With two smashing goals in the second half, catching the highlights might be a good idea for those who missed out. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the standings across all the hurling divisions after week three, courtsey of GAALeagueTables on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n
Paul Keane has a round-up of all the action in Division 1B, where Kildare and Clare enjoyed big wins today. <\/p>\n
[Kildare boss Brian Dowling delights in weekend double as Lilywhites trim Antrim<\/a>]<\/p>\n Here\u2019s Se\u00e1n Moran\u2019s thoughts after the final whistle at the Gaelic Grounds:<\/p>\n \u2018Limerick got their league campaign up and running in the TUS Gaelic Grounds with an ultimately comfortable win over Kilkenny. What had been a tight enough contest until the final quarter, broke open with Limerick beginning to maintain a three-point lead when Aaron Gillane, who had an up until then quiet afternoon, scored the decisive goal in the 57th minute to give his team a 1-21 to 1-15 lead.<\/p>\n The goal was well set up by Cian Lynch and Adam English and even though Eoin Cody with a fine goal of his own in the 66th minute, Limerick never looked like losing in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n There were opportunities off the bench for Cathal O\u2019Neill and the Morrissey brothers, which will have cheered John Kiely and a fine afternoon\u2019s shooting by Aidan O\u2019Connor with 0-10, seven frees, and Peter Casey, who scored five from play.<\/p>\n Derek Lyng will be unhappy with the 13 wides Kilkenny managed to hit but heartened by the competitiveness shown throughout. Mikey Carey was sin binned at the end for taking down Diarmuid Byrnes and denying him a goal scoring chance. Byrnes hit the resulting penalty at Aidan Tallis who blocked the shot but it was only an asterisk on the afternoon.\u2019<\/p>\n Here\u2019s Jack McKay\u2019s report on Waterford\u2019s victory over Offaly in Division 1A.<\/p>\n [Reuben Halloran\u2019s haul of 1-12 helps a far from fluent Waterford past Offaly<\/a>]<\/p>\n Here\u2019s that superb Gillane goal. What a finish.<\/p>\n A very good win for Limerick after their disappointment in Waterford last week. Some lovely hurling in that game, with man of the match Peter Casey particularly brilliant throughout.<\/p>\n 76 Mins: Penalty for Limerick! Mikey Carey heads to the line a fraction early for pulling down Diarmaid Byrnes. His penalty effort is saved though!<\/p>\n Full-time: Limerick 1-26 Kilkenny 2-16<\/p>\n 74 Mins: Adam English chops the ball up off the turf brilliantly, and is taken out in full flight by Corcroan. O\u2019Connor points the resulting free. Limerick 1-26 Kilkenny 2-16<\/p>\n 73 Mins: Both sides are tired, taking poor touches, playing hospital passes, and generally making errors leading to big collisions. The quality then comes from Corcoran, who finds Cody out wide. He slips it through to Deegan, who feeds Liam Moore, but his effort goes just over. At the other end, Peter Casey scores another point from a mad angle. Limerick 1-25 Kilkenny 2-16<\/p>\n 70 Mins: Cathal O\u2019Neill nearly gets a super score, but it drifts just wide. Gillane is replaced by Paddy O\u2019Donovan and gets a warm hand from the home crowd. Five minutes are added on, as Cody puts a free wide that he would put over in his sleep generally. Limerick 1-24 Kilkenny 2-15<\/p>\n 68 Mins: Bizarre from Fion\u00e1n Mackessy, who tamely hits a line ball straight back out for a Limerick line ball. Aidan O\u2019Connor is fouled in midfield then, takes the free and pops it over. Limerick 1-24 Kilkenny 2-15<\/p>\n 65 Mins: Myself and the TG4 commentators are on the same wavelength on Ben O\u2019Connor anyways, as they make a few jokes about