THE CLASH OF Cork and Wexford is the pick of the games after this morning’s All-Ireland hurling qualifier Round 1 draw.
Wexford will have home advantage as they try to bounce back from the hammering they suffered at the hands of Kilkenny in yesterday’s Leinster semi-final.
Cork are trying to pick up the pieces after their Munster semi-final loss against Waterford. Cork and Wexford last clashed in the championship in 2012 when the Rebels won a qualifier tie in Thurles.
Elsewhere Dublin will travel to take on Laois, three years after the counties last clashed in a championship encounter.
There’ll be a novel fixture between Westmeath and Limerick with Michael Ryan’s Westmeath side enjoying home advantage.
And 20 years after they played when the counties faced off in the All-Ireland senior hurling final, it’ll be Davy Fitzgerald going up against Brian Whelehan as Clare entertain Offaly.
The games will be played on Saturday 4 July with times and venues to be confirmed later today.
Here’s the draw in full and the first named team will have home advantage.
Round 1
Laois v Dublin
Westmeath v Limerick
Clare v Offaly
Wexford v Cork
Must be something in it there is a lot of managers before saying stuff about Fergie the bully of refs just look at Howard Webb why it it’s only when someone says something said about united the FA come done hard is it because there chairman sits on the FA board I wonder ?
What?
David Gill was voted on the FA board by the premier league chairmen… As was David Dein, former Arsenal chairman, who Gill replaced, don’t be so ambiguous with your facts
Just another bitter Abu, learn your facts before you make stupid statements
A lot of manure supporters on here
Learn my facts why is the chairman not on the board
What?
Seriously Gavin get a clue
Start thinking the manure way u mean no thanks
Gavin please stop using the term manure, it derives from a particularly nasty Munich chant originating from Leeds fans, David Gill sits on the board, as Dein did previously, as the Premier Leagues representative, he has no control or leverage over the disciplinary procedure, if he did do you think Sir Alex would have had a touch line ban in each of the last two years, or Rooney have been rightly made an example of after his foul mouthed tirade down the camera after the West Ham game the year before last.