Kilkenny, Limerick and Tipperary into play-offs

Kilkenny, Limerick and Tipperary have qualified for the National Hurling League play-offs after respective wins in Division One…

Kilkenny, Limerick and Tipperary have qualified for the National Hurling League play-offs after respective wins in Division One B this afternoon.

Kilkenny's 1-16 to 0-10 defeat of Galway left them at the top of the standings, one point ahead of Limerick, while also denying the Tribesmen a place in the knock-out stages.

Limerick had already guaranteed themselves a berth in the play-offs after amassing a cricket score at Casement Park earlier in the day. The visitors defeated Antrim by 4-24 to 2-11as Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Mark Keane ran riot in the second-half.

O'Shauhnessy finished with 3-2, while Keane matched his efforts with a personal tally of 1-8, maintaining their side's unbeaten run in the league.

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Tipperary were the day's big movers, a 4-17 to 0-12 hammering of Laois sneaking them into the third spot ahead of Galway.

In today's rearranged Division One A fixture, Cork were untroubled by Wexford and ran out comfortable 0-19 to 0-7 winners.

Meanwhile, in the National Football League, Tyrone kept their hopes of a place in the semi-finals alive with a four-point win over Cork in Omagh, winning by 0-12 to 0-8.

National Hurling League

Division One A
Wexford 0-7 Cork 0-19

Division One B
Antrim 2-11 Limerick 4-24 
Galway 0-10 Kilkenny 1-16 
Laois 0-12 Tipperary 4-17

Division Two A
Derry 4-16 Wicklow 1-7
Dublin 3-14 Carlow 2-16 
Roscommon 0-11 Meath 2-17

Division Two B
Kerry 1-12 Kildare 0-9 
Westmeath 4-11 London 2-10 
Donegal 3-13 Sligo 2-10

Division Three B
Monaghan 0-9 Louth 3-11 
Tyrone 0-8 Longford 0-9 
Armagh 2-11 Fermanagh 1-8

National Football League

Division One A
Tyrone 0-12 Cork 0-8