that passage of play while the ref has his mic fixed. <\/p>\n Goal for Kilkenny! Eoin Cody with a smashing strike beyond Quaid. Limerick 1-23 Kilkenny 2-15<\/p>\n 64 Mins: A spell of play there where the whistle should really have been blown several times on both sides, as they battled for the ball. Ben O\u2019Connor is smiling somewhere! Limerick 1-22 Kilkenny 1-15<\/p>\n 62 Mins: Subsitute Cathal Beirne misses a simple enough chance for the Cats, as the game seems to be getting away from them at the minute. Limerick 1-22 Kilkenny 1-15<\/p>\n 60 Mins: Tom Morrissey replaces Gear\u00f3id Hegarty, showing the depth of this Limerick panel. There\u2019s been some great scraps to lift the ball this half, but this one has to be broken up by the ref. It comes back to Will O\u2019Donoghue eventually, and he finds Gillane for a lovely score off his left side. Limerick 1-22 Kilkenny 1-15<\/p>\n 57 Mins: GOAL for Limerick! And what a goal! Cian Lynch lifts it under pressure, feeding Adam English. He plays a lovely reverse pass into Gillane, who ignores runners off his shoulder, steadies down and strikes it at massive speed to the top corner. Limerick 1-21 Kilkenny 1-15<\/p>\n 55 Mins: Paddy Deegan scores a great point from out wide. Jordan Molloy sees yellow in the play after that and Aidan O\u2019Connor strikes it over. Killian Doyle is replaced by Shane Murphy. Limerick 0-21 Kilkenny 1-15<\/p>\n 53 Mins: David Reidy is replaced by Darragh O\u2019Donovan. A lovely pass from Timmy Clifford finds Jordan Molloy in space, but his effort is waved wide. Molloy isn\u2019t happy. At the other end, Casey gets another good score, before Luke Hogan responds for the Cats. Limerick 0-19 Kilkenny 1-14<\/p>\n 50 Mins: Aidan O\u2019Connor jumps back to life in the second half, with back-to-back points, one from play and one from a free. Jordan Molloy races through the Limerick defence from the next puckout and pops it over. Limerick 0-18 Kilkenny 1-13<\/p>\n 48 Mins: Luke Conellan is replaced by Luke Hogan, John Donnelly by Stephen Donnelly. Cody tries to do it all himself again but his effort drops short and wide under pressure. Limerick 0-16 Kilkenny 1-12<\/p>\n 46 Mins: After a battle for possession, Barry Nash rises the ball and John Donnelly takes him out with a high shoulder. The Thomastown forward gets a yellow. Limerick 0-16 Kilkenny 1-12<\/p>\n 43 Mins: Hegarty rushes a point attempt and the inside forwards aren\u2019t happy with watching it go out for a wide. Next time it comes up, Peter Casey makes their point, beating Mikey Butler a couple of times before striking it over from a tight angle. A great catch from Liam Moore at the other end gets him a point, but he could have played it on for a goal chance. Cody adds another point after a solo run. Limerick 0-16 Kilkenny 1-12<\/p>\n 41 Mins: There\u2019s already been some great battles to lift the ball. This time Cian Lynch wins possession and ploughs through three men, before being dragged down. Byrnes misses the free again though. Limerick 0-15 Kilkenny 1-10<\/p>\n 38 Mins: A very high tackle on Cian Lynch gives Byrnes his first free of the second half. That effort hits the bar, but Limerick win it back and Hegarty pops it over. Dan Morrissey is on for Se\u00e1n Finn. Limerick 0-15 Kilkenny 1-10<\/p>\n 37 Mins: The whole first minute is one mad scramble for possession, until Will O\u2019Donoghue rises it and takes control. But it\u2019s another mess when it goes up the other end. When it comes down again, O\u2019Donoghue fouls Cody, giving him an easy free to start the half. Limerick 0-14 Kilkenny 1-10<\/p>\n Se\u00e1n Moran has his say on that first half:<\/p>\n \u2018What looked like turning into a procession, as Limerick led by five unanswered points in the 13th minute before the visitors got on the scoreboard, rapidly became an engrossing tit-for-tat contest. Once John Donnelly fired Kilkenny\u2019s opening score, they took off and within two minutes were level. Eoin Cody led the way with a fine point from the left and then Martin Keoghan\u2019s angled shot beat a couple of defenders on the line to equalise, 0-5 to 1-2.