CRITICS OF DUBLIN GAA often give out about the fact that the team gets to play a disproportionate amount of games at ‘home’ in Croke Park but Ger Cunningham’s hurlers won’t have that luxury in the National Hurling League Division 1 semi-finals.

Nowlan Park in Kilkenny will host both semi-finals on Sunday 19 April with Dublin playing Cork at 2pm and Tipperary and Waterford clashing at 4pm.

Dublin advanced to the penultimate stage of the league after a comprehensive 1-25 to 0-16 win over Limerick at Croke Park on Saturday night while Cork booked their final four spot after edging Wexford by 0-18 to 0-14 at home yesterday.

Waterford arguably impressed the most in their quarter-final, easing to an eight-point win against Galway by a scoreline of 0-20 to 0-12.

Tipperary joined them but made life very difficult for themselves, having two men sent off in their 1-16 to 0-13 victory against Offaly.

Here are the National Hurling League final fixtures for the other four divisions:

Saturday, April 4

Allianz Hurling League Division 2A Final

Westmeath v Kerry, Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 3pm

Allianz Hurling League Division 2B Final

Kildare v Meath, Cusack Park, Mullingar, 3pm

Allianz Hurling League Division 3A Final

Monaghan v Tyrone, Keady, Armagh, 3pm

Allianz Hurling League Division 3B Final

Longford v Warwickshire, Donaghmore Ashbourne, Meath, 3pm

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