Cork\u2019s senior hurlers\u2019 first two games in next year\u2019s Munster SHC games are expected to be away, but they will have a two-week break after each of them.<\/p>\n
In a repeat of this year\u2019s provincial final, Cork are set to travel to face Munster and All-Ireland champions Limerick in TUS Gaelic Grounds for their provincial opener next April. They will have a bye the following weekend before they are on the road again to face Clare in Ennis.<\/p>\n
Following that fixture, they have another fortnight\u2019s gap prior to back-to-back home fixtures in SuperValu P\u00e1irc Ui Chaoimh against Waterford and Tipperary on successive weekends.<\/p>\n
Although their first two games were at home, Clare experienced the same sequence of games this season as Limerick in 2024 when their opening matches were on the road. If the same rota continues, it will be Tipperary\u2019s turn in 2027 and Waterford the following season.<\/p>\n
Clare are again in line to begin their campaign with home matches against Tipperary and Cork, one weekend after another, followed by visits to Limerick and Waterford in the space of seven or eight days.<\/p>\n
For what will be the third season in a row, it\u2019s likely just one week will separate Waterford\u2019s opening two fixtures and their closing matches against Cork and The Banner.<\/p>\n
SuperValu P\u00e1irc Ui Chaoimh will host next year\u2019s Munster final if Clare or Waterford are involved. It remains the Cork venue’s turn to stage the ‘neutral’ game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, the Gaelic Grounds will be the venue in the event Cork and Limerick contest it for the third season running.<\/p>\n
Also owing to home-away agreements, a first Cork-Tipperary final since 2006 would be played in P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh, while a Limerick-Tipperary showdown would take place in FBD Semple Stadium.<\/p>\n
As per the agreement with the Leinster Council, the Munster final is due to be staged on a Saturday with the Leinster decider arranged for the following day.<\/p>\n
With no major changes expected to the schedule of the master fixtures calendar, a mid-April start to the provincial hurling championships is anticipated. The Joe McDonagh Cup may commence later depending on whether Central Council want to shift its conclusion to July.<\/p>\n
Next year\u2019s Division 1A is the start of a new cycle meaning counties who had home advantage against others this past season may do so again in 2027.<\/p>\n
As before, all seven counties \u2013 Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Tipperary \u2013 will each have three home and three away matches. Two of Cork\u2019s home games earlier this year came against Offaly and Waterford, who were both relegated to Division 1B.<\/p>\n
\n Provisional 2027 Munster SHC fixtures Round 1: Limerick v Cork, Tipperary v Waterford.<\/p>\n
\n Round 2: Clare v Tipperary; Waterford v Limerick.<\/p>\n
\n Round 3: (separate weekends): Clare v Cork (first); Tipperary v Limerick (second).<\/p>\n
\n Round 4: Cork v Waterford, Limerick v Clare.<\/p>\n
\n Round 5: Cork v Tipperary, Waterford v Clare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork\u2019s senior hurlers\u2019 first two games in next year\u2019s Munster SHC games are expected to be away, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30041,2110,5582,7026,1964,61,60,17406,112],"class_list":["post-585140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-clare-gaa","tag-cork-sport","tag-tipperary-gaa","tag-waterford-gaa","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}