<\/p>\n Referee Shane Healy reflected the weekend\u2019s theme by penalising a few hand passes as throws, one when Limerick looked on the verge of cutting through for a goal opportunity. A previous chance for Aaron Gillane had been kept out by the twin attentions of goalkeeper Aidan Tallis and full back Mikey Carey.<\/p>\n It went point-for-point with Cian Kenny, just switched onto frees instead of Cody, converting one to put Kilkenny ahead at 1-7 to 0-9 in the 25th minute.<\/p>\n Limerick responded and by half-time pulled away slightly to lead by two, 0-14 to 1-9 before a crowd of 8,958.\u2019<\/p>\n Here are highlights of today\u2019s other Division 1A game, as Waterford beat Offaly by six at home. <\/p>\n Half-time: Limerick 0-14 Kilkenny 1-9 – Kilkenny had a couple of bad misses to end the half there.<\/p>\n 34 Mins: A fantastic score there from David Reidy out on the left wing. Limerick 0-14 Kilkenny 1-9<\/p>\n 33 Mins: Se\u00e1n Finn picked up a knock adventuring off up the park, so he\u2019s getting treatment. On the pitch, Gear\u00f3id Hegarty hauls in a mighty catch, turns for goal, and seems to escape the jersey pull, but the referee calls him back to the dismay of the crowd. O\u2019Connor pops over the free. Limerick 0-13 Kilkenny 1-9<\/p>\n 31 Mins: Adam English goes inside and then outside his man, flicks it up off the stick and strikes it over. Kilkenny\u2019s giant centre-back storms up the field in the next play, and strikes it over for a great score. Limerick 0-12 Kilkenny 1-9<\/p>\n 29 Mins: Lovely work from Paddy Deegan to break a tackle and find Cody on the wing, who fires over. Limerick go direct then, and Casey gets another. Limerick 0-11 Kilkenny 1-8<\/p>\n 28 Mins: Byrnes puts his third free over in typical fashion. Limerick 0-10 Kilkenny 1-7<\/p>\n 26 Mins: Byrnes is called for a thrown pass which is so obvious that he doesn\u2019t bother to protest. That gives Kenny a chance to score his second free, which he takes. Limerick 0-9 Kilkenny 1-7<\/p>\n 24 Mins: A super one-handed block from Jordan Molloy sets up Timmy Clifford for a score. Limerick 0-9 Kilkenny 1-6<\/p>\n 22 Mins: Peter Casey bustles out to win a ball, bounces off Mikey Butler, and sticks a lovely point over from down in the right-hand corner of the pitch. At the other end, Cian Kenny takes over the frees from Cody and sticks his first over. O\u2019Connor wins the ball from the puckout and slaps it over for the hosts though. Limerick 0-9 Kilkenny 1-5<\/p>\n 19 Mins: Another great score by Cody there, after a lovely lift by Cian Kenny set up the score. Timmy Clifford does well in the next play to win a free around the halfway line, but Cody sticks that wide to leave things level. Limerick 0-7 Kilkenny 1-4<\/p>\n 17 Mins: Eoin Cody scored a lovely point, but it was cancelled out by Diarmaid Byrnes immediately. Some good skills and physicality being shown so far. Limerick 0-7 Kilkenny 1-3<\/p>\n 15 Mins: Goal for Kilkenny! Mossy Keoghan\u2019s efffort is half-blocked, but dribbles past several Limerick men and nestles in the back of the net. Matthew Fitzgerald puts Limerick back in front. Limerick 0-6 Kilkenny 1-2<\/p>\n 13 Mins: Finally, a score for the Cats after 12 minutes, John Donnelly with the score. Eoin Cody adds a second, keeping them going. In between that, Aidan O\u2019Connor nearly went clean through on goal, but