The hurling championship gets underway as the football league comes to a conclusion

Five games in seven weeks could bring a clean sweep of league, Munster and All-Ireland crowns

Our team of hurling pundits sift though the contenders in search of winners

A Limerick team of all the talents have a winning hand while Clare lack ball-winners

John Kiely’s young team tear apart Tipperary’s attacking apparatus in momentous performance

Champions have found their groove while Galway emerged unscathed from Nowlan Park

All-Ireland champions won as they pleased in a one-sided second half at Walsh Park

Munster champions’ defence needs radical surgery if they are to get back on track

John Kiely ’s side hit 1-5 without reply at the start of the final quarter

Formidable Limerick look in good shape at they target a place in decider

With Limerick already through, five teams will sort out who goes where in quarter-finals

Scoring blitz before half-time the difference, as John Kiely’s team maintain perfect start

The young full-back delivered in style by curbing the huge threat posed by Glynn

The question was what had Galway left once Glynn’s aerial threat was coolly neutralised

Had Galway completed great escape it would have been an injustice to new champions

Limerick had to show resilience to survive Galway's late show but they've been doing that all year

Gavin Cummiskey runs the rule over John Kiely’s side after their All-Ireland win

Kiely’s young team look destined for glory at some stage but they may have to wait

The final is won on the pitch but off it there’s tactical plans to be finely-honed this week

A promise made after a hiding from Tipperary in 2009 is coming to fruition