipperary 0-17: 62 mins — Into the last few minutes in Pearse Stadium and Galway are down to 14, Iara Tannian shown his second yellow. Tipp need goals.

Cork go a point up against Antrim.

Clare 5-18 Waterford 0-17 – To be fair to Waterford, they’ve stuck at it and put up plenty of points in this second half. They’re still losing by 16, mind you.

Offaly 1-14 Limerick 1-13: 63 mins — GOAL FOR OFFALY! With Cork now three up in Antrim, this could be massive. Dan Currams scores to put Offaly a point up.

Offaly 1-14 Limerick 2-13: 64 mins — GOAL FOR LIMERICK! What a response. Graeme Mulcahy gets his second of the game and Limerick lead again.

FULL TIME: Galway 3-16 Tipperary 1-19

Offaly 2-14 Limerick 2-15: 68 mins — GOAL FOR OFFALY! Peter Geraghty…

Cork still lead Antrim by three into stoppage time…

All square in Tullamore!

FULL TIME: Offaly 2-15 Limerick 2-15

Joe Bergin points a long free and that’s it. Limerick can only manage a point in Tullamore.

FULL TIME: Antrim 1-12 Cork 0-18

FULL TIME: Clare 5-18 Waterford 0-20

Waterford win the second half 0-16 to 1-3 but it’s far from enough against a rampant Clare.

Wexford 1-12 Laois 1-11 — 43 mins: GOAL FOR LAOIS! Purcell scores for Laois and they’re back to within a point.

Wexford 1-20 Laois 1-17: 65 mins – Picky Maher leaves three points in it as they head down the stretch in Wexford Park.

FULL TIME: Wexford 2-21 Laois 1-18

All over in Wexford Park where the hosts run out six-point winners against 14-man Laois.

That’s it from us on another entertaining afternoon in the Allianz National Hurling Leagues. Big wins for Clare and Galway in Division 1A while Cork take control of the 1B promotion race after Limerick slip up in Tullamore.

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