Shane Hynes blew his whistle for a throw by Cian Lynch. Very marginal. Limerick 0-5 Kilkenny 0-2<\/p>\n 10 Mins: Cian Lynch is fouled on the 65\u2032, meaning O\u2019Connor has a straight-forward free for five-in-a-row for Limerick. Limerick 0-5 Kilkenny 0-0<\/p>\n 8 Mins: Kilkenny should really have scored through Luke Conellan there, who misses under no pressure. So far, Limerick are motoring really well, getting runners off the shoulder on the ball, and plenty of tacklers in off it. Their next attack should have seen the first goal of the game, but Gillane caught it really poorly and Kilkenny scramble it away. Limerick 0-4 Kilkenny 0-0<\/p>\n 6 Mins: Eoin Cody, starting at 11, touched the ball twice in Kilkenny\u2019s next attack and was surrounded immediately both times. Limerick force a bad shot, then work it up to Gillane who gets his first score. Limerick 0-4 Kilkenny 0-0<\/p>\n 4 Mins: A handy free for Aidan O\u2019Connor gets him started for the day. Limerick have started well, battling to win the ball back, and it\u2019s O\u2019Connor who strikes over the bar from out wide after the turnover. Limerick 0-3 Kilkenny 0-0<\/p>\n 1 Mins: And we\u2019re off! An early ball into the Limerick full-forward line is won well by Mikey Carey, but the first score of the game comes off the stick of Diarmaid Byrnes, a free from halfway. Limerick 0-1 Kilkenny 0-0<\/p>\n Se\u00e1n Moran is in the Gaelic Grounds for this one and has some team news before throw-in:<\/p>\n \u2018A lovely afternoon in Limerick with the TUS Gaelic Grounds showing the recent advantages of avoiding the East-coast deluge. Limerick haven\u2019t welcomed Kilkenny here in the league since 2010 and will be anxious to make up for their shock opening defeat by Waterford.<\/p>\n That meant that John Kiely\u2019s team had lost their last four matches across league, All-Ireland series to Dublin, Munster final, Cork, and their concluding round-robin fixture, Clare. A sequence they\u2019ll be anxious to arrest.<\/p>\n Kilkenny, short All Star full back Huw Lawlor and nominee, Billy Ryan, for the season, won their opening match against Offaly but were less than convincing doing so.<\/p>\n One change sees P\u00e1draic Moylan, wearing 21, come in for Richie Reid on the bench.<\/p>\n A good crowd gathering with the Mackey Stand full.\u2019<\/p>\n Here is the Kilkenny side to face Limerick at 3.45pm.<\/p>\n Derek Lyng & his selectors have named the Kilkenny panel to take on Limerick in round 3 of the Allianz Hurling League. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udf9f Tickets at usual SuperValu & Centra stores or online at \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/OgGaYodSyC<\/a><\/p>\n B\u00ed linn agus tacaigh leis na Cait \ud83d\udda4\ud83d\udc9b<\/p>\n The match will be live on\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/cjfxPBJ3y8<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kilkenny GAA (@KilkennyCLG) February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n And here\u2019s Limerick\u2019s starting XV.<\/p>\n The Limerick Team Lines out as named for Today\u2019s Clash with Kilkenny in the 3rd Round of the Allianz Hurling League. \u2014 Limerick GAA (@LimerickCLG) February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Full-time: Kildare 3-21 Antrim 0-20 – A bit of a row at the end, and Antrim\u2019s Jack McCloskey was deservedly sent off for a wild pull.<\/p>\n Things are coming towards a natural end in Newbridge, with Jack Sheridan getting the latest score from a free. 68 Mins: Kildare 3-21 Antrim 0-18<\/p>\n The game just got away from Offaly in the middle of the second half there, and their failure to conver three good goal chances will haunt them. Waterford move onto four points, alongside Tipp, and two points behind Cork atop Division 1A.<\/p>\n Full-time: Waterford 1-19 Offaly 0-16<\/p>\n Antrim give the ball away poorly to give subsitute Conn Kehoe his first score. 62 Mins: Kildare 3-20 Antrim 0-16<\/p>\n 74 Mins: Offaly \u2018keeper Mark Troy shows some good moves, to get past a couple of Waterford forwards, before he\u2019s fouled. Dan Ravenhill points the free. Waterford 1-18 Offaly 0-16<\/p>\n 71 Mins: Stephen Bennet is showing touches of class since his introduction, skinning his man on the line with a fake hand pass and sending Barron clear for a point chance. That touch of class is matched by an incredible block by Ben Conneely, but the full-back is penalised for his enthusiastic follow-up tackle. Another simple free for Waterford. Waterford 1-18 Offaly 0-14<\/p>\n The Kildare-Antrim game looks over despite the time on the clock after that goal spree from the hosts. The atmosphere and some of the intensity has gone out of things. 55 Mins: 3-19 Antrim 0-15<\/p>\n 66 Mins: David Nally does very well to lift the ball out of a ruck and pop it over the bar. Waterford 1-17 Offaly 0-13<\/p>\n 65 Mins: Screeney gets the chance to pop over a handy one after the referee spots more pulling and dragging off the ball. It looks out of their reach now though, as Se\u00e1n Walsh points for Waterford. Waterford 1-17 Offaly 0-12<\/p>\n Two stunning goals for Kildare! Both finished by Muiris Curtin. The first was a high fetch, followed by a cracking shot up into the postage stamp. The second was a moment of magic from Cathal Dowling, who chipped it up to himself off the boot, having been stripped of his hurl. Curtin still had work to do when he took the shot, but buried it into the corner. 50 Mins: Kildare 3-18 Antrim 0-14<\/p>\n 61 Mins: Lovely bit of passing between Barron and Shane Bennett, but they slightly overplay it and Michael Kiely\u2019s goal effort is blocked down. Halloran gets the 65\u2032. Waterford 1-16 Offaly 0-10<\/p>\n 60 Mins: Daniel Lalor picks up a knock and is replaced by Se\u00e1n Mackey. Waterford 1-15 Offaly 0-10<\/p>\n Full-time: Clare 3-35 Down 0-15. A huge win for the Banner, but Down will be disappointed after showing great character against Wexford last week.<\/p>\n Kildare goal! James Dolan with the finish in close to goal. They\u2019re all over the breaks and making big tackles so far in the second half. 42 Mins: Kildare 1-17 Antrim 0-12<\/p>\n Reuben Halloran gets another score from a dead ball, this one a 65\u2032. Waterford are winning all the breaks and tussles right now.<\/p>\n Goal for Waterford! Barron breaks through without his hurl, laying it on for Calum Lyons, who feeds the on-form Halloran to bury it low into the corner. Waterford 1-15 Offaly 0-10<\/p>\n Sheridan taps over a short-range free to make it a five-point game in Newbridge. 39 Mins: Kildare 0-16 Antrim 0-11<\/p>\n 51 Mins: Halloran taps over a free, and then Jamie Barron sets Patrick Curran through for another point a minute later. Offaly need to get a score soon to stay in it. Waterford 0-14 Offaly 0-10<\/p>\n Kildare-Antrim is back on and the hosts\u2019 Cathal McCabe gets the first score of the second half. 37 Mins: Kildare 0-15 Antrim 0-11<\/p>\n Three goals in eight minutes for Clare, as Peter Duggan and David Fitzgerald get in on the act. 65 Mins: Clare 3-32 Down 0-13<\/p>\n 47 Mins: Screeney is dumped out of play unceremoniously by his marker, Conor Keane. He gives a bit back to Keane then, who flops to the ground. It\u2019s all a bit embarrasing, and Lalor and Cahill are booked for joining in, but it worked for Keane, as the free turns to a throw-in. Waterford 0-12 Offaly 0-10<\/p>\n 44 Mins: Stephen Bennett is on for Waterford, and strikes over from a tight angle. Then there\u2019s a massive goal chance at the other end, but Billy Nolan is equal to Duignan\u2019s effort. A super lay-off from Eoghan Cahill sent him through, but it\u2019s another goal chance gone to waste. Waterford 0-12 Offaly 0-10<\/p>\n 39 Mins: A handy free gets Screeney and Offaly going in the second half. Then Offaly nearly cobble a goal chance together, after mainly going down blind alleys, but the Waterford defence manage to clean up. Waterford 0-11 Offaly 0-10<\/p>\n Goal for Clare! Mark Rodgers hit the back of the net. 54 Mins: Clare 1-27 Down 0-12<\/p>\n 36 Mins: Waterford start the half well, as Jamie Barron does trojan work to turnover Offaly backs and win a free. Halloran pops it over. Waterford 0-11 Offaly 0-9<\/p>\n Half-time: Kildare 0-14 Antrim 0-11<\/p>\n Kildare push out their lead through Cathal Dowling and Paul Dolan. Travers is getting some treatment on his left leg now. 31 Mins: Kildare 0-13 Antrim 0-9<\/p>\n A great score from out on the wing under pressure by Kildare\u2019s Jack Travers. 29 Mins: Kildare 0-11 Antrim 0-9<\/p>\n Clare start the half with three scores in a row, before Eoghan Sands hits back for the Ardsmen. 39 Mins: Clare 0-25 Down 0-8<\/p>\n 39 Mins: A break in play there as Ross Ravenhill gets a dunt to the head. There\u2019s no badness in it really, but Shane Bennett is rightly booked. Cahill misses the free, and that\u2019s the half.<\/p>\n Half-time: Waterford 0-10 Offaly 0-9<\/p>\n Kildare\u2019s good run of consecutive scores comes to an end thanks to Conal Cunning. 23 Mins: Kildare 0-10 Antrim 0-8<\/p>\n 36 Mins: Brian Duignan makes a superb catch and drives a shot just over the bar, with Nolan rooted to the spot. Waterford tot up another two though to stay in front. Waterford 0-10 Offaly 0-9<\/p>\n Both the Kildare and Antrim forward-lines are getting going now. Jack Sheridan does really well to win his own break and add a point to level things for the Lilywhites. Then he puts them in front with a lovely strike. 20 Mins: Kildare 0-8 Antrim 0-7<\/p>\n 32 Mins: Screeney showing glimpses of the sublime and glimpses of the ridiculous. This time he dummies the shot to give himself acres to strike open from 30 yards, but spoons it wide in the end. At the other end, Tom O\u2019Connell gets a sniff of goal, but is well blocked down. Waterford 0-8 Offaly 0-8<\/p>\n Big cheers in Newbridge, as Gerry Keegan levels the score, but Ryan McCambridge puts Antrim back in front. 15 Mins: Kildare 0-4 Antrim 0-5<\/p>\n 29 Mins: The ref has spotted fouling off the ball, so Screeney has a simple tap-over to level things. Waterford 0-8 Offaly 0-8<\/p>\n 27 Mins: Massive goal chance passed up for Offaly! Screeney gets in behind his man, but he puts it over from close range, much to his disappointment. Waterford 0-8 Offaly 0-7<\/p>\n Half-time: Clare 0-22 Down 0-7<\/p>\n 25 Mins: Oisin Kelly gets his first point of the afternoon for Offaly. Cathal King enters the book after taking out Darragh Lyons, and Halloran drives the free over to capitalise for Waterford. Waterford 0-8 Offaly 0-6<\/p>\n 22 Mins: Halloran misses one free, but rights that error from the next one. Then Screeney gets a very artistic score up the other end, swinging it over his right shoulder. Waterford 0-7 Offaly 0-5<\/p>\n The gap between Clare and Down is beginning to show badly on the scoreboard. 34 Mins: Clare 0-21 Down 0-6<\/p>\n Kildare-Antrim is underway now in Division 1B as well. The Saffrons start well, with back-to-back points. 4 Mins: Kildare 0-0 Antrim 0-2<\/p>\n 17 Mins: A big clash between Carthach Daly and Oisin Kelly sees a break in play, and a yellow for Daly, who was a bit late. Screeney misses the resulting free, and Callum Lyons gets another score for the hosts. Waterford 0-6 Offaly 0-4<\/p>\n 14 Mins: Groundhog Day for Offaly, as Dan Ravenhill pulls down Jamie Barron this time, and Halloran converts the free. Waterford 0-5 Offaly 0-2<\/p>\n Pearse \u00d3g McCrickard finally breaks Clare\u2019s steak, but Cathal Malone strikes back immediately. 26 Mins: Clare 0-14 Down 0-5<\/p>\n 11 Mins: Waterford work it well out of their backline, and Tom O\u2019Connell shows good pace to skin his man, before being pulled down. Another point for Halloran, so. Waterford 0-4 Offaly 0-2<\/p>\n 9 Mins: Jamie Barron plays a lovely one-two before striking over for Waterford. From the puckout, Daniel Lalor is called for handling the sliotar on the floor and Screeney pops it over. Waterford 0-3 Offaly 0-2<\/p>\n Things are getting away from Down early on in Ennis. David Reidy and Darragh Lohan open their accounts in this unanswered assault on the Ulster side. 20 Mins: Clare 0-11 Down 0-4<\/p>\n 6 Mins: Adam Screeney strikes a free over for Offaly. Then they seem to work a goal chance, but the ref, correctly, calls it back for a thrown pass. Billy Nolan comes out for the free, play a one-two for a couple of yards extra, and sticks it over. Waterford 0-2 Offaly 0-1<\/p>\n 4 Mins: A hectic start in Walsh Park as rain pours down despite the sunshine. Reuben Halloran gets out in front and is fouled, and then sticks over the free for the first score. Waterford 0-1 Offaly 0-0<\/p>\n On the other side of Munster, four scores in a row for the Banner has stretched their lead. 17 Mins: Clare 0-8 Down 0-4<\/p>\n 1 Mins: We\u2019re off in Walsh Park for Waterford-Offaly. Billy Nolan tries a huge effort from a free, but no joy. Waterford 0-0 Offaly 0-0<\/p>\n Clare take the lead for the first time thanks to a Senan Dunford point. 9 Mins: Clare 0-4 Down 0-3<\/p>\n Down get the first two scores of the game, but Mark Rodgers and Diarmuid Stritch hit back for the Banner. 5 Mins: Clare 0-2 Down 0-2<\/p>\n One change for Waterford ahead of their Division 1A clash with Offaly<\/p>\n No notice on any changes for Offaly, but we\u2019ll see when it throws in at 1.45pm.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe2\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udfe1TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT \ud83d\udfe2\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udfe1<\/p>\n Johnny Kelly has name his starting 15 that will play Waterford in the 3rd round of the Allianz National Hurling League.<\/p>\n The very best of luck lads. pic.twitter.com\/TQZWxQ8zxC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Official Offaly GAA (@Offaly_GAA) February 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Clare-Down is just about to throw-in in Ennis, as the Banner look for a third win on the bounce, while the Ardsmen search for a first victory.<\/p>\n Despite starting the season at 38 years old, there wasn\u2019t much soul searching for TJ Reid to do regarding his return to intercounty. As Gordon Manning writes, the man with \u201cmore silverware than many counties\u201d didn\u2019t think much over his decision to come back again for the Cats.<\/p>\n [Kilkenny\u2019s TJ Reid raring to go after brushing off retirement talk<\/a>]<\/p>\n There\u2019s a few games that are really in the balance, so Se\u00e1n Moran once again has a tough task in picking out winners for this hurling weekend.<\/p>\n
There is one change on the Kilkenny substitutes with No.21 Richie Reid being replaced by P\u00e1draic Moylan. pic.twitter.com\/4RnBBszw5E<\/a><\/p>\n
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Shane Barrett and Jason Forde were sent off after a large scuffle between Cork and Tipperary last night in their Division 1A clash. Photograph: Ben Brady\/Inpho <\/p